CE Nov 2019 Preboard 2 Solution Solution:

1. Two candles of the same height are lighted at the tA = tB

same time. The first is consumed in 4 hours and the 60 − 12 50 + 12
=
second in 3 hours. Assuming that each candle burns vA vA + 4
at a constant rate, in how many hours after being vA = 8 mph
lighted was the first candle twice the height of the
second?
A. 0.75 C. 2 5. If 8 men take 12 days to assemble 16 machines, how
B. 1.5 D. 2.4 many days will it take 15 men to assemble 50
machines?
Solution: A. 18 C. 20
L L B. 22 D. 24
r1 = and r2 =
4 3
Solution:
L1 = 2L2 8(12)
r= = 6 man-days/machine
L  L  16
L – t = 2 L − t 
4  3 
1– 1
t=2– 2
t 15t
4 3 =6
50
t = 2.4 hrs
t = 20 days

2. When the sum of the first ten terms of an arithmetic

6. Five points on a circle are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
progression is four times the sum of the first five
in clockwise order. A bug jumps in clockwise
terms. The ratio of the first term to the common
direction from one point to another around the circle;
difference is:
if it is on odd-numbered point, it moves one point,
A. 1:2 C. 1:4
and if it is on an even-numbered point, it moves two
B. 2:1 D. 4:1
points. If the bug begins on point 3, after 2019 jumps
it will be on what point?
Solution:
A. 4 C. 2
n
Sn =
2
 2 a1 + (n − 1)d  B. 1 D. 5

Solution:
S10 = 4S5 The first jump will be on 4, then on 1
10 5
2
 2 a1 + (10 − 1)d  = 4   2 a1 + (5 − 1)d 
2
1, then on 2. Jumping successively
on these three points is 1 full cycle. 5 2
10a1 + 45d = 20a1 + 40d
10a1 = 5d 2019/3 = 673 full cycles
4 3
a1 1
=
d 2 Since the full cycle ends at point 2, the bug will be at
point 2 after 2019 jumps.

3. RI bought a printer which will print 500 pages in 8

minutes. The admin wishes to procure another 7. Inside a box are 5 balls; three whites and two blacks.
printer so that when both are operating together, they If balls are randomly drawn and tallied according to
will print 500 pages in 2 minutes. How many minutes color, what is the chance that at least once after the
it would require the second printer to print 500 pages first tally the colors have the same number of tallies?
alone? A. 4/5 C. 1/5
A. 3-2/3 B. 2-1/2 B. 2/5 D. 3/5
B. 2-2/3 D. 3-2/3
Solution:
Solution: All possible sequence = 5! / 3!(2!) = 10
(r1 + r2)(2) = 500
Sequence with ties = 8
 500 500 
 +  (2) = 500 WBWWB  tie in the 2nd draw
 8 t2  BWWWB  tie in the 2nd draw
t2 = 2.67 minutes WWBBW  tie in the 4th draw
BBWWW  tie in the 4th draw
WBWBW  tie in the 2nd and 4th draws
4. Two boys A and B start at the same time to ride from BWBWW  tie in the 2nd and 4th draws
Tacloban to Abuyog, 60 miles away. A travels 4 miles BWWBW  tie in the 2nd and 4th draws
an hour slower than B. B reaches Abuyog and at once WBBWW  tie in the 2nd and 4th draws
turns back meeting A 12 miles from Abuyog. The rate
of A was: P = 8/10 = 4/5
A. 4 mph C. 12 mph
B. 8 mph D. 16 mph
8. From a tank filled with 240 gallons of alcohol, 60 body moving at 4 ft/sec has 2 ft-lb of kinetic energy.
gallons are drawn off and the tank is filled up with Find the kinetic energy of a 6000 lb truck speeding at
water. Then 60 gallons of the mixture are removed 88 ft/sec.
and replaced with water, and so on. How many A. 627,000 ft-lb C. 672,000 ft-lb
gallons of alcohol remain in the tank after 5 drawings B. 762,000 ft-lb D. 726,000 ft-lb
of 60 gallons each are made?
A. 55 gallons C. 56 gallons Solution:
B. 58 gallons D. 57 gallons E = kWv2
E
k=
Solution: Wv 2
After the Draw Alcohol Remained (in gallons)
1 240 – 60 = 180 E 2
=
 240 − 60  6000(88 )2
8(4 2 )
2 180   = 180(0.75)
 240  E = 726,000 ft-lb
 240 − 60 
3 180(0.75)   = 180(0.75 )
2
 240 
12. In the expansion of (x + y)^n, find the coefficient of
 240 − 60 
4 180(0.752)   = 180(0.75 )
3 the 9th term given that the coefficients of the 5th and
 240  the 12th terms are equal.
 240 − 60  A. 5,005 C. 6,435
5 180(0.753)   = 180(0.75 )
4
 240  B. 11,440 D. 12,870

Alcohol remained after 5 drawings Solution:

There are 4 terms before the 5th term, therefore, there
= 180(0.754) = 56.95 gal  57 gal
are 4 more terms after the 12th term.
Number of terms in the expansion = 12 + 4 = 16
Or…
Hence, n = 15
180, 180(0.75), 180(0.752), …  Geometric Sequence
Common ratio, r = 0.75
rth term = nCm an – m bm
9th term = 15C8 x15 – 8 y8
an = a1 rn – 1
9th term = 6435x7y8
a5 = 180(0.754)
a5 = 56.95 gal  57 gal
13. If x is 40% less than y and y is 25% greater than z.
Express x in terms of percentage of z?
9. The excursion boat on the river takes 2-1/2 hours to
A. x is 35% of z C. x is 75% of z
make the trip to point 12 miles upstream and to
B. x is 85% of z D. x is 25% of z
return. If the rate at which the boat travels in still
water is 5 times the rate of the river current, what is
Solution:
the rate of the current?
x = y – 0.40y = 0.60y
A. 8 mph C. 4 mph
y = z + 0.25z = 1.25z
B. 6 mph D. 2 mph
x = 0.60(1.25z) = 0.75z
Solution:
x is 75% of z
x = rate of the water current
5x = rate of the boat in still water
14. If one root of the quadratic equation with integer
tup + tdown = 2.5
coefficients is 3 + 4i, what is the constant term of the
12 12 equation?
+ = 2.5
4x 6x A. 22 C. 24
x = 2 mph B. 25 D. 21

Solution:
10. Find the product of two numbers such that twice the If x1 = 3 + 4i, then x2 = 3 – 4i
first added to the second equals 19 and three times
the first is 21 more than the second. (x – x1)(x – x2) = 0
A. 16 C. 24 [x – (3 + 4i)][x – (3 – 4i)] = 0
B. 18 D. 20 x2 – (3 – 4i)x – (3 + 4i)x + (3 + 4i)(3 – 4i) = 0
x2 – 3x + 4xi – 3x – 4xi + 9 – 16i2 = 0
Solution: x2 – 6x + 9 – 16(-1) = 0
2x + y = 19 x2 – 6x + 25 = 0
3x – y = 21
Another Solution:
x = 8 and y = 3 If x1 = 3 + 4i, then x2 = 3 – 4i
P = xy = 24
x1 + x2 = 6
x1x2 = 9 – 16i2 = 9 – 15(-1) = 25
11. The kinetic energy E of a body is proportional to its
weight W and to the square of its velocity v. An 8 lb
 Ax2 + Bx + C = 0 Solution:
x2 – (-B/A)x + (C/A) = 0
x2 – (x1 + x2)x + x1x2 = 0
x2 – 6x + 25 = 0

15. It takes 2 hours to row 9 miles with the current and 6 15

hours to return against the current. Determine the
rate of the current.
A. 1.5 mi/hr C. 2.5 mi/hr
x
B. 3 mi/hr D. 2 mi/hr
x/12
Solution:
Let x = velocity of boat in still water (mph)
y = velocity of the water current (mph)

velocity = distance / time 15

Row with the current

x + y = 9/2  equation (1)
x = 15 + (x/12) + 15
Row against the current 11x/12 = 30
x – y = 9/6  equation (2) x = 32.73 min

y = 1.5 mph
3. Aedan opened his Science book and noticed that the
product of the two pages in front of him was equal to
1122. What were the sum of the numbers of those
CE Nov 2019 Preboard 1 Solution
pages?
1. Find the term that is independent of x in the
6
A. 106 C. 66
 3  2 B. 107 D. 67
expansion of  2 + 2  x − 
 x  x
A. 180 C. -140 Solution:
B. 160 D. -160 x(x + 1) = 1122
x2 + x – 1122 = 0
Solution: x = 33 and -34
For (x – 2/x)6
a=x b = -2/x n=6 Use x = 33. Aedan is at pages 33 and 34 of the book.
Sum = 33 + 34 = 67
rth term = (nCm)(an-m)(bm) = (6Cm)(x6 – m)(-2/x)m
rth term = (6Cm)(-2)m (x6 – 2m)
4. There is a two-digit number whose digits are the
For the term involving x0: rth term = K1x0 same, and has got the following property: When
6 – 2m = 0 squared, it produces a four-digit number, whose first
m=3 two digits are the same and equal to the original’s
minus one, and whose last two digits are the same
K1 = (6C3)(-2)3 = -160 and equal to the half of the original’s. Find that
number.
For the term involving x2: rth term = K2x2 A. 77 C. 88
6 – 2m = 2 B. 66 D. 99
m=2
Solution:
K2 = (6C2 )(-2)2 = 60 Let the number be 10x + x = 11x
(11x)2 = 1000(x – 1) + 100(x – 1) + 10(0.5x) + 0.5x
The constant term in the expansion of (2 + 3/x2)(x – 121x2 = 1105.5x – 1100
2/x)6 is: 121x2 – 1105.5x + 1100 = 0
K = 2K1 + 3K2 = -140 x = 8 and 25/22

The number is 88
2. How many minutes after 3:00 o’clock will the hands
of the clock be perpendicular to each other for the 1st Another Solution:
time? By inspection
A. 32.73 C. 37.23 772 = 5929  the 1st two digits are not the same
B. 33.72 D. 33.27 662 = 5929  the 1st two digits are not the same
882 = 7744  okay
772 = 9801  the 1st two digits are not the same

Answer = 88
5. If x + y = 5 and xy = 6, find the value of x3 + y3.
A. 35 C. 30
B. 40 D. 45

Solution:
(x + y)3 = x3 + 3x2y + 3xy2 + y3
(x + y)3 = x3 + y3 + 3xy(x + y)
53 = x3 + y3 + 3(6)(5)
x3 + y3 = 35

6. At what price will a businessman mark a digital

camera for sale that cost P6000 in order that 20%
discount can be offered on the marked price and still
makes a profit of 25% of the selling price.
A. P8,000 C. P15,000
B. P12,000 D. P10,000

Solution:
Let x = tag price or mark price
0.80x = selling price at 20% discount

Selling Price – Cost = Profit

0.80x – 6000 = 0.25(0.80x)
x = P10,000

7. The range of the function f(x) = 1 – 2ex is which of the

following?
Note: The interval [a, b] include the end-points a and b
The interval (a, b) exclude the end-points a and b
A. (–,1] C. (1, )
B. (–,1) D. [1, )

Solution:
Domain = (-, )

Range: When x → , f(x) → -

When x → -, f(x) → 1

Range = (-, 1)