MATHEMATICS

On-line EE Review No.4

April 4, 2020
Prepared by Engr. Arlene C. Patricio

Direction: Choose the best answer by showing your complete and clean sets of
solution (if needed). BOX your final answer. Use capital letter in writing the letter
of your chosen best answer.

Note: Solution is a MUST. No solution, No point.

1. A ball is thrown vertically into the air so that its height s after t seconds is given
𝟏
𝟏
by 𝒔 = − 𝒕𝟐 + 𝟒𝒕𝟐 . Find its maximum height.
𝟐𝟕

A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 9

2. A ladder 10 ft long is resting against the side of a building. If the foot of the
ladder slips away from the wall at the rate 2 ft/min, how fast is the angle between
the ladder and the building changing when the foot of the ladder is 6 ft away
from the building?

A. ½ rad/min B. ¼ rad/min C. 1/3 rad/min D. 1/6 rad/min

𝒙−𝟑 𝒚−𝟓 𝒙+𝟏 𝒚+𝟏 𝒛+𝟏

3. Find the shortest distance between the lines = and = =
𝟏 −𝟐 𝟕 −𝟔 𝟏

A. 2√21 B. 3√21 C. 2√29 D. 3√21

4. Dave is 46 years old, twice as old as Rave. How old is Rave?

A. 30 B. 28 C. 23 D. 18

5. The vertices of the base of an isosceles triangle are (-1,-2) and (1,4). If the third
vertex lies on the line 4x+3y=12. Find the area of the triangle.

A. 12 B. 10 C. 15 D. 8

6. The value of 5! Is equal to

A. 1 B. 5 C. 25 D. 120

7. The coefficient of x2 in the Maclaurin series for esinx is

A. 0 B. 1 C. 1/2 D. -1

8. The sum of two numbers is 21 and one number is twice the other. Find the smaller
number.

A. 15 B. 6 C. 14 D. 7

9. A sheet sign reads “Loading Zone 15 Minutes”. If a truck pills into the zone at
11:46 A.M. by what time must it leave?

A. 11:59 A.M. B. 12:01 P.M. C. 12:03 P.M. D. 12:06 P.M.

10. What is the median of the following group of numbers? 14 12 20 22 14 16

A. 12 B. 14 C. 15 D. 16

11. How many ways can four students line up in a line, of the order matters?

A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 D. 24
12. The diameter of the two circles that are tangent internally are 18 and 8 respectively.
What is the length of the tangent segments from the center of the larger circle
to the smaller circle?

A. 4 B. 5 C. 3 D. 2

13. Find the length of A=i+√3j.

A. 1 B. √3 C. 2 D. 5

14. The diameter of circle x2+y2-6x+4y-3=0 is

A. 4 B. 8 C. 5 D. 10

15. The angle that is equal to one half of its supplement is

A. 80 deg B. 70 deg C. 60 deg D. 50 deg

16. Find the curvature of the cardioid r=1+cosϴ at ϴ=0.

A. 1/3 B. ½ C. ¾ D. 4/5

17. Find the value of 4 cosh (pi i/3).

A. 2 B. -2 C. 2i/√3 D. -2i√3

18. Find the point of inflection of the curve y=x3+3x2-1

A. (-1,1) B. (-2,3) C. (0,1) D. (-3,-1)

19. A building and a tower stands 80 m apart on a horizontal. At appoint midway

between them. The angle of elevation of the top of the building and the tower are
complementary. If the tower is 80 m high, what is the height of the building?

A. 26.7 m B. 28.6 m C. 24.8 m D. 23.8 m

20. How many inches are there in 31/3 yards?

A. 126 B. 120 C. 160 D. 168

21. Given a triangle, C = 100 degrees, a=15 m, b=20 m. Find c.

A. 27 m B. 30 m C. 24 m D. 32 m

22. A lamina with density ō(x,y)=x+y is bounded by the x-axis, the line x=1, and the
curve y=x1/2. Find its mass

A. 13/20 B. 20/13 C. 9/20 D. 20/9

23. The center of a circle is at (1,1) and one point on its circumference is (-1,-3).
Find the other end of the diameter through (-1,-3).

A. (2,5) B. (3,5) C. (3,4) D. (1,4)

24. The rectangular form the parametric equations x=2 cos ϴ, y=cos 2ϴ is

A. x2=y+1 B. x2=y-1 C. x2=2(y+1) D. x2=2(y-1)

25. Find the relative error in the computed volume of a cube due to an error of 2%
in measuring the edge of the cube.

A. 0.05 B. 0.04 C. 0.06 D. 0.07