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SYSTEM LAGUNA 15. In a multiple choice test consist of 5 questions each

College of Engineering with 4 possible answers of which only 1 is correct, in
how many ways can a student check off one answer to
ASSIGNMENT 5 each question and get all the answers wrong?
a. 720 c. 1024
b. 120 d. 243
INSTRUCTIONS: Solve and submit through my email. Show 16. Find the area of the triangle which the line 4x – 6y +
all solutions: 12 = 0 forms with the coordinates axes.
MULTIPLE CHOICE: a. 3 sq units c. 5 sq units
b. 4 sq units d. 10 sq units
1. If f(x) = 10x + 1 , then f(x + 1) – f(x) is equal to 17. A pile of logs has 24 logs in the bottom layer, 23 logs
a. 1 c. 11 in the second layer, 22 logs in the third layer and so
b. 9(10x) d. 10x+1 on, the top most layer containing 10 logs. Find the
2. What is the sum of the progression 4 , 9 , 14 , 19….up total number of logs.
to the 20th term? a. 252 c. 254
a. 1030 c. 1055 b. 253 d. 255
b. 1045 d. 1040 18. A man travel from his house to Laguna in 2 hours. One
3. If 2log4x – log49 = 2 , find the value of x. hour later, he went back home and encounters traffic.
a. 10 c. 14 His rate is 20 kph less than his going rate. If he is gone
b. 12 d. 16 in 6 hours, what was his rate going back?
4. The altitude of a triangle is half the base. Find the a. 50 kph c. 40 kph
base if the area is 64. b. 60 kph d. 30 kph
a. 15 c. 17 19. A locker combination system uses four digits from 0
b. 16 d. 18 – 9. How many different 4-digit locker combinations
5. What is the diameter of a sphere for which its volume are possible if no digits can be repeated in each
is equal to its surface area. combination?
a. 4 c. 5 a. 5,050 c. 7,040
b. 6 d. 7 b. 5,040 d. 6,050
6. Find the sum of the coefficient of the terms in the 20. After selling 2 hectares more than 60 per cent of his
expansion of (5x – 3y)6 land, a man was left with 15.5 hectares fewer than 50
a. 14896 c. 64 per cent of his land. How many hectares of the land
b. 12 d. 27 did he initially own?
7. Find the sum of three consecutive odd integers if three a. 115 c. 135
times the largest is seven times the smallest. b. 125 d. 145
a. 9 c. 21
b. 15 d. 27
8. Find the sum of all integers between 300 and 800 that
are exactly divisible by 14. Note : Due date of submission : April 15, 2020.
a. 11,908 c. 19,908 Time : 8 :00pm
b. 21,200 d. 18,205
9. If the volume of a sphere is 288π cu cm, then its
surface area is equal to
a. 140π sq cm c. 144π sq cm
b. 142π sq cm d. 146π sq cm
10. A card is drawn from an ordinary deck and we are told
that it is red. What is the probability that the card is
greater than 2 but less than 9?
6 7
a. c.
13 26
12 13
b. d.
51 52
11. Ben exercises every 12 days and Isabel every 8 days.
Ben and Isabel both exercised today. How many days
will it be until they exercise together again.
a. 34 c. 24
b. 12 d. 18
12. Find the radius of a circle whose area is equal to the
area of the annulus formed by two concentric circles
with radii 5 and 13.
a. 10 c. 12
b. 11 d. 13
13. If the college basketball coach had 3 sons in the 12-
player team, in how many ways can he select the first
5 players if at least 2 of his sons were included?
a. 250 c. 288
b. 272 d. 236
14. The average rate of production of PCB is one unit for
every 2 hours work by two workers. How many
PCBs can be produced in one month by 60 workers
working 200 hours during the month?
a. 1500 c. 3000
b. 2500 d. 1200