Eastern Samar State University

College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Borongan City, Eastern Samar

CE INTEGRATION
EXERCISE NO. 1

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Direction: a. 1 c. 2
Solve the following Problems in a separate sheet and b. 4 d. 3
encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct 7. A coin is tossed 3 times, what is the probability of
answer. If the choice does not contain the answer write getting 3 tails up?
the value before the number. a. 1/8 c. 1/3
b. 1/5 d. 1/6
1. Solve for x: √ 3−x + √ 4−2 x− √ 3−3 x=0
a. 1 c. 2 8. In how many minutes after 7:00 o’clock will the
b. 3 d. 4 hands be directly opposite each other for the first
time?
2. Maria is 36 years old. Maria was twice as old as a. 5.455 min c. 4.657 min
Anna was when Maria was as old as Anna now. b. 3.213 min d. 6.954 min
How old is Anna now?
a. 36 c. 54 9. An airplane, flying with the wind, took 2 hours to
b. 24 d. 28 travel 1000 km and 2.5 hours to fly back. What was
the wind velocity in kph.
3. The cost of labor varies jointly as the number of a. 40 kph c. 30 kph
workers and the number of days they work. If 8 men b. 50 kph d. 20 kph
working 9 days each are paid P 576, in how many
days will it take 6 men to earn P 624? 10. The number 28, x+2, 112 form a geometric
a. 13 days c. 15 days progression. What in the 10th term?
b. 10 days d. 8 days a. 14336 c. 13648
b. 16813 d. 10932
4. In a survey concerning the smoking habits of
10
consumer it was found that 55% smoke cigarette A, 11. Find the 6 th term of the expansion of ( 2 x− y 2 )
50% smoke cigarette B, 40% smoke cigarette C,
30% smoke cigarette A and B, 20% smoke cigarette
a. −8064 x 5 y 10 c. 6420 x 5 y 10
A and C, 12% smoke cigarettes B and C only 10% b. −5306 x 5 y 10 d. 7861 x 5 y 10
all three cigarettes. What percentage of the
population did not smoke? 12. If the sum of seven consecutive integers is zero,
a. 93% c. 32% what is the smallest of the seven integers?
b. 7% d. 15% x , x +1 , x +2 , x+3 , x +4 , x +5 , x+6
a. 5 c. – 4
5. Compute the value of x by determinants b. – 3 d. 2
4 −1 2 3

| |
x= 2 0 2
10 3 0
14 2 4
a. 18
1
1
5
c. 24
13. In the given harmonic progression shown, compute
the value of x:

a. 7
1 1 1 1
, , ,
1 4 x 10
c. 8
b. 26 d. 28 b. 9 d. 10
6. Find the value of “w” in the following equations.
3 x−2 y+ w=11 14. Rationalize the denominator of
√a and
x +5 y−2 w=−9 √ a−√ a √ b
determine the transformed fraction.
2 x+ y −3 w=−6
 1+ √ b 1−√ b 24. A is 12% older than B, while B is 11% older than C.
a. c. By how much in % is A older than C.
1−ab 1+ a a. 43.22% c. 24.32%
1+ √ b 1−√ b b. 32.24% d. 53.22%
b. d.
1−b 1+ ab
25. The geometric mean of two numbers is 8 and the
arithmetic mean is 17. Find one of the numbers.
15. Find the sum of the geometric progression a. x = 3, x = 36 c. x = 4, x = 28
2x, 4x+14, 20x-14….up to the 10th term. b. x = 2, x = 28 d. x = 32, x = 2
a. 314,336 c. 633,413
b. 413,336 d. 146,333 26. How many terms of the progression 3, 5, 7, 9….must
be taken in order that their sum will be 2600?
16. Solve for n if n P6=3 n P5 where P stands fro a. 20 c. 30
b. 40 d. 50
permutation.
a. 8 c. 9
27. Find the value of A in the equation
b. 10 d. 12
( x 2 +4 x +10 )
A B ( 2 x +2 ) C
17. Which of the following numbers is not a prime 3 2
= + 2 + 2
(x +2 x +5 x) x ( x +2 x +5 ) ( x +2 x +5 )
number 11, 17, 13, 15?
a. 4 c. 3
a. 15 c. 17
b. 2 d. 5
b. 11 d. 13
28. The boat travels downstream in 2/3 hours the time
18. Solve for B from the given expression of partial
as it does going upstream. If the velocity of the river
fractions
current is 8 kph, determine the velocity of the boat in
still water.
2 x 4 +3 x 3 +7 x 2+10 x +10 A Bx+C Dx+ E a. 40 kph c. 30 kph
2
= + 2 + b. 20 kph d. 10 kph
2
( x −1 ) ( x +3 ) x−1 ( x + 3 ) ( x 2 +3 )2
a. 0 c. 1 29. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands of
b. 2 d. 3 the clock extend in opposite directions for the first
time?
19. Determine the sum of the numerical coefficients in a. 43.636 min c. 34.366 min
the expansions of ( a+ b )8 b. 36.466 min d. 63.643 min
a. 526 c. 436
b. 354 d. 256 30. Find the elements of the product of the two matrices,
matrix BC.
20. There are 4 geometric means between 3 and 729.
Find the fourth term of the geometric progression.
a. 91 c. 71
Elements of Matrix B=[ 10 −52 ]
b. 101 d. 81
Elements of Matrix C=[ 3 6 ]
21. Twenty men can finish the job in 30 days. Twenty 4 1
five men were hired at the start and 10 quit after 20 11 8
days. How many days will it take to finish the job?
a. 26 days c. 28 days
a. BC=[−20 −5 ]
BC=[ 8 11 ]
b. 25 days d. 27 days
b.
5 −20
22. How many 4 digit combination could be made from
11 20
BC=[
−5 8 ]
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9? c.
a. 120 c. 150
b. 180 d. 210
BC=[ 11 8
−5 −20 ]
d.
23. An airplane flew from A to B along the wind for 1.5
hours a total distance of 500 km and consumes 1.6
hours in flying the same distance back again the 31. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls
wind. What is the speed of the plane in still air? are drawn in succession without replacement, what
a. 223.29 km/hr c. 222.39 km/hr is the probability that both balls are black?
b. 923.22 km/hr d. 322.92 km/hr a. 7/14 c. 5/14
b. 6/14 d. 4/14
32. How many four digit numbers can be formed by the
use of digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 if one digit’s is used
only once in one number?
a. 360 c. 230
b. 630 d. 450

33. What is the sum of the progression 4, 9, 14, 19… up

to the 20th term?
a. 1030 c. 3010
b. 980 d. 2030