EXERCISE 05 – CE 18 – CORRELATION COURE1

DIRECTIONS: SOLVE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS. SHOW YOUR SOLUTION AND BOX YOUR FINAL
ANSWER. SUBMIT YOUR SOLUTION AND ANSWER IN PDF OR JPEG FORMAT.

Problems:

1. A +0.8% grade meets a -0.4% grade at km 12 +

850 with elevation 35 m. The maximum
allowable change in grade per station is 0.2%.
Determine the length of the curve.

2. Find y’ if x = 2 arccos 2t and y = 4 arcsin 2t.

b. Assume that the midpoint of the chord is evenly

distributed over the circle.

3. If a chord is selected at random on a fixed circle

what is the probability that its length exceeds
the radius of the circle?
a. Assume that the distance of the chord from the
center of the circle is uniformly distributed.

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c. Assume that the end points of the chord are

uniformly distributed over the circumference of
the circle.

5. How many minutes after 3:00 o’clock will the

hands of the clock be perpendicular to each
other for the 1st time?

4. A regular octagon is made by cutting equal

isosceles right triangles out from the corners of
a square of sides 16 cm. What is the length of
the sides of the octagon?
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6. Divide the circle of radius 13 cm into four parts

by two perpendicular chords, both 5 cm from
the center. What is the area of the smallest
part.

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7. A certain businessman, who is always in a

hurry, walks up an ongoing escalator at the rate
of one step per second. Twenty steps bring him
to the top. Next day he goes up at two steps per
second, reaching the top in 32 steps. How
many steps are there in the escalator?

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