GROUP STUDY

Physics, Probability and Statistics, Engineering

Economy
1. A coin is so unbalanced that you are
likely to get two heads in two successive
throws as you are to get tails in one. What is
the probability of getting heads in a single
throw?

A. 0.618 B. 0.816
C. 0.186 D. 0.168
ANS. 0.618
2. For the probability density function
shown, what is the probability of the
random variable x being less than 1/3?

A. 0.11 B. 0.25
C. 0.22 D. 0.33
ANS. 0.22
3. A lighthouse shows successive one-second flashes of
red, white, green, green, white, red. A second
lighthouse does the same only with two-second
flashes. The six-second sequence of the first lighthouse
is repeated steadily, as is the twelve-second sequence
of the other lighthouse. What fraction of the time do
the two lights show the same color if the given
sequences start at the same time.
A. 1/4 B. 1/6
C. 1/5 D. 1/7
ANS. 1/6
4. Smith and Jones, both 50% marksmen, decide to
fight a duel in which they exchange alternate shots
until one is hit. What are the odds in favor of the man
who shoots first?
A. 1/2 B. 1/4
C. 2/3 D. 1/3
ANS. 2/3
5. How many possible ways are there so that a point at
the origin will reach the point (6,5) with the shortest
path travelling one unit per lattice point?
A. 246 B. 642
C. 462 D. 264
ANS. 462
6. A 62 kg trampoline artists jumps upward from the
top of a platform, 2m above the trampoline, with a
vertical speed of 4.5 m/s. If the trampoline behaves
like a spring of spring constant 5.8x10^4 N/m, how far
down does he depress it?

A. 0.236 m B. 0.623 m
C. 0.362 m D. 0.263 m
ANS. 0.263 m
7. A 10.0-kg box is pulled along a horizontal surface by
a force of 40.0 N applied at a 30.0° angle above
horizontal. Calculate the acceleration. Assume a
coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.30.

A. 1.1 m/s2 B. 1.7 m/s2

C. 2.1 m/s2 D. 1.9 m/s2
ANS. 1.1 m/s2
8. Billiard ball A moving with speed va = 3m/s in the +x
direction strikes an equal-mass ball B initially at rest. The two
balls are observed to move off at 45° to the x axis, ball A
above the x axis and ball B below. What are the speeds of the
two balls after the collision?

A. 1.5 m/s B. 2.1 m/s

C. 1.8 m/s D. 2.5 m/s
ANS. 2.1 m/s
9. A batter hits the ball at a rate of 35 m/s at angle of
35deg from the horizontal. What must be the catcher’s
acceleration in order to catch the ball if initially he is at
rest?

A. 11 m/s2 B. 14 m/s2
C. 13 m/s2 D. 16 m/s2
ANS. 14 m/s2
10. Situation. The tires of a car make 65 revolutions as
the car reduces its speed from 95 kph to 45 kph. The
tires have a diameter of 0.80 m.
Determine the angular acceleration of the tires.
A. -1.24 rad/s2 C.-3.29 rad/s2
B. -2.35 rad/s2 D. -4.13 rad/s2
Determine the time required for it to stop.
A. 4.57 sec C. 6.46 sec
B. 5.15 sec D. 7.56 sec
ANS. 9. -4.13 rad/s2
10. 7.56 sec
11. Engr. JP invested Php 20,000 at an interest rate of
12% compounded annually. What will be the final
amount of his investment, in terms of today’s pesos,
after 5 years, if inflation remains the same at the rate of
9% per year?

A. Php 22,908 B. Php 22,809

C. Php 22,890 D. Php 22,089
ANS. Php 22,908
12. Find the future worth of Php 3,000 at the end of 6
months, if money is worth 8% compounded quarterly.

A. Php 3,121.2 B. Php 3,112.1

C. Php 3,211.2 D. Php 3,221.1
ANS. Php 3,121.2
13. A laptop which has a first cost of Php 50,000,
depreciates according to the sinking fund method, at
6% interest. If it has a salvage value of Php 10,000 and
has a useful like of 8 years, find the depreciation of the
device per year.

A. Php 4,401.4 B. Php 4,104.4

C. Php 4,140.4 D. Php 4,041.4
ANS. Php 4,041.4
14. A machine has an initial cost of Php 40,000 and
an annual maintenance cost of Php 5,000. Its useful life
is 10 years. The annual benefit from purchasing the
machine is Php 18,000. The effective annual interest
rate is 10%. What is the machine’s benefit-cost ratio?

A. 1.51 B. 1.73
C. 1.56 D. 2.24
ANS. 1.56
15. Financing is being prepared for rehabilitating a 10 mi long
concrete highway in a rural area. The highway is 24 ft wide and is to be
resurfaced with a 4 in asphalt overlay. The overlay is expected to cost
Php 550/yd2 in place. The existing concrete joints are to be repaired
either by sawcutting and resealing, or by complete replacement. The
joints are spaced 44 ft apart, and 15% of the joints will need to be
replaced. Sawcutting and sealing will cost Php 22,500/joint, and
replacement will cost Php 90,000/joint. The life of the overlay is expected
to be 7 yr. What is most nearly the annual capital recovery cost of the
project, using an interest rate of 4% compounded annually?

A. Php 19,425,000 B. Php 15,940,000

C. Php 19,542,000 D. Php 15,490,000
ANS. Php 19,425,000
16. Determine the principal that
would have to be invested to
provide P200 of simple interest
income at the end of 2 years if the
annual interest is 9%.

A. P 1111.11 B. P 1524.6
C. P 2153.65 D. P 1145.33
ANS. P1111.11
17. Suppose that the interest rate is 10%
per year, compounded annually.
What is the minimum amount of money
that would have to be invested for a
two-year period in order to earn P300 in
interest?
A. P1648.34 B. P1428.57
C. P1153.65 D. P2034.33
ANS. P1428.57
18. Suppose that a man lends P1000 for 4 years
at 12% per year simple interest. At the end of 4
years, he invests the entire amount which he
then has for 10 year at 8% interest per year
compounded annually. How much money will
he have at the end of the 14 year period?

A. P1648.34 B. P1428.57
C. P1153.65 D. P3195.21
ANS. P3195.21
19. Find the value after 20 years in pesos of an
annuity of P20,000 payable
annually for 8 years, with the first payment at
the end of 2 years if money
is worth 5%.

A. P264,546.22 B. P179,176.86
C. P326,644.33 D. P156,783.71
ANS. P326,644.33
20.
Original cost = P120,000
Salvage value = P10,000
Life n = 10 years
Find the book value after 5 years using straight
line method.

A. P55000 B. P45500
C. P65450 D. P34760
ANS. P55000
21. If probability A = B = 0.15, C = 0.4,
and D = 2E, find the probability of D.

A. 0.30 B. 0.10 C. 0.75 D. 0.20

ANS. 0.20
22. In how many way can 5 people line up to
pay their electric bills?
A. 120 B. 72
C. 1 D. 24
23. In how many way can 5 people line up to
pay their electric bills if two particular persons
refuse to follow each other?
A. 120 B. 72
C. 90 D. 140
ANS. 120

ANS. 72
24. The probability of getting a credit in an
examination is 1/3. If three students are selected at
random, what is the probability that at least one of
them get a credit?
A. 19/27 B. 2/3
B. 8/27 D. 1/3
25. An engineer selects sample of 5 ipods from
shipment of 100 that contains 5 defectives. Find
the probability that the sample contains at least
one defective. (NOV. 2021)
A. 0.23 B. 0.43
C. 0.83 D. 0.63
ANS. 19/27

ANS. 0.23
26. A particular iPod playlist contains 100
songs, 10 of which are by Elvis Presley.
Suppose the shuffle feature is used to play the
songs in random order. What is the probability
that the first Elvis Presley song heard is the fifth
song played?

a. 0.0796 b. 0.0769 c. 0.0679 d. 0.0976

ANS. 0.0679
27. How many permutations can be
made out of the letters of the word
Engineering?

A. 831,600 B. 277,200
C. 55,440 D. 3,326,400
ANS. 831,600
A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession
without replacement,
28. What is the probability that both balls are black?
A. 5/28 B. 5/32
C. 5/16 D. 5/14

29. What is the probability that both are white.

A. 3/28 B. 2/7
C. 3/8 D. 5/15

30. What is the probability that one ball is white and the other is black.
A. 15/56 B. ¼
C. 15/28 D. 225/784

31. What is the probability that one ball is white, then the other is black.
A. 15/56 B. ¼
C. 15/28 D. 225/784
ANS. 5/14
ANS. 3/28
ANS. 15/28
ANS. 15/56
32. Throw a fair coin five times. What is the
probability of getting three heads and two
tails?
A. 5/32 B. 1/32
C. 5/16 D. 7/16
ANS. 5/16
33. Only 1 in 1000 adults is afflicted with a rare
disease for which a diagnostic test has been
developed. The test is such that when an individual
actually has the disease, a positive result will occur
99% of the time, whereas an individual without the
disease will show a positive test result only 2% of the
time. If a randomly selected individual is tested
and the result is positive, what is the probability
that the individual has the disease?

a. 0.047 b. 0.02097 c. 0.001 d. 0.02

ANS. 0.047
34. A 5.00 kg box is pushed from the top of an
incline and travels down the incline with an
initial speed 10 m/s. The incline is 5 m long
and the angle of the incline is 30 deg. The
coefficient of friction between the box and
the incline is 0.200. Determine the lose of
potential energy.

A. -132 J B. -373 J
C. -123 J D. -250 J
ANS. -123 J
35. A 16-gram mass is moving at 30
cm/sec while a 4-gram mass is moving in
an opposite direction at 50 cm/sec. They
collide head on and stick together. Their
velocity after collision is
A. 0.14 m/s B. 0.21 m/s
C. 0.07 m/s D. 0.28 m/s
ANS. 0.14 m/s
36. What average force is necessary to
stop a .45 caliber bullet of mass 15 grams
and speed of 300 m/s as it penetrates a
block 5 cm?

A. 12.5 kN B. 13.0 kN C. 13.5 kN D. 12.0 kN

ANS. 13.5 kN
37. A 500-N object was dropped from a
height of 1.3 m to a spring with k = 20
N/mm. What is the velocity of the object
when the spring deflected 100 mm?

A. 4.45 m/s B. 5.05 m/s

C. 4.85 m/s D. 4.65 m/s
ANS. 4.85 m/s
38. Probability
Roll a pair of dice. What is the probability
that the sum of two number
A. is 7?
B. is 7 or 4?
C. is less than 4?
D. is even?
E. is less than 4 or even?
F. is less than 4 if it is even?
G. is even if it is less than 4? 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏 𝟓𝟓 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
ans. ; ; ; ; ; ;
𝟔𝟔 𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟐 𝟗𝟗 𝟏𝟏𝟖𝟖 𝟑𝟑
39. Probability
A bag contains 5 red and 6 blue balls. If
2 balls are drawn in succession,
determine the probability that 1 is red
and 1 is blue if
A. with replacement
B. without replacement
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟔𝟔 𝟏𝟏𝟕𝟕
ans. ; ;
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
40. Probability
A bag contains 6 red, 4 white and 8 blue
balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random,
determine the probability that
A. 1 is red and 2 are white (w/ replacement)
B. 1 is red and 2 are white (w/out replacement)
C. at least 1 is red (w/ replacement)
D. at least 1 is red (w/out replacement)

𝟒𝟒 𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏𝟗𝟗 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
ans. ; ; ;
𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
41. Probability
Bag A contains 5 red and 6 blue balls.
Bag B contains 4 red and 5 blue balls.
The ratio of choosing a ball between
Bag A and Bag B is 2:1.
What is the probability that a random
ball is a red from Bag A?
𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
ans.
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
42. Probability
From the group of 100 students,
15 love both Math and Geotech, 20
love Math and Structural, 40 love
Geotech, and 50 loves Math. Given a
student loves Structural, what is the
probability that he/she loves Math?
𝟒𝟒
ans.
𝟗𝟗
43. Physics
A stone is thrown upward at an angle of
30 with the horizontal. It lands 60 m
measured horizontally and 2 m below
measured vertically from its point of
release.
What is the total velocity of the stone
when it strikes the ground?
ans. 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒎𝒎/𝒔𝒔
44. Physics
If friction is great enough to prevent skidding,
a vehicle would impend to overturn at a
speed of “V” kph on a highway curve having
a radius of 150m. The vehicle center of
gravity is 0.68m above the road and its tread
is 1.5m. Determine the value of “V” if the
angle of the super elevation is 10°.

ans. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌

45. Physics
A vehicle is moving at a speed of 80kph
along an inclined surface having a
slope of 4%. If the coefficient of friction is
0.3 , compute the braking distance.

ans. 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒎

 46. Physics
A Car A is accelerating in the
direction of its motion at the rate of
3 ft/(𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒄^𝟐𝟐). Car B is rounding a
curve of 440-ft radius at a constant
speed of 30 mi/hr. Determine the
velocity and acceleration which
car B appears to have an observer
in car A if car A has reached a
speed of 45 mi/hr for the positions
represented.
ans. 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓. 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒇𝒇𝒇𝒇/𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 @ − 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒. 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 , 𝟐𝟐. 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝒇𝒇𝒇𝒇/
𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔^𝟐𝟐 @ 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
47. Physics
Determine the acceleration of the system. The inclined plane is
smooth, and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the
horizontal surface and block C is (𝜇𝜇𝑘𝑘 )𝐶𝐶 = 0.2.

ans. 𝟏𝟏. 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝒎𝒎/𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔^𝟐𝟐

48. Physics
Determine the acceleration of the system. Coefficient of kinetic
friction between the inclined plane and block A is (𝜇𝜇𝑘𝑘 )𝐴𝐴 = 0.15.
Determine also the tension in the cable between AEB.

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ans. 𝟎𝟎. 𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗 𝒎𝒎/𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔^𝟐𝟐 , 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏, 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝑵𝑵

49. Economics
What rate of interest compounded
monthly is equivalent to an interest rate
of 14% compounded quarterly?

ans. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖