CE 601 Quiz 1

Algebra, Trigonometry

1. Determine the remainder of the following fraction,

6 4 3
2 x +5 x −x +1
2
−x + x +1
29 x +20 29 x −20
A. C.
−x 2 + x+ 1 −x2 + x +1
−29 x−20 −29 x+ 20
B. 2
D. 2
−x + x +1 −x + x +1

2. It is now between 9 and 10 o’clock. In quarter of an hour, the minute hand will be behind the
hour hand by only half as much as it is now behind it. What time is it?
A. 9:29:18 C. 9:20:09
B. 9:19:09 D. 9:19:05

3. A girl on a bicycle coast downhill covering 4 ft the first second, 12 ft the second second, and in
general, 8 ft more each second than the previous second. If she reaches the bottom at the end
of 14 seconds, how far did she coast?
A. 782 ft C. 784 ft
B. 780 ft D. 786 ft

4. In the expansion of the expression ( x +4 y )12 , what is the numerical coefficient of the term next to
8 4
126720 x y ?
A. 264040 C. 990280
B. 811008 D. 112080

5. If t 8 = 4 and t 12 = –2, find the third term of the arithmetic sequence.

A. 23/2 C. 29/2
B. 13 D. 1

6. Given the following expression:

log b y =2 x +log b x
Which of the following is true?
A. y = b^(2x) C. y = 2x/b
B. y = 2xb D. y = xb^(2x)

7. Given three positive numbers a, b and c such that a, b and c are in geometric progression. Which
of the following is correct?
A. 2logb = loga – logc C. 2logb = (loga)(logb)
B. 2logb = log(a + c) D. 2logb = loga + logc
8. Two missiles are fired at the same location to different angles. Their speeds are 84.24 m/s and
72.32 m/s respectively. How far apart are the missiles after 0.75 second if the horizontal angle
between them is 60.2 degrees?
A. 44.20 m C. 97.20 m
B. 59.70 m D. 127.70 m

9. A differential equations professor, in order to encourage his son to study, a father promises to pay
his son $5.00 for each correct answer he obtains in his math homework. For each incorrect
answer, the son must pay his father $8.00. The boy answered twenty-six math questions. At the
end, no money was exchanged. How many correct and incorrect answers did he get?
A. 10 correct, 16 wrong C. 16 correct, 10 wrong
B. 18 correct, 8 wrong D. 8 correct, 18 wrong

10. What number should be subtracted from the polynomial x 3 + 4x2 – 7x + 12 so that it will be
perfectly divisible by x + 3?
A. 13 C. 54
B. 39 D. 42

11. If the shadow of a building increases by 10 meters when the angle of elevation of the sun rays
decreases from 70o to 60o, what is the height of the building?
A. 46.86 m C. 57.90 m
B. 55.21 m D. 39.44 m

12. The sum of the first ten terms of an arithmetic sequence is 160. The sum of the next ten terms of
the sequence is 340. What is the first term of the sequence?
A. 8 C. 7.9
B. 8.5 D. 6.4

13. What is the period of y= 4tan 4x?

A. π C. π/4
B. π/2 D. π/8

14. The nth term of a sequence of positive integers is 5n – 3. Find the sum of the first 16 terms of
the sequence.
A. 631 C. 612
B. 750 D. 725

15. A cask containing 20L of wine was emptied of one fifth of its content and then filled with water.
If this is done 18 times, how many litres of wine remains in the cask?
A. 0.24 C. 0.36
B. 0.18 D. None in the list

16. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?
A. 0 C. 1
 B. 10 D. 19

17. There are 84 tons of water in pool A and 36 tons of water in pool B. If the water flows from pool
A to pool B at a rate of 2 tons per minute. How many minutes will the water in pool B twice that
in pool A?
A. 22 C. 20
B. 2 D. None in the list

18. If a:b=9:4 and b:c=5:3, then what is (a-b):(b-c)?

A. 25/33 C. 5/2
B. 25/8 D. -15/7

19. The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two numbers are added to the progression, the new
set of numbers will have arithmetic mean of 19. What are the numbers if their difference is 4?
A. 21, 25 C. 8, 12
B. 23, 27 D. 16, 20

20. A pipe can fill up a tank with the drain open in three hours. If the pipe runs with the drain open
for one hour and then drain is closed, it will take 45 more minutes for the pipe to fill the tank. If
the drain will be closed right at the start of filling, how long will it take for the pipe to fill the
tank?
A. 1.800 hrs C. 1.315 hrs
B. 1.755 hrs D. 1.125 hrs

SITUATION: A building contractor is faced with the problem of possibly paying liquidated damages of P
10,000 per day for the delay in the completion of his work in accordance with the stipulated contract.
The number of days left on the contract is 30 days. At present, he is hiring a working force of 40 skilled
workers with a daily wage of P300 each and 20 unskilled workers with a daily wage of P200. The daily
wage is based on an 8-hour days work. If he maintains the present number of men, he will finish the
work in 50 days. Overtime rate is 25% more than the regular rate.

21. If he allows the present working force to work overtime for 2 hours a day, how much will he save
or loss in order to finish the project?

A. Saves 80,000 C. Saves 60,000

B. Saves 90,000 D. Saves 120,00

22. If he will put additional men maintaining the ratio two skilled workers to one unskilled worker in
order to finish the job, how many skilled workers will he add, considering no overtime work?

A. 24 C. 32
B. 28 D. 18

23. A radio station tower was built in two sections. From a point 87 feet from the base of the tower,
the angle of elevation of the top of the first section is 25°, and the angle of elevation of the top
 of the second section is 40°. To the nearest foot, what is the height of the top section of the
tower?

A. 32 C. 36
B. 28 D. 40

24. Raj is sitting on a 30-foot pier overlooking the ocean. His eye level is 3 feet above the pier. He
sees a whale surface in the ocean. If the angle of depression of the whale is 20 degrees, how far
is the whale from his eyes?

A. 96.5 ft C. 98.2 ft
B. 88.5 ft D. 83.2 ft

25. Sean and the bases of three buildings A, B, and C are all on level ground. Sean measures the
angles of elevation of the tops of buildings A and B to be 62 ° and 57°, respectively. Meanwhile,
on top of building C, CJ spots Sean and determines that the angle of depression of Sean from his
location is 31°. If the distance from Sean to the bases of all three buildings is the same, arrange
buildings A, B, and C in order of increasing heights.

A. C, B, A C. A, C, B
B. B, C, A D. A, B, C