College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology

GE 104: MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

PROBLEM SET no. 1
Name: (Family Name, Given Name, Middle Initial)
Course, Year & Section: (Example: BSCE-1A)

Instructions: Answer the following problems based on your

knowledge and capacity. Write your answers in a clean piece of
paper (any paper).

 Plot this given points in Cartesian Coordinate System and

identify which quadrant the point lies:

1. (6,-1) 6. (1,-5)
2. (1/2,2/3) 7. (-0.5,0.75)
3. (-3,-1/4) 8. (-6,3/2)
4. (-4,7) 9. (0,0)
5. (3.5,2.5) 10. (8,-6)

 Use the following graph to estimate to the nearest integer

the missing coordinates of the indicated points. (Be sure
you find all possible answers.)

(A) (0, ? ) (B) (?, 0) (C) (?, 4)

 Given the points A = (-2, 3) and B = (4, 0), find:

(A) Distance between A and B

(B) Slope of the line through A and B
(C) Slope of a line perpendicular to the line through A
and B

 Find the equation of the circle with a radius of √𝟕 and

center at:

(A) (0,0) (B) (3,-2)

PREPARED BY: ENGR. CARLO F. CABANUS, CE