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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

EE 521 – ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE WITH COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION

Final Examination - Mathematics

NAME : _____________________________________ SCORE: ____________________

SECTION: ___________________________________ SET: ___________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Shade the circle on the provided answer sheet which
corresponds to the letter of the answer which best fit to the problem,
situation or definition provided on each problem. Use pencil No. 2 only. Do
not make any erasure/s and alteration/s on your answer sheet. Use only the
allowed model of calculator. Any part of this questionnaire can be use as your
scratch. Students who are caught practicing any form of cheating will receive
a grade of zero for this examination.

1. A survey was conducted to find out which of the three leading car
brands they liked best. The results indicated that 500 liked Honda, 470
liked Toyota and 430 liked Ford. But these, 180 liked Honda and Ford,
140 liked Toyota and Honda, and 210 liked both Ford and Toyota. Only 60
liked all the 3 car brands. How many responded the survey?
A. 910
B. 980
C. 960
D. 930
2. A woman travelled 20 m/s for 2 minutes, 30 m/s for 3 minutes and 15 m/s
for 1 minute. Find her average velocity.
A. 21.7 m/s
B. 29 m/s
C. 24.17 m/s
D. 20 m/s
3. Express the power (1+i)8 in rectangular form.
A. 16
B. 8i
C. 1-i
D. -6
4. The eccentricity of a given curve is less than 1, the given curve is:
A. parabola
B. ellipse
C. hyperbola
D. circle
5. An isosceles triangle of maximum area is inscribed in an ellipse with
major axis 10cm and minor axis 8cm so that the base is parallel to the
major axis and the opposite vertex on at end of the minor axis. Find the
area of the triangle.
A. 26
B. 25
C. 24
D. 20
6. How much of a 7% solution should be mixed with appropriate amount of
12% solution to get 5 liters of a 10% solution?
A. 2 L
B. 2.5 L
C. 3 L
D. 4 L
7. The largest volume of a rectangular box that can be made of a cardboard
20 sq in by cutting identical squares on its edges.
A. 375.63 cu. cm
B. 592.60 cu. cm
C. 615.53 cu. cm
D. 421.94 cu. cm
8. An investor has P1,100 income from bonds bearing 4% and 5% if the
amount at 4% and 5% were interchanged he would earn P50 more per year.
Find the total sum invested.
A. P20,000
B. P30,000
C. P25,000
 D. P35,000
9. Write in the form a + bi the expression i3217 – i427 + i18.
A. 2i + 1
B. -i + 1
C. 2i - 1
D. 1 + i
10.Compute the focal length and the length of latus rectum of parabola y2 +
8x – 6y + 25 = 0.
A. 2, 8
B. 4, 6
C. 16, 64
D. 1, 4
11. If (5x – 3), (x + 2) and (3x – 11) form an arithmetic progression,
find the fifteenth term.
A. - 86
B. - 79
C. - 81
D. - 84
12. If the radius of a circle is reduced by 10%, its area will be reduced
by?
A. 20%
B. 19%
C. 90%
D. 81%
13. There are two numbers whose sum is 53. Three times the smaller number
is equal to 19 more than the larger number. What are the numbers?
A. 16, 37
B. 20, 33
C. 18, 35
D. 24, 29
14. Determine the equation describing the locus of point P(x, y), such that
the sum of the distances between P and (-5, 0) and between P and (5, 0)
is constant at 20 units.
A. (x/10)2 + (y/8.66)2 = 1
B. (x/10)2 + (y/5)2 = 1
C. (x/5)2 + (y/10)2 = 1
 2 2
D. (x/8.66) + (y/10) = 1
15. The sum of the positive integers is 51. Find the greatest possible
product of these 3 numbers.
A. 7362
B. 4913
C. 5624
D. 5625
16. A tank is in the form of frustum of a right circular cone is filled with
oil weighing 50 pounds per cubic foot. If the height of the tank is 10
feet, base radius is 6ft and the top radius is 4 feet, find the work
required in ft-tons to pump oil to a height 10ft above the tank.
A. 232
B. 83
C. 195
D. 312
17. What is the Laplace transform of e^-2t?
A. 1/(s - 2)
B. 1/(s + 2)
C. 1/(s – 1)
D. 1/(s + 1)
18. Find the area bounded by parabola x2 = 4y and y = 4.
A. 21.33
B. 33.21
C. 31.32
D. 13.23
19. When William was as old as Mae is now, the sum of their ages was 51.
When Mae will be as old as William is now, the sum of their ages will be
103. How many years older is William than Mae?
A. 25
B. 13
C. 19
D. 32
20. Find the positive number x that exceeds its square by the largest
number.
A. 1/3
B. 1
 C. 2
D. 1/2
21. 33 is 12% of what number?
A. 120
B. 263.63
C. 396
D. 275
22. How many terms are there in the expansion of (X + Y)7?
A. 7
B. 14
C. 6
D. 8
23. In a chemical processing of a certain mineral, the rate of change of
the amount of mineral present varies as the amount of the mineral
remaining. If after 8 hours, 100 pounds of mineral have been reduced to
70 pounds, what quantity of the mineral will remain after 24 hours?
A. 53.2
B. 43.4
C. 34.3
D. 25.3
24. The value of x + y in the complex expression 3 + xi = y + 2i is:
A. 5
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
25. Find the area of the triangle formed by the points (5, 4), (-2, 1),
and (2, -3).
A. 18
B. 16
C. 20
D. 22 1/2
26. Sand is pouring at 25π ft3/min and forming a conical pile where the
radius is always twice its height. Find the rate when height is 5ft and
height is increasing at the rate of 2 in/min.
A. 0.25 ft/min
B. 1.32 ft/min
 C. O.58 ft/min
D. 0.86 ft/min
27. In a certain study about 2 pollutants, it is found out that pollutant A
has 30% chance of polluting in a day. Pollutant B has 25% chance of
polluting. The 2 pollutants do not pollute on the same day. At any given
day, if pollutant A is polluting, what is the probability that Pollutant
B is also polluting?
A. 30%
B. 25%
C. 5%
D. 0
28. A parabolic mirror has its focus 31ft from its vertex, and the distance
across the top is 64ft. Determine the distance at the center. How deep
is the center of the mirror?
A. 23/45
B. 22/45
C. 32/45
D. 64/93
29. Pure tin and pure iron were added to a 50kg of an alloy containing 10%
tin and 20% iron. The process produced a new alloy containing 20% tin
and 50% iron. What is the weight of the new alloy?
A. 66.67 kg
B. 86.25 kg
C. 116.67 kg
D. 153.33 kg
30. At what time between 2:00 and 3:00 will the angle between hands of the
clock be bisected by the line connecting the center of the clock and the
3 o’clock mark?
A. 2:21 9/11
B. 2:18 6/13
C. 2:23 7/13
D. 2:19 7/13
31. Which of the following is the value of xy if x – y = 2, x2 + 2xy + y2 =
3?
A. – 1/4
B. -4
 C. 1/4
D. 4
32. When a bullet is fired into a sand bag, it will be assumed that the
retardation is equal to the square root of its velocity on entering.
For how long will it travel if the velocity on entering the bag is 144
ft/sec?
A. 27 sec
B. 24 sec
C. 25 sec
D. 26 sec
33. A figure is 30 cm high is reduced by 19% in a copier. The height of the
figure in the resulting copy will be?
A. 5.7 cm
B. 27 cm
C. 24.3 cm
D. 13.08 cm
34. Find the coordinate of the vertex of the equation x2 + 2x – y + 2 = 0.
A. origin
B. (-1, 1)
C. (-1, -1)
D. (1, -1)
35. The segment from (-1, 4) to (2, -2) is extended 3 times its own length.
The terminal point is ________.
A. (-11, 20)
B. (11, -24)
C. (-11, 24)
D. (11, -20)
36. A project activity can be done by 25 men in 60 days. At the end of the
th rd
5 day, 6 men were laid off. At the start of the 33 day, 12 more men
were hired to finish the job. How many days is the project
advanced/delayed?
A. 0.81 advanced
B. 0.81 delayed
C. 0.19 advanced
D. 0.19 delayed
37. Ana bought ballpens for P90. Then she sold it all with a profit of P2
each ballpen. If after selling, she will buy with additional 15
ballpens, what is the cost of each ballpen?
A. 4.50
B. 5.35
C. 3.45
D. 3.70
38. A canoe can travel 3 times as fast downstream than it can upstream. If
the current of the stream is 5 mph. If the time to make the roundtrip is
4 hours, find the total distance travelled by the canoe.
A. 30 miles
B. 15 miles
C. 40 miles
D. 60 miles
39. The parabola y = -x2 + 2x – 1 opens:
A. to the left
B. to the right
C. downward
D. upward
40. Find the area bounded by the parabolas x2 – 2y = 0 and x2 + 2y – 8 =
0.
A. 20/3
B. 16/3
C. 64/3
D. 32/2
41. In how many ways can a deck of 52 cards be distributed to 5 players if
each player will receive 4 cards?
A. 1,353,625
B. 54,145
C. 32,487,000
D. 270,725
42. For the complex number z = 3 + j4 the modulus is:
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 7
43. If the planes 5x – 6y – 7z = 0 and 3nx + 2y – mz + 1 = 0 are
parallel, find m.
A. -2/3
B. -4/3
C. -5/3
D. -7/3
44. Find the sum of coefficients in the expansion of (2x – 3y + 1)35.
A. -1
B. -2
C. 1
D. 2
45. The probability of John’s winning whenever he plays a certain game is
1/3. If he plays 4 times, find the probability that he wins just twice.
A. 0.2963
B. 0.1481
C. 0.2693
D. 0.2222
46. Find the length of the latus rectum of 9x2 – 4y2 – 36x + 16y = 0.
A. 5.433 units
B. 6.708 units
C. 9.218 units
D. 8.694 units
47. What section is formed by a cone cut by a plane parallel to its axis?
A. Circle
B. Parabola
C. Ellipse
D. Hyperbola
48. In a family, there are 8 children, two of them are twins. The youngest
is 3 years old and the eldest is 21 years old. Their age are in
arithmetic progression. There are three children younger than the
twins. How old are the twins?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 8
D. 14
49. Find the orthogonal trajectory of the family of curves with center at
origin and foci at x-axis.
A. y = Cx2
B. y = Cx^(b^2/a^2)
C. y = Cln(x/y)
D. y = Cx^(a/b)^2
50. Find the moment of inertia with respect to the x-axis of the area in
the first quadrant bounded by the parabola y2 = 4x and the line x = 1.
A. 1.357
B. 1.685
C. 1.067
D. 1.562
51. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30ft by 35ft building. If the rope is
40ft long and the goat can reach 1ft farther than the rope length. What
is the maximum area the goat can cover?
A. 4840.07
B. 4804.07
C. 8044.07
D. 4084.07
52. Five cards are drawn from a pack of 52 well-shuffled cards, Find the
probability that 3 are 10’s and 2 are Queens.
A. 1/32
B. 1/54,350
C. 1/108,290
D. 1/649,740
53. On a day when temperature is 30 deg C, a cool drink is taken from a
refrigerator whose temperature is 5 deg C. If the temperature of the
drink is 20 deg C after 10 minutes, what will its temperature be after
20 minutes?
A. 21 deg C
B. 24 deg C
C. 28 deg C
D. 26 deg C
54. The maximum volume of the cylinder inscribed in the cone is ____ % of
the volume of the cone.
A. 24%
 B. 34%
C. 44%
D. 54%
55. A wire 60 inches long is to be used to construct a circle and an
equilateral triangle. How much is the maximum sum of area possible?
A. 173.21
B. 286.48
C. 247.37
D. 293.73
56. Find the remainder if we divide 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y - 4 by (2y + 3).
A. 10
B. 11
C. 15
D. 13
57. The side of the triangle lot are 130m, 180m and 190m. This lot is to be
divided by a line bisecting the longest side and drawn from the opposite
vertex. Find the length of the line.
A. 124 m
B. 130 m
C. 125 m
D. 127 m
58. An arch is in the form of an inverted parabola and has span of 12 feet
at the base and a height of 12 feet. Determine the equation of the
parabola and give the vertical clearance 4 feet from the vertical
centerline.
A. 7.33 ft
B. 6.00 ft
C. 5.33 ft
D. 6.67 ft
59. Given a square with 20cm sides. Another square is to be inscribed in
the given square such that the vertices of the latter lies on the
midpoint sides of the former. Determine the area, in sq. cm, of the
smaller inscribed square.
A. 200
B. 220
C. 180
 D. 160
60. A box contains 9 red balls and 6 blue balls. If two balls are drawn in
succession, what is the probability that one of them is red and the
other is blue?
A. 18/35
B. 18/37
C. 16/35
D. 16/37
61. If log 2 = x and log 3 = y, find log648 in terms of x and y.
A. 3x + y/(x + y – 1)
B. (2x – y )/(y – 1)
C. (4x + y)/(x + y)
D. xy/(x + 2y – 1)
62. Determine the equation of the line through (3, 4) which forms, with the
positive x and positive y axes, the triangle with the least area.
A. 4x + 5y = 32
B. 3x + 4y = 25
C. 4x + 3y = 24
D. 2x + 3y = 18
63. The third term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th term is 6.
Find the 11th term.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
64. How many triangles are determined by the vertices of a regular hexagon?
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25
65. How many line segments can be formed with 6 distinct points, no three of
which are collinear?
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25
 2 2
66. The area in the second quadrant of the circle x + y = 36 is revolved
around the line x + 10 = 0 What is the volume generated?
A. 1550.33
B. 3100.67
C. 1324.14
D. 1523.41
67. The sum of the cube of the consecutive numbers from 1 to 30 is
A. 216,225
B. 215,325
C. 217,186
68. A tetrahedron is a regular solid with equilateral triangles for each of
the 3 surfaces. If each side is 10 cm, what is the volume of the
tetrahedron?
A. 127.21 cu cm
B. 91.67 cu cm
C. 83.33 cu cm
D. 117.85 cu cm
69. A spherical balloon is filled with air at a rate of 1 m3/s. Compute the
time rate of change in the surface area of the balloon when the volume
is 113.1 m3.
A. 1/3 m2/s
B. 2/3 m2/s
C. 1/2 m2/s
D. 3/4 m2/s
70. Solve for x in the equation: arctan(x + 1) + arctan(X – 1) =
arctan(12)
A. 1.50
B. 1.34
C. 1.20
D. 1.25
71. Given the equation 16x2 + 25y2 – 64x – 311 = 0. Find the value of the
minor axis.
A. 6
B. 8
C. 4
D. 10
72. Determine the order and degree of (y’’’)3 + x(y’’)4 = e4x – 1.
A. 2nd order, 4th degree
B. 3rd order, 3rd degree
C. 4th order, 1st degree
D. 4th order, 2nd degree
73. It takes an airplane 1 hr and 45 min to travel 500 miles against the
wind and covers the same distance in 1 hr and 15 min with the wind. What
is the speed of the airplane?
A. 341.45 mph
B. 371.23 mph
C. 342.85 mph
D. 355.56 mph
74. Differentiate y = xlnx – x .
A. ln x
B. – ln x
C. ln x – 1
D. ln x + 1
75. Evaluate sqrt of -1 quantity raised to sqrt of -1.
A. 4.8105
B. j4.8105
C. -j1.5708
D. 0.2079
76. Evaluate e(3-j4) .
A. -13.1 + 15.2i
B. -14.2 + 16.6i
C. 12.09 – 10.08i
D. -25.6 – 11.1i
77. A particle moves along a line with acceleration (2 + 6t) at time t. When
t = 0, its velocity is equal to 3 and it is at a position s=2. When t =
1, it is at position s= _____.
A. 7
B. 8
C. 7.5
D. 8.5
78. A cat is now 50 of her own leaps ahead of a dog which is pursuing her.
How many more leaps will the cat take before it is overtaken if she
 takes 5 leaps while the dog takes 4, but 2 of the dog’s leap are
equivalent to 3 of the cat’s leap?
A. 200
B. 250
C. 300
D. 350
79. Find the total area generated by revolving a rectangle of sides a and b
about side a.
A. 2πab
B. 2πb(a + b)
C. 2πa(a +b)
D. 2π(a/b)
80. Find the area bounded by the x-axis, y-axis and the curve x2 + y2 + 16x
+ 16y + 64 = 0.
A. 13.734
B. 12.168
C. 10.966
D. 11.292
81. Six times the middle of a three digit number is the sum of the other
two. If the number is divided by the sum of the digits, the answer is 51
and the remainder is 11. If the digits are reversed, the number becomes
smaller by 198. Find the number.
A. 752
B. 725
C. 275
D. 572
82. Find the greatest common factor (GCF) of 108 and 60.
A. 18
B. 15
C. 60
D. 12
83. In how many ways can 12 beads be strung on a necklace?
A. 39,916,800
B. 479,001,600
C. 0
D. 1
84. Find the inverse laplace transform of 3/(s+4)
A. 3e4t
B. -3e-4t
C. 12e4t
D. 3e-4t
85. Find the slope of the curve x2 – 3xy +y2 – 4x + 2y + 1 = 0 at the point
(1, -1).
A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 1/3
D. 1/5
86. The ____________ of a triangle is the circle that can be inscribed
within the triangle.
A. incenter
B. apothem
C. incircle
D. circumcircle
87. What acute angle does the line of slope 3/2 make with a vertical line?
A. 56°
B. 50°
C. 40°
D. 34°
88. A hexagon is formed by joining the points (1, 4), (0, -3), (2, 3), (-1,
2), (-2, -1) and (3, 0). Find its area.
A. 10
B. 12
C. 24
D. 26
89. Find the general solution: (x2 + y2)dx –xydy = 0
A. 2x2 ln Cx = y2
B. x-3 ln Cx = y3
C. 2x ln Cx = y
D. x2 ln Cy = y2
90. In how many ways can 3 boys be drawn from 1,000?
A. 166,167,000
B. 6
 C. 997,002,000
D. 509,885,000
91. Find the half life of a radioactive substance if one quarter of its lost
after 8 hours.
A. 4 hours
B. 16.26 hours
C. 11.78 hours
D. 19.27 hours
92. A machine costing $ 1250 depreciates in value 20% each year. What will
be its worth at the end of 4 years?
A. $ 640
B. $ 410
C. $ 512
D. $ 250
93. A secretary makes 2 errors per page on the average. What is the
probability that the page she makes will have 4 or more errors?
A. 0.1428
B. 0.2122
C. 0.1234
D. 0.1122
94. The corner of a 2-meter square is cut off to form a regular octagon.
Determine the length of the resulting side of the octagon.
A. 0.834
B. 0.724
C. 0.732
D. 0.828
95. How much money should a woman invest in bank account paying 8% annual
interest compounded continuously if she wants to use the money to buy a
Ȿ20,000 car in 4 years?
A. Ȿ14,522.98
B. Ȿ18,127.78
C. Ȿ12,782.32
D. Ȿ15,274.13
96. It is the locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances
from two fixed points is constant.
A. Circle
 B. Hyperbola
C. Parabola
D. Ellipse
97. Differentiate g(x) = sec3 x
A. 3 sec3x tan x
B. -3 sec3x tan x
C. sec3 x cot x
D. –sec3 x tan x
98. A bag contains 9 balls numbered 1 to 9. Two balls are drawn at random.
Find the probability that one is even and the other is odd.
A. 7/9
B. 5/9
C. 2/3
D. 1/3
99. One hour after a bacteria colony starts growing, a scientist determines
that there are 9000 bacteria present. After another hour, there are
12,000 bacteria. How many bacteria were present initially?
A. 4580
B. 6750
C. 6020
D. 7090
100. Calculate the given expression
A. 0.77 – j0.64
B. 0.93 + j1.53
C. 0.64 + j0.77
D. -1.53 – j0.93
Prepared by:

Engr. JAYSON J. DELA ROCA

Lecturer, EE Department

Engr. RODEL A. TEJADA

Lecturer, EE Department

Checked and Verified by:

Engr. ELENOR M. REYES

Department Chairman EE/CpE Department

Approved by:

DR. JESSIE A. MONTALBO

Dean, CEAFA