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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

LONG QUIZ Part I SOLUTION (General Engineering)
ChE 426:ChE Applications with Comprehensive Examination
2nd Semester 2021 -2022

Name: Section: Date: Score:

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Strictly no ERASURES in the answer sheet. Write the letter of your choice
in the answer sheet provided. You may use the questionnaire as scratch. Good luck!

1. The concession stand at SM Cinema City sells popcorn in three sizes: large, super, and jumbo.
One day, SM Cinema City sold 240 bags of popcorn and the ratio of large to super to jumbo was
8:17:15. How many super bags of popcorn were sold that day?
Given:
240 bags of popcorn
8 large bags of popcorn; 17 super bags of popcorn; 15 jumbo bags of popcorn

Solution:
Let 8x, 17x, 15 x be the number of large, super, and jumbo bags
8x + 17x + 15x = 240
x=6

17x
17(6) = 102

2. Naneth and Rhoda can finish a job together for 5 hrs. If Naneth can do the job working alone in 8
hrs, what percent of the job Rhoda do in 5 hours?
Given:
Finish a job together= 5 hours
Let A=Naneth ; B= Rhoda

Solution:
Portion of work by A = 5/8 = 0.625
Portion of work by B = 1-0.625 = 0.375 x 100%
B = 37.5%
3. A theatre seats 100 people. Admission is P5 for men, P1 for the ladies and 5 centavos each for the
children. How many children should be there in a group of men, women and children in order to
fill every seat and take in just P100.

Solution:
Let m= number of men; w= number of women ; c= number of children
M+w+c =100
5m+1w+0.5c = 100

If c=80; m=10; w=10

80+10+10 = 100 people

5(10)+1(10)+0.5(80) = P100
Hence, 80 children

4. Find the sum of the series 1-½ + ¼ - ⅛ + 1/16 + ….

Solution:
a= 1 ; r = -½

Sn = a/1-r
Sn = 1/1- (-½)
Sn = 2/3

5. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He takes sight at the top of the tower from
points A and B which are 50 ft apart, at the same elevation,and on a direct line with the tower.
The vertical angle at point a is 30° and at point B is 40. The height of the tower is

Solution:
Let h = height of the tower
x= distance between B and tower

From point A,
h
tan30=
50+ x
50 + x = 1.732h
x= 1.732h-50 (eqn 1)

From point B,
h=x * tan 40
h=(1.732h-50) *0.839
h= 1.4533h-41.9549
14.9549
h= = 92.54 ft
0.4533
6. The sides of a triangle have a total length of 100 inches. The angles are in the continued
proportion 1:2:4. Find the side opposite the smallest triangle.
Given:
Sides of the triangle = 1x ; 2x ; 4x
Let a = 1x ; b = 2x ; c = 4x
P=100 in

Solution:
P= x+2x+4x
100=7x

x=100/7
2x = 200/7
4x = 400/7

100/7 = 14.28 19.80 in

7. Find the radius of the circle in which is inscribed in a regular nonagon whose perimeter is 417.6
cm.
Solution:
If r = 67.83 cm,
4359744 π
A=
25
=√ ❑
Hence, r = 67.83 cm

8. If the length of each edge of a cube is increased by 3 cm, its volume is increases by 387 cm 3. Find
the length of each edge of the original cube.
A. 5 cm

Solution:
Let l= length of cube
l= 5 cm
v= 53 = 125

5 +3 = 8cm
v= 83 = 512

512-125= 387 cm3

Hence, l=5cm

s= 5 cm; then s3 = 125

9. Evaluate lim ( x+ tan x)/sin x
x→ ∞
Solution:
lim ( x+ tan x)/sin x = 2
x→ ∞

11. In a roadwork, 12 laborers could finish it in 17 days. After 11 days, 5 laborers quit the work and
are not replaced until 4 days. How many more laborers should be added to complete the job on
time?
Solution:
12 laborers in 17 days: 12 * 17=204 laborers-days
11 days, 11*12 = 132 laborers-days
Over the next 4 days= 4*7 = 28 laborers-days
Thus in 15 days, 160 laborers-days

Remaining 44 laborers-days will need 44/2 = 22 laborers.

22-7 = 15 laborers

12. Nico John and Dave set out to run. Nico John ran 9 kilometers per hour while Dave ran 8.5
kilometer per hour. In the same amount of time, Nico John run ½ kilometer further than Dave.
How long did they run?
Solution:
Nico John- 9kph ; Dave- 8.5 kph
9-8.5 = ½ hr

½ hr + ½ = 1 hr

13. Rebelen’s grandma gives her 36 foreign stamps to start her collection. She collects twelve more
each week. How many weeks will it take for her collection to grow to 216 stamps?
Given:
a= 36
d= 12
Nth term = 216

Nth term = a + (n-1)d

216=36 + (n-1)12
216=36 + 12n -12
n= 16 15 weeks

14. Find the area bounded by the curve y=x2 and x=y2.
Solution:
 1

∫ √❑
0
⅔+⅓=1

15. The logarithm of the quotient M/N and the logarithm of the product MN is equal to 1.55630251
and 0.352162518 respectively. Find the value of M.
Solution:
M
log =log M −log N=1.55630251 (eqn.1)
N
log (MN )=log M +log N=0.352182518 (eqn. 2)
Combine eqn 1 and 2:
2 log M =1.55630251+0.352182518=1.908485028
0.954242514
M =10 =¿ 9

16. A quiz has twenty questions with seven points awarded for each correct answer, two points is
deducted for each wrong answer and zero for each questions omitted. CJ scores 87 points. How
many questions did he omit?
Solution:
x= number of questions correct
y= number of questions wrong
z= number of questions omitted

7x-2y=20
x=13; y=2
X+y+Z = 20
13 + y +z = 20
Z=5

17. How many pounds of peanuts should be added to 5 pounds of a 30% peanut mixture of nuts to
obtain a nut mixture which is 50% peanuts?
Solution:
(x-1.5)/x = 0.5
X-1.5 2 lb

18. If there are 50 terms in an arithmetic progression and if the common difference is 1.5. Determine
the second term if the last term is 3510.
Solution:
a n=a+(n−1)d
3510=a+(50−1)1.5
a=3436.5
a 2=3436.5+1.5=¿ 3438

19. In the trigonometric function 2 tanx cos x=√ ❑, the measure of the angle x is ________.
 Solution:
2 tanx cos x=√❑ = 60°

20. Find x if log of 9 to the base 3 is equal to x.

Solution:
Log of 9 to the base 3 = x
x
3 =9
X=2

21. The distance between centers of the two circles having radii of 4 and 8 is 15. How long is the
common internal tangent segment?

Given:
Radius of circle A = 4
Radius of circle B= 8
Distance between centers = 15
Solution:
Pythagorean theorem: 122 + x 2=152
2 2 2
x =15 −12
X=9

23. What is the length of the latus rectum of 4x2 + 9y2+ 8x - 32=0?
Solution
By completing the square:
4(x2+2x)+9y2=32
4(x+1)2 +9y2 = 32 +4(1)2
2
( x +1) y 2
+ =1
9 4
By inspection:
A2 = 9 ; a=3 b2=4; b=2
2
2b 2 2(4) = 2.7
LR = =
a 2

24. Find the slope of the line tangent to the curve y= x3 -2x + 1 at the point (1,2).
Solution:
y= x3 -2x + 1; Let: slope = y’
Substitute x =1
y’=3(1)2 -2= 1

25. If the diameter of a sphere is increased by 40 percent, by what percent is the volume increased?
D. 174.4%
Solution:
 New radius = r + .40 = 1.40r
V= 4/3πr3
V= 4/3π(1.40r)3 x 100 = 174.9% = 174.4%

lim √ ❑
26.Find x→ 2
❑
lim √ ❑ lim −1
x→ 2 = x→ 2

❑ 2 √❑
= -1/2

2
lim x −2 x +9
27. Find x →∞

2 x 3−8
2
lim x −2 x +9
x →∞ =0
2 x 3−8

28. What is the area bounded by the curve y=x3, the x-axis and the line x = -2 and x = 1

Solution:

[ ]
1 4
x
∫ ❑ydx = 4
1
❑ ❑−2❑❑

−2
=¼ -4 = -15/4 sq. units = 4.25

29. The area bounded by the curve y 2= 12x and the line x = 3 is revolved about the line x =3. What is
the volume generated?
Solution:
y2= 12x
At x = 3
y2= 12(3); y= ± 6
2 2
A= bh= (12)(3)=24 square units
3 3
D=⅖h
D= ⅖ (3) =1.2
V = A∗2 π d=24.2 π (1.2)=¿ 181 cubic units

30. Water is flowing into a conic vessel 15cm deep and having a radius of
3.75cm across the top. If the rate at which the water rises in 2cm/sec,
how fast is the water flowing (m3/sec) into the conical vessel when the
water is 4cm deep?

Solution:
 1 2
V= π r h
3
3.75 r h
= ; r=
15 h 4
2
1 h π 3
V = π ( ) h= h
3 4 48
dV 3 π 2 dh
= h
dt 48 dt
dV 3 π 2
= (4) (2)
dt 48
dV
=¿ 6.28 cm3/sec
dt

31. Find the length of the vector (2,4,4).

Solution:
√❑ = 6

32. What is the length of the line with a slope of 4/3 from a point (6,4) to the y-axis?
Solution:
y-y1=m(x-x1)
Y-4 = 4/3 (x-6)
At x = 0; y=-4
d= √ ❑
d= √ ❑ = 10 units

33. What is the distance between the centers of the circles x 2 + y2 + 2x + 4y - 3 = 0 and x 2 + y2 - 8x -
6y + 7 = 0
Solution:
¿
C1 (-1,-2)
2 2 ❑
x + y + 8 x −6 y +7=0
2 2 ❑
x + y + 8 x −6 y=−7
By completing the square,
¿
C2(4,3)
d= √ ❑
d= √ ❑ = 7.07

34. A person deposits P10000 into a money market account which pay interest at a rate of 8% per
year. The amount that would be in the account at the end of ten years is most nearly:
 Solution:
P = P10000
t= 10 years
r= 0.08
0.08 1.10
A=10000(1+ )❑
1
10
A=10000× 1.08
A = P21,589.25

35. A small company wants to deposit a single amount of money now so that it will have enough to
purchase a new truck costin P505000 five years from now. If the money can be deposited into an
account which earns interest at 10% per year, the amount that must be deposited is most nearly:

Solution:
r=10%
t= 5 years
Present value at 10% at 5th year is = 0.52092
P505000 * 0.62092 = P313,564.5
=P313,565.71

36. A company expects the material cost of a certain manufacturing operation to be P100000 per year.
At an interest rate of 8% per year, the present worth of this cost over a five-year project period is
closest to:
Solution:
P
Present worth = 100,000 ×( , 8 % ,5)
A
Present worth = 100000 * 3.9927 = P399,270
=P399270.00

39. A company is considering two alternatives for manufacturing a certain part. Method R will have a
first cost of $40,000, an annual operating cost of $25,000, and a $10,000 salvage value after its five-
year life. Method S will have an initial cost of $100,000, an annual operating cost of $15,000, and a
$12,000 salvage value after its 10-year life. At an interest rate of 12% per year, the present worth
values of the two alternatives are closest to:
Solution:
PWR = -40000(P/A, 12% , 5) - 25000 + 10000 (P/F, 12%, 5)
=-40000(3.605) -25000 + 10000 (0.5674)
=163,526 = $195,057

40. For the alternatives in above problem, their annual worth values are closest to:
Solution:
AWR = -40000(A/P, 12% , 5) - 25000 + 10000 (A/F, 12%, 5)
=-40000(.2774) -25000 + 10000 (0.1574)
=$34,522
AWS = -100000(A/P, 12% , 10) - 15000 + 12000 (A/F, 12%, 10)
-100000(0.1770) - 15000 + 12000 (0.0570)
=$32016