ME BOARD EXAMINATION TRAINING SESSIONS 1 A. 5 C.

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PROBLEM SET 04 B. 3 D. 2

1. Which of the following lines is parallel to a line with equation 11. The line 4x - By + 12 = 0 forms a triangle of area equal to 3
y = 1/4 x + 6 sq. units with the coordinate axes. Find the value of B.

A. y = -1/4x — 6 C. y = 2x — 3 A. 6 C. 4
B. 5 D. 10
B. y=- 4x+6 D. x = 4y — 3
12. If the point (x, 2) is equidistant from (3, 2) and (7, 2), find x.
2. A line goes through the point (4, —6) and is perpendicular to
the line y = 4x + 10. What is the equation of the line? A. 5 C. 7
B. 3 D. 8
A. y = mx — 20 C. y=1/4x+5
B. y = -(1/4)x — 5 D. y=1/5x+5 13. What is the equation of line through (7,-3) and
perpendicular to the line whose inclination is arctan 2/3?
3. Find the equation of a line with slope = 2 and y-intercept = -3.
A. 3x+ 2y— 15 = 0 C. 3x+ 2y+ 15 =0
A. y=-3x+2 C. y= 2/3 x + 1
B. 3x — 2y — 15 = 0 D. 3x — 2y + 15 = 0
B. y=2x-3 D. y=2x+3
14. The line whose equation is 3x + 4y — 24 = 0 is intersecting
4. Find the coordinates of the points equidistant from (1,-6), (5,-
the x-axis. What is the angle form from the x-axis.
6), and (6,-1).
A. 143.13° C. 35.43°
A. (3,-3) C. (5,-5)
B. 36.87° D. — 143.13°
B. (4,-4) D. (2,-2)
15. A line passes through ( 2, 8 ) and parallel to the line through
5. The inclination of L, is arctan 1/2, if L2 makes an angle of 45°
( -2, 2) and (4,5) . Find its equation.
with L1, find the slope of L2.
A. x— 2y + 14 = 0 C. x — y + 12 = 0
A. 2 C. 3
B. 2x - y + 16 = 0 D. x + y + 14 = 0
B. 1 D. 4
16. If the constant B in the equation of the line Ax + By + C = 0 is
6. If an equation is unchanged by the substitution of — y for y,
zero, then the line is
its curve is symmetric with respect to the
A. vertical C. horizontal
A. x—axis C. y—axis
B. 45° with the axis D. along the origin
B. origin D. 45 deg. Line
17. A line with an inclination of 45° passes through ( -5/2, -9/2).
7. Which of the following best describes the given lines 4x — y +
If the ordinate of the point is 6, what is its abscissa?
3 = 0 and 8x-2y+ 8 =0?
A. 6 C. 7
A. Coincident lines C. Perpendicular lines
B. 8 D. 5
B. Parallel lines D. Intersecting lines
18. The x - intercepts are found by setting
8. A line passes through point ( 2, 2 ). Find the equation of the
line if the length of the line segment intercepted by the A. y = x C. y = 0
coordinate axes is equal to the square root of 5. B. x = 0 D. x = ∞

A. 2x+y-2 =0 C. 2x—y-2 =0 19. What is the x - intercept of the line passing through ( 1, 4 )
B. 2x—y+ 2=0 D. 2x+y+2= 0 and ( 4, 1) .

9. Find the distance between the lines 4x — 3y = 12 and 4x — 3y A. 4.5 C. 5

=-8. B. 6 D. 4

A. 4 C. 8 20. If all the y - terms have even exponents the curve is

B. 10 D. 3 symmetric with respect to the

10. In a Cartesian coordinates, the coordinates of a square are A. x - axis C. y – axis

( 1, 1 ), ( 0, 8), ( 4, 5), and ( -3, 4 ) . What is the area ? B. origin D. 45 deg. Line

A. 25 C. 20 21. What is the distance between points P (1, -3, 5) and Q ( -3,
B. 18 D. 14 4, - 2 )
A. √ 10 C. 8 A. (2, -5) C. (-5, -1)
B. √ 14 D. √ 114 B. (-2, 3) D. (1, 2)

22. Find the locus of a point that moves so that it is always twice 31.The focus of the parabola y2 = 4x is at:
as far fro m(1,2) as from ( - 3, 4) A. (4, 0) C. (1, 0)
2 2
A. 3x + 3y + 26x - 28y + 95 = 0 B. (0, 4) D. (0, 1)
B. 3x2 - 3y2 + 26x - 28y - 95 = 0 32. A truck hauling cylindrical steel tank has to pass under an
C. 5x2 + 5y2 + 26x - 28y + 95 = 0 overhead parabolic arch bridge which has a span of 24 m and is
D. 3x2 - 3y2 + 26x - 28y - 95 = 0 20 m high. If the tank is 16 m and is place in the truck with its
23. The rectangular coordinate system used to represents a sides vertical, and the top of the tank is 10 m above the street
complex number. level, what is the smallest clearance from the top of the tank so
that the truck can pass under the bridge?
A. Complex plane C. Argand diagram
B. Cartesian plane D. Venn-Euler diagram A. 1.11 C. 1.23
B. 8.99 D. 3.24
24. If θ is the angle between the planes 2x - y + 2z = 3 and 6x -
2y + 3z = 5 then cos θ is equal to which of the following? 33.The cables of horizontal suspension bridge are supported by
two tower 120 feet apart and 40 feet high. If the cable is 10 feet
A. 11/20 C. 17/25 above the floor of the bridge at the center, find the equation of
B. 12/23 D. 20/21 the parabola using the mid point of the bridge as the origin.

25. What is the equation of a line though point A (0, 7) parallel A. x2 – 120 y + 1200 = 0
to the line 9x + y — 3 =0. B. x2 – 120 y - 1200 = 0
C. x2 + 120 y + 1200 = 0
A. 9x+y— 7=0 C. 9x+y— 40= 0
D. x2 + 140 y + 1600 = 0
B. 9x+y-48 =0 D. 9x+y— 63 = 0
34. What is the center of the curve x2 + y2- 2x - 4y - 31 = 0.
26. What are the coordinates of the center and the radius,
respectively, of the following equation for a circle? A. (-1, -2) C. (1, -2)
B. (-1, 2) D. (1, 2)
x2 + y2 + 12y – 2x + 12 = 0
35. An equation of the second degree in which the xy - term is
A. (1, - 6) ; 12 C. (-1, 6) ;25
missing and only one square term is present, represents a ____
B. (- 1, 6) ;sqrt of 12 D. (1, -6) ;5
with its axis parallel to a coordinate axis.
27. If the rectangular coordinates of a point are ( -3, - 5.2), what
A. Circle C. parabola
are the polar coordinates (r, 0) of the point?
B. Ellipse D. hyperbola
A. ( - 6, -120 ) C. ( 6, 120 )
36 The parabola 8x2 + 64x - 32y + 63 = 0 opens
B. ( 6, - 120 ) D. (6, - 150 )
A. upward C. downward
28. What is the equation of a parabola with a vertex at (4,8) and
B. to the right D. to the left
a directrix at y = 5?
37. The parabola whose vertex is at origin, axis on y - axis focus
A. (x - 8)2 = 12(y - 4) C. (x - 4)2 = 6(y - 8)
at (0, p) directrix y = -p and opening upward has the equation.
B. (x - 4)2 = 12(y - 8) D. (y - 8)2 = 12(x - 4)
A. x2= 4py C. x2= -4py
29. An ellipse whose center at (0, 0) passes through (x, 15). Find
B. y2= 4px D. y2= -4px
its shortest distance from the origin to the given point if the
major axis on the x-axis is 60 and minor axis in the y-axis is 38.Find the equation of the ellipse with foci (2, -7) and (2, 9) and
equivalent to 40. with major axis of length 34.

A. 2.9 C. 25.0 2
( x−2) ( y−1)
2 2
( x−2) ( y−1)
2

B. 24.9 D. 27.0 A. + =1 C. + =1
225 289 227 228
2 2 2 2
30. Find the location of the vertex of the parabola (x + 2)2 = - 16 ( x−2) ( y−1) ( x−2) ( y−1)
( y – 3 ).
B. + =1 D. + =1
15 17 227 228
39. From the given equation of the hyperbola 16y2 - 9x2 + 36x + 49. What is the length of the latus rectum of the parabola x2=
96y - 36 = 0. Find the center of the hyperbola (h, k) 20y.

A. (2, -3) C. (2, 1) A. 21 C. 24

B. (3, 2) D. (1, -1) B. 23 D. 20

40. Find the equation of the asymptotes for a hyperbola (y - 5 )2- 50. A curve has a general equation of the form Axe + By2 + F = 0.
( x + 5 )2 = 36. If it passes through (4, 0) and (0, 3) fmd its specific equation.

A. y -5 = ±(x + 5) C. y-4= ±(x-4) A. 9x2+16y2 = 144 C. 9x2-15y2 = 120

B. y= ±x D. y -5 =±(x -5) B. 9x2-16y2 = 144 D. 9x2-12y2 = 120

41. Find the value of k for which the equation x2 + y2 + 4x - 2y - k 51. What is the derivative of In cos x?
= 0 represents a point circle.
A. sec x C. - tan x
A. 5 C. – 6 B. - sec x D. tan x
B. 6 D. - 5
52. Given the function y = x3 -3x2 + 4x + 5 . Determine the
42. The major axis of the elliptical path in which the earth coordinates of the point of inflection.
moves around the sun is approximately 186,000,000 miles and
A. (-1,-3) C. (0,5)
the eccentricity of the ellipse is 1/60. Determine the apogee of B. (2,9) D. (1,7)
the earth.
53. Find the second derivative of y = x-2 at x = 2.
A. 93,000,000 miles C. 91,450,000 miles
A. 96 C. 0.375
B. 94,335,100 miles D. 94,550,000 miles
B. -0.25 D. -0.875
43. What is the radius of the circle whose center is at (- 4, 2)
54. Find dy/dx if y = cos ( 1 - 2x ).
tangent to the line 3x + 4y - 5 = 0?
A. -2 sin (1-2x) C. 2 sin (1-2x)
A. 1.8 C. 1.2
B. sin 2(1-2x) D. -sin (1-2x)
B. 3.5 D. 3.2
55. What is the slope of the graph y = - x2 at x = - 2?
44. Compute the area enclosed by the curve x2- 10x + 4y + y2 =
196 A. 2 C. 4
B. -2 D. -4
A. 125 pi C. 225 pi
B. 325 pi D. 100 pi 56. Differentiate, y = sec x2
45.The conic section whose eccentricity is greater than 1 (e >1) A. 2x sec x2 C. 2 sec x2
B. 2x tan x2 D. 2x sec x2 tan x2
A. circle C. parabola
B. ellipse D. hyperbola 57. Find y’ for (xy)x = e
46. The axis of the hyperbola passes through the foci, vertices − y (1−ln xy ) − y (1+ ln xy )
and center is called A. C.
x x
A. conjugate axis C. latus rectum B. 0 D. y/x
B. tranverse axis D. directrix
58. A function f is said to have a value at c if there exist an
47. A solid generated by the rotation of a ellipse about its minor open interval containing c on which f is defined such that f(c) ≥
axis. f(x) for all x in this interval.

A. elliptic spheroid C. hyperbolic spheroid A. relative minimum C. relative maximum

B. prolate spheroid D. oblate spheroid B. relative inflection D. relative maximum

48. What is the length of the latus rectum for the ellipse x2/64 + 59. The critical points of a graph occur where the derivative of
y2/16 = 1? the function is

A. 3 C. 5 A. one C. zero
B. 4 D. 6 B. infinity D. indeterminate

60. What is the limit of cos (1/x) as x approaches to infinity?

A. 2 C. 0 A. 7 C. 5
B. -2 D. 1 B. 6 D. 4

61. At the maximum point of y = f(x) 72. A set of all numbers or points lying between two endpoints.

A. the curve is concave upward A. Difference C. interval

B. the curve is concave downward B. Boundary D. internal points
C. y" is positive
3
D. y" is zero x −2 x +9
73. Evaluate: lim 3
x→ ∞ 2 x −8
62. A method used for fmding a root of an equation by
successive approximations in the form of the iterations. A. 0 C. ½
B. infinity D. 1
A. Cardan' s method C. Ferrari's method
B. L'Hospital' s method D. Newton-Raphson method 74. What is the limit of ( 1 + 1/n)n as n approaches 0.
63. The partial derivative with respect to x of the function xy2 - A. 0 C. 1
5y + 6 is: B. e D. infinity
A. xy C. y2 75. If a is a simple constant, what is the derivative of y = xa ?
B. 2y D. - 5y
A. ax C. axa-1
64. The other term of derivative is B. xa-1 D. (a — 1)x
A. differential coefficient C. approximations 76. A manufacturer estimates that the cost of production of "x"
B. summation D. differential error units of a certain item is C = 40x - 0.02x2- 600. How many units
should be produced for minimum cost?
65. If In(ln y) + In y = In x, find y'.
A. 100 units C. 1000 units
A. x/y C. xy
B. 10 units D. 10,000 units
B. y/(x+y) D. 1
77. The volume of the sphere is increasing at the rate of 6
66. What is the maximum of the function y = - x3 + 3x, for x3 -1?
cm3/hr. At what rate is its surface area increasing (in cm2/hr)
A. -2 C. 0 when the radius is 50 cm?
B. -1 D. 2
A. 0.24 C. 0.40
67. In mathematics, a quantity larger than any that can be B. 0.36 D. 0.36
specified.
78. A point moves along a parabola y2 = 3x. Find the
A. Maximum C. boundary approximate change in its distance from the origin as its x
B. infinity D. indeterminate coordinate changes from 1 to 1.1.

68. The curve Spiral of Archimedes has an equation of A. 0.134 C. 0.125

B. 0.243 D. 0.321
A. r = a cosθ C. r = aθ
B. r2θ = a2 D. x2 + y2 = a2 79. One end of a 32 m ladder is resting on a horizontal plane
leans on a vertical wall. Assume the foot of the ladder to be
69. What is y' of the equation y = (e^lnx)2 pushed towards the wall at the rate of 2 m/min How fast is the
A. Inx C. 2e^lnx top of the ladder rising when its foot is 10 m from the wall?
B. 2(lnx)/x D. 2x A. 0.658 C. 0.432
B. 0.522 D. 0.663
dy
70. If y = cos x, =?
dx 80. Water running out a conical funnel at the rate of 1 cu. in per
second. If the radius of the base of the funnel is 4 in and the
A. sin x C. sec x sin x
altitude is 8 in., fmd the rate at which the water level is
B. – tan x cos x D. -1/cos x
dropping when it is 2 in from the top.

√
71. Differentiate x 1+ x 3 at x = 2. A. -1/9π in/s C. -3/27π in/s
B. 2/3π in/s D. -4/9π in/s
81. Water is being pumped into the conical tank at the rate of
100 ft3/min The height of the tank is 20 ft and its radius is 5 ft.
How fast the water level rising when the water height is 10 ft?
A. 16/π C. 4/π
B. 20/π D. 7/π
82. A triangle has variable sides x,y,z subject to the constraint
such that the perimeter P is fixed to 18 cm. What is the
maximum possible area for the triangle?
90. A poster is to contain 100 sq in. of picture surrounded by a 4
inch margin at the top and bottom and a 2-inch margin on each
side. What is the overall dimension that will minimize the total
area of the poster ?
A. 11.07 in x 22.14 in C. 12.35 in. x 23.4 in
B. 7.07 x 14.14 in D. 10.35 in. x 12.34 in.
91. The distance a body travels is a function of time and is given
by x(t) = 18t + 9t2. Find its velocity at t = 2.

A. 15.59 cm2 C. 18.71 cm2 A. 20 C. 36

B. 14.03 cm2 D. 17.15 cm2 B. 24 D. 54

83. Sand is poured on the at the rate of 3 cu.ft per minute forms 92. A six-foot woman is walking at the rate of 4 ft/s away from a
a conical pile whose height is one-third of the diameter of the street lamp that is 24 ft tall. How fast is the length of the
base. How fast is the altitude of the pile increasing when the woman's shadow moving?
radius of its base is 2 ft?
A. 1.33 C. 3.33
A. 0.238 C. 0.356 B. 2.33 D. 0.33
B. 0.222 D. 0.321
93. Which of the following is the point of inflection of the curve
84. The altitude of a cylinder of maximum volume which can be y = x3 - 3x?
inscribed in a right circular cone of radius r and height h is:
A. ( 0, 0 ) C. ( 1, 0 )
A. h/3 C. 3h/2 B. ( 0, 1 ) D. ( 1, 1 )
B. 2h/3 D. h/4
2
94. If f ( x )= ( 3 √ x−4 ) , then how much does f(x) increase as
2 2
85. Find the radius of curvature of the ellipse 3x + y = 12 at the x goes from 2 to 3?
point (1, 3).
A. 1.372 C. 1.273
A. (5/2)(sq.rt. of 2) C. 5 (sq.rt. of 2) B. 1.732 D. 1.723
B. 3 (sq.rt of 2) D. (3/2)(sq.rt of 2)
1 t
86. Divide the number 60 into two parts so that the product P of 95. The equations y= and x= , find dy/dx or y’.
one part and the square of the other is maximum. Find the
t+ 1 t+1
smallest part. A. -1 C. 1
B. t D. -t
A. 10 C. 40
B. 20 D. 30 96. If x increases uniformly at the rate of 0.001 feet per second,
at what rate is the expression (1 + x)^3 increasing when x
87. Find the minimum distance from the point (6,0) to the
becomes 9 feet?
parabola y2 = 8x.
A. 0.001 cfs C. 0.3 cfs
A. 5.656 C. 4.342
B. 0.003 cfs D. 1.003 cfs
B. 3.232 D. 4.522
97. What is the maximum volume of a box that is constructed
88. As x increases uniformly at the rate of 0.002 feet per second,
from a piece of cardboard 16 inches square by cutting equal
at what rate is the expression (1 + x) to the 3rd power increasing
squares out of the corners and turning up the sides?
when x becomes 8 feet?
A. 303.407 C. 134.458
A. 0.430 cfs C. 0.300 cfs
B. 245.430 D. 453.347
B. 0.486 cfs D. 0.346 cfs
98. Given the function f(x) = x3 - 5x + 2 find the value of the first
89. Given the function f(x) = x (to the 3rd power) - 6x + 2, find
derivative at x = 2, f'(2).
the value of the first derivative at x = 2, f(2)
A. 2 C. 7
A. 6 C. 3x2 – 5
B. 3x2 - 5 D. 8
B. 7 D. 8
99. Determine the equation of the line tangent to the graph y =
2x2 + 1 at the point (1, 3).
A. y = 2x + 1 C. y = 2x – 1
B. y = 4x - 1 D. y = 4x + 1

100. The slope of the line having the parametric equations x = t

-1 and y = 2t.

A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4