SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) Two houses A and B are to be connected to a water main 1200 m. long and it is desired to tap the main in one place only. If A and B are 300 m. and 900 m. from the main pipe respectively. Where the pipe must be tapped to use the least pipe. A. 300, B. 400 Cc. 500 D. 600\ SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) ») A man drives his Mercedes Benz down a straight road at 5.2 km at 40 kph at which point he ran out of gas. The man walked 1.5 km farther to the nearest gas station in 25 minutes. What is the average velocity of the driver from the time that the car started to the time that the driver arrived at the gas station? A. 21.8kph B. 20.03 kph C. 12.25\ph, D. 15.25 kphA viaduct is traversed by a truck running at 15 mph at the same time that another truck traveling at a speed of 30 mph on the street 22 ft. below and at right angle to the viaduct approached the point directly below the viaduct from a distance of 55 ft. Find the nearest distance between the trucks. A. 44ft B. 24ft c. 336 D. 22ft SriSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) »») ‘An electric replacement pump is being considered for purchase. It is capable of providing 200hp. The pertinent data are as follows: Cost = P3200 Maintenance cost per year = P50 Electric efficiency = 0.85 Life expectancy = 14 years The pump is used for 400 hours per year and the cost of electricity is P0.04 per kwH. Assuming the pump will have no salvage value, what will be the monthly cost? A. 203.10 B. 23820, ~ C. 173.26 D. 168.20 lM RUa LILLYLL )) Albert can walk 4 miles in the time it takes Bernard to walk 5 miles. Albert requires 3 mins longer than Bernard to walk a mile. Find the rate of Bernard in mph. A.3 mph B. 4mph C.Smph > D.6 mphSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) The cost of manufacturing an engine parts is P300 and the number which can be sold varies inversely as the fourth power of the selling price. Find the selling price which will yield the greatest total net profit. A. 300 B. 200 Cc. 400, D. 500¢ ELE) A manufacture produces a wooden toy at P2 a piece and sells it at P5 each. At this price, consumers have been buying 4000 toys every month. There is a plan to increase the selling price but for each peso increase, it is estimated that 400 fewer toys will be sold each month. By how much should the price be increased to maximize the profit? A. 5.3 B. 6.5 c. 9.8 Die)SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) ») A wall 2.245 m high is “x” meters away from a building. The shortest ladder that can reach the building with one end restling on the ground outside the wall is 6m. What is the value of “x”? A.4 B. 8 C-9 D.2 —_—Cc SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) DP A farmer is to plant rice in a rectangular field 30 meters by 40 meters. He started on the edge and plant around the perimeter. How wide a strip around he plant for each side in order to do thirty two percent of the work? A. 5m Bo3m @ers.21m DE AH jan RrSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) A bomber plane, flying horizontally 3.2 km. above the ground, is sighting on at a target on the ground directly ahead. The angle between the line of sight and the path of the plane is changing at the rate of 5/12 rad/min. When the angle is 30°, what is the speed of the plane in mph? A. 300 B. 400 C. 200 D. 500In planning the seating capacity of a certain review center, it is estimated that if there are 40 to 80 reviewees enrolled, the annual profit will be P80 per head. However if the seating capacity is above 80, the annual profit per head would be 80, the annual profit per head would be decreased by 40 centavos times the number of reviewees above 80. What should be the seating capacity in order to yield the greatest annual profit? A. 150 B. 240 D. 153SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) The LRT System runs from the Bonifacio Monument to Baclaran for a total distance of 15 km. The cost of electric energy consumed by a train per hour is directly proportional to the cube of its speed and is P250 per hour at 50 kph, Other experience such as salaries, depreciation, overhead, etc, amounts to P1687.50 per hour. Find the most economical speed of the train in kph. A. 57 Baz) “tres D. 56 > lA fa he aSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) MI A car traveling slowly along the shore is being followed bya search light in a lighthouse that is 1.5 km. offshore. When the car was 2 km. away from the point on the shore nearest to the lighthouse, it was traveling at 10 kph. How far in rad/hour is the searchlight turning at this moment? A. 2.3 rad/hr B. 2.5 rad/hr C. 2.2 rad/hr D. 2.4 rad/hrSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) The area bounded by the curve y = x?, the x-axis and the line x= is rotated about the x-axis, Determine the volume generated? Use SHELL A. B.SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) A pool is 40 m. long, 20 m. wide, 8 m. deep at the deep end, and 3 m. deep at the shallow end, the bottom is rectangular. If the pool is filled by pumping water into it at the rate of 40 m? per minute, how fast is the water level rising when it is 3 m. deep at the deep end? A. 83.4 mm/min B. 83.5 mm/min C, 83.3 mm/min D. 83.6 mm/min Se AUG FAMSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) As a cart crosses the bridges at a speed of 1.2 m/s, a small boat passes directly beneath it at a speed of 2.5 m/s. If the bridge is 6 m. above the water. After how many seconds will the cart and the boat be separating at the rate of 2.59 m/s? A. 6.665 sec B. 456 sec C. 5.65 sec ———sa D. 134 secSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) ”)) Water at the rate of 10 cm?/minis pouring into a leaky cistern whose shape is a cone 16 cm. deep and 8 cm. in diameter at the top. At the time the water is 12 cm. deep, the water level is observed to be rising 1/3 cm/min. How fast is the water leaking away? 4.10 — 37 cm3/min, B.11-3ncm3/min C. 10 — 4m cm3/min D.10—1 cm3/minSPECIAL COACHING (ME Cyclist Lance Armstrong of the United States won the 2003 Tour de France. This inspired amateur cyclist to train for local road race. He rode the first 20-mile portion of his workout at a constant rate. For the 16-mile cool down portion of his workout, he reduced his speed by 2 mph. Each portion of the workout took equal time. Find the cyclist rate during the first portion and during the cool down portion. A_10 mph, 8 mph B, 12 mph, 10 mph : C. 14mph, 12 mph i ts Mk aba ty© SE ee) ) he velocity of the Cebu Pacific Airlines in still air is 125 kph. The velocity of the wind due East is 25 kph. If the plane travels east and returns back to its base again after 4 hours, what distance does the plane travels due east? A. 230 km B. 240 km c. 250 km D. 260 kmSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) The angle of elevation of the top of the tower A from the foot of tower B is twice the angle of elevation of the top of tower B from the foot of tower A. At a point midway between the two towers, the angles of elevations of the top of the tower are complimentary if the two towers are 120 m apart, compute the angle of elevation of the tower B at a point midway between the two towers. A. 56.31 B. 33.69 Ae D. 69.69 >v SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) »)) One of the two intersecting railroad tracks runs east and west, the other north and south. At noon a train is 20 km. west of the crossing and traveling east at 40 kph on the first track. At the same time a train is 50 km. south of the crossing traveling north at 60 kph on the second track. How fast are they separating at 1:00 P.M. A. 62.61 kph B. 2.61 kph C. 661 kph D. 62,1 kph Cri aaaSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) ) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining (4,0) and (—6, —3). A, 20x + 6y +29 = 0 20x — 6y - 29 =0 C 20x + 6y — 29=0 D.20x —6y +29 =0 aySPECIAL COACHING (MESL) I An employee is earning P18000 a month and he can only afford to purchase a car, which will require a down payment of 85000 and a monthly amortization of 30% of his monthly salary. What would be the maximum cash value of a car he can purchase if the seller will agree to a down payment of P85000 and the balance payable in 4 years at 18% per payable on monthly basis? The first payment will due at the end of the first month. A. 268,380 B_ 268,830 C. 238,726 . D. 283,268 Clear ck aby tt panaSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) Find the area of the region bounded by the curves 12x . y= Tag the x-axis x =1landx=4 A. 2.38 B. 8.32 eT C. 3.82 D;3:33SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) Find the value after 20 years in pesos of an annuity of P20,000 payable annually for 8 years, with the first payment at the end of 2 years, if money is worth 5% A. 190,982.18 B. 29,549.1 C. 53,065.95 D. 326,644.33SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) The structural steel work of a new office building is finished. Across the street, 20 m. from the ground floor of the freight elevator shaft in the building, a spectator is standing and watching the freight elevator ascend at a constant rate of 5 meters per second. How fast is the angle of elevation of the spectator’s line of sight to the elevator increasing 6 seconds after his line of sight passes the horizontal? A. 1/12 rad/sec B. 1/11 rad/sec Cc 1/13 rad/secSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) Determine the equation of a parabola with focus at (4, 2) and directrix of y = -4. a.x? — 8x —12y +4=0 b.x* - 10x —27y -2=0 cy*-2x-7y-8=0 d.y? — 6x —2y =24=0 x», SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) The location of the focus of the parabola: 4y? + 8x —12y —7 =0is at: a. (0, 3/2) b. (2, -3/2) (3/2, 3/2 d. (-2, -3/2)SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) A cable is to be run from a power plant on one side of a river 900 m. wide to a factory on the other side 3 km. away upstream. The cost of running the cable overland is P4 per meter while the cost under water is PS per meter. What is the length of the cable overland which is most economical? A, 18m B. 180m Cc. 1800m D1800m ccc tach art tS aeSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) A small coin is placed on a flat, horizontal turntable. The turntable is observed to make exactly three revolutions in 3.3 sec. What is the speed of the coin when it rides without slipping at a distance of 5.2 cm from the center of the turntable? A. 27.9 cm/s B.29.7.cm/s C. 22.7 cm/s D. 22.2 cm/sSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) Towers A and B are constructed on a horizontal plane, B being 200 m above the plane. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower A as seen from point C in the plane is 50 deg, while the angle of depression of C viewed from the top of the tower B is 28°28’ and the angle subtended at the top of tower B by the top of tower A and C is 50°, Find the height of A. 6.59 B. 416.49 m Cc. 216.29m D. 316.39 mSPECIAL COACHING (MESL) Find the length of a simple pendulum whose period is 1 sec. at a location where g = 9.82 m/s. Compute also its frequency. A. 22.1.cm B. 23.23 cm C. 20.11 cm D. 24.9 cm ———SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) m1 A 50 kg nail box rest on the top of the smooth ramp whose length is 3m and whose height is 0.8m. How long will it take for the box to slide to the bottom of the ramp when released? A. 0.782 sec B. 1.564 sec C. 1.0427 sec D. 1.514 sec ”_SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) A man receives P145,000 credit for his old car when buying a new model costing P375,000. What cash payment will be necessary so that the balance can be liquidated by payments of P12,500 at the end of each month for 18 months when interest is charged at the rate of 6% compounded monthly? A. 230,000 B, 214,660 C. 15,340 . 13,530SPECIAL COACHING (MESL) A horse pulls a cart with a force of 200 N at an angle of 27 deg with the horizontal and moves along at a speed of 10 kph, how much work does the horse do in 12 minutes in Joules? A, 356688 N-m B. 356688 N-cm C. 356688 kN-m D. 356688 N-m/s ~a) Two trains, each having a speed of 34 kph are headed at each other on the same straight track. A bird that can fly 58 kph flies off the front of one train when they are 102 km apart and heads directly for the other train. On reaching the other train it flies directly back to the first train and so forth. Determine the total distance the bird travels. A. 78km B87 km C. 69km D. 96km