PALOMPON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Palompon, Leyte
COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
Mechanical Engineering Department
Compiled Plates for Final

INSTRUCTION: solve the problems carefully. Box your final answer

1. The seventh term is 56 and the twelfth term is -1792 of a geometric progression. Find
the common ratio and the first term. Assume the ratios are equal.

2. If a man uses 16 gallons of gasoline to travel 300 km in his car, about how many gallons
will he need for a 630 km trip?

3. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x=14 when y=7 and z=2, find the value of x
when y=16 and z=4.

4. The horsepower required to propel a ship varies directly as the cube of its speed. If the
horsepower required for a speed of 15 knots is 10,125, find the horsepower required for
a speed of 20 knots.

5. The sum of the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees. If the angles have the ratio 1:2:3, find
the bigger angle.

6. In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more log than the layer above and the top
contains just one log. If there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are there?
7. What is the sum of the progression 4, 9, 14, 19… up to the 20 th term?

8. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second layer, 55
bricks in the third layer, and so on until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How many
bricks are there all together?

9. Determine the sum of the progression if there are 7 arithmetic mean between 3 and 35.

10. If the sum is 220 and the first term is 10, find the common difference if the last term is
30.

11. The fourth term of a G.P. is 216 and the 6th term is 1944. Find the 8th term.
12. Determine x so that: x, 2x +7, 10x – 7 will be a geometric progression.

13. The numbers 28, x+2, 112 form a G.P. What is the 10th term?

14. The sum of the first 10 terms of a geometric progression 2,4,8…

15. If the first term of a G.P. is 9 and the common ratio is -2/3, find the fifth term.

16. When all odd numbers from 1 to 101 are added, the result is
17. The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th term is 6. Find the 11th term.

18. Find the fourth term of the progression ½, 0.2, 0.125…

19. Find the 9th term of the harmonic progression 3, 2, 3/2…

20. Find the sum of 4 geometric means between 160 and 5.

21. The amount of coal used by steamship traveling at a uniform sped varies jointly as the
distance traveled and the square of the speed. If a steamship uses 45 tons of coal
traveling 80 mi at 15 knots, how many tons will it use if it travels 120 mi at 20 knots?

22. One number is 24 more than another and their ratio is 2:5. Find the number.
23. If the volume of a mass of gas at a given temperature is 56 in3 when the pressure is 18
lb/ in2, use Boyle’s law to find the volume when the pressure is 16 lb/in2.

24. If a:b = c:d then b:a = d:c, what properties of proportion is this?
a. Alternation property c. addition property
b. inversion property d. subtraction property

25. In a sequence, the first number, second number, and so on are called ________.
a. Term b. general term c. nth term d. An term

26. The arithmetic mean of a and b is

27. The sum of three arithmetic means between 34 and 42 is

28. If the first term of an arithmetic progression is 25 and the fourth term is 13, what is the
third term?

29. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7,10…

30. How many terms of the progression 3, 5, 7… must be taken in order that their sum will
be 2600?