Engineering Mathematics
Engineering Mathematics
Engineering Mathematics
FINAL-TERM EXAM
PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION 1
2. A flagpole 4 m tall stands vertically on a sloping roof. A guy wire 5 m long joins the top of
the pole to a point on the roof 6 m up from the bottom of the pole. At what angle is the roof
inclined to the horizontal?
3. There is a fixed circle having a radius of 5 with center at (4,8). Find the equation of the
curve connecting the centers of all circles that are tangent to this fixed circle and the x-
axis.
4. A man whose eye is 1.5 m above his sole stands on a 48.5-meter-high building, The angle of
depression of the top and foot of a nearby building are 50 deg and 80 deg respectively. Find the
height of the second building
6. Compute the distance between the directrices of the curve 9x^2 – 25y^2 – 54x – 250y + 481 = 0.
a. 15 b. 12.5 c. 10 d. 7.5
8. A hyperbola has the equation x^2 – 8x – 4y^2 + 64y = 256, find the center of hyperbola.
9. Twenty-eight men can finish the job in 60 days. At the start of the 16th day, 5 men were laid off
and after the 45th day, 10 more men were hired. How many days were they delayed in finishing the
job?
10. Two lines are represented by the equations -1/2 y = 6x + 10 and y = mx. Find the value of m such
that the lines will be parallel.
a. 12 b. -12 c. 6 d. -6
11. Find the locus of a point the sum of the squares of whose distances from (2,3) and (-1,-2) is
34.
12. Find the radius of the circle passing through the points (3,8) , (9,6) , and (13,-2)
a. 9 b. 10 c. 12 d. 6
13. A cardboard poster containing 32 cm^2 of printed region is to have a margin of 2 cm at the top
and bottom and 1.333 cm at the sides. Find the length of the smallest piece of cardboard that
can be used to make the poster.
15. In a three dimensional space using an xyz coordinate system, a line is connected between (0,0,7)
and (4,1,0). Determine the length of the line.
16. What is the equation of the line passing through the points of intersection of the curves x^2 +
y^2 + 12x + 6y + 9 = 0 and x^2 + y^2 + 18x – 4y + 21 = 0?
a. -3x + 5y + 6 = 0 c. 3x – 5y + 6 = 0
b. 3x – 5y + 6 = 0 d. -3x – 5y + 6 = 0
17. Using polar coordinates, a point is at (7,38°). Find the rectangular coordinates.
a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 2
19. Find the area of the triangle which the line 2x – 3y + 6 = 0 forms with the coordinate axis.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 2
20. What is the slope of the line which is defined by the equation 4y = 3x + 16.
a. 16 b. 0.75 c. 3 d. 4
21. Find the equation of the plane through (2,1,-3) parallel to the plane 3x+4y+z=4?
a. 3x – 4y – z = 2 b. 3x + 4y + z = 7 c. 3x + 4y + z = -7 d. 3x + 4y + z = 2
SITUATION 1: The equation of the plane passing thru points (5,4,1) , (4,-2,-3) and (0,6,5) is expressed
as x/A + y/B + z/C = 1.
a. 2x – 3y + 4z = -2 b. -2x + 3y + 4z = -2 c. 2x – 3y + 4z = 2 d. 2x + 3y – 4z = 2
25. Find the circumference bounded by the curve x^2 – 10x + y^2 + 10y + 25 = 0
27. How many points of intersection between the curve x^2 - 4y^2 + 2x + 8y + 1 = 0 and the line 2y =
x + 3.
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. Cannot be determined
a. x = 2 b. y = 2 c. x = -2 d. y = -2
32. Find the y coordinate of latus rectum points of the curve x = y^2 – 8y.
33. If A + B + C = 180° and tan A + tan B + tan C = x, find the value (tanA)(tanB)(tanC)
34. Find the x-coordinate of the focus of the curve x^2 = -12y.
a. 0 b. 12 c. 3 d. -4
35. Determine the length of the latus rectum of the curve r = 4/(1-sinθ) .
a. 4 b. 16 d. 0 d. 8
SITUATION NO. 2 A merchant has three items on sale, namely a radio for P50, a clock for P30 and a
flashlight for P1. At the end of the day, he sold a total of 100 of the three items and has taken exactly
P 1,000 on the total sales.
a. 16 b. 4 c. 80 d. 32
a. 16 b. 4 c. 80 d. 32
a. 16 b. 4 c. 80 d. 32
40. A moving point is equidistant from the point (a,0,0) and the line x + a = 0, y = 0. Find the
value of z^2.
a. x = t b. y = t + 6 c. x = t + 1 d. y = t^2 + 2t + 7
a. x – 2y = 3 b. 3x – y = 2 c. 2x + 3y = -1 d. x + 2y = 3
a. I b. II c. III d. IV
44. Given the equation of the parabola y^2 – 8x – 4y – 20 = 0, Find the length of latus rectum.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8
45. If the distance between points (2,9,4) and (2,9,z) is 10, what is the value of z?
a. -6 b. 6 c. ±6 d. None
46. A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribe in a semi-circle with side AD as its diameter. If point O is
the center of the semi-circle, determine the angle DCO if angle CAD is 39°
47. Find the area of a quadrilateral ABCD inscribed in a circle where AB = 8 cm, BC = 15 cm, CD = 12
cm and DA = 18 cm.
48. Find the eccentricity of the ellipse having an equation of 4x^2 + 9y^2 = 13.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 0.75 d. 0.55
49. A one horsepower motor can do 550 ft lb of work per second. If a 0.1 hp motor is used to pump
water from a full tank in the shape of a rectangular parallelpiped 2 ft deep, 2 feet wide , and
6 ft long to a point 5 ft above the top of the tank, how long will it take in terms of ω sec?
Omega indicates unit weight of water.
53. Find the equation of the diameter of the ellipse 4x^2 + y^2 = 16 which all bisects all chords
having equal slope of 1/2.
a. 8x + y = 0 b. x + 8y = 0 c. Both d. None
54. What is the angle in degrees between the line 3x – 2y – 4 = 0 and the x-axis?
56. Two planes leave the same airport at the same time flying in opposite directions. The rate of
the faster plane is 300 miles per hour. The rate of the slower plane is 200 miles per hour.
After how many hours will the planes be 1000 miles apart?
a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 2
57. Find the equation of the asymptote in the curve 2xy = x^2 + 3.
a. x = 2 b. y = 2 c. x = 0 d. y = 0
58. Determine the cylindrical coordinates of the point whose rectangular coordinate is (16/5 ,
12/5 , 3).
59. How far from the x-axis is the focus of the hyperbola x^2 – 2y^2 + 4x + 4y + 4 = 0?
61. The segment from (-1,4) to (2,-2) is extended three times its own length. Determine the terminal
point?
62. Find the distance from the point (2,3) to the line 3x + 4y + 9 = 0.
a. 2π b. 3π c. 6π d. 4π
a. 2π b. 3π c. 6π d. 4π
66. A water tank has the form of a frustum of a cone with diameters of 2 m at the bottom , 3 m at
the top and a height of 2 m. With a constant rate of inflow of water it was observed that when
water was 20 cm deep , water was rising at the rate of 15mm/min. Find the rate of flow in L/min?
67. Find the equation of the line perpendicular to that curve at (2,1)
a. 8y = x + 10 b. 8y = -x + 10 c. 8y = x – 10 d. 8y = -x – 10
69. Find the equation of the tangent at the points where the slope of the curve is 8.
70. A famous mathematician who is always in a hurry walks up an up-going escalator at the rate of
one step per second. Twenty steps bring him to the top. The next day he goes up at two steps per
second, reaching the top in 32 steps. How many steps are there in the escalator?
a. 64 b. 72 c. 70 d. 69
a. 5 b. 3 c. 2 d. 0
a. 5 b. 3 c. 2 d. 0
a. 3 b. 6 7 d. -7
75. A spherical balloon is inflated with gas at the rate of 20 cu m per min. How fast is the radius
of the balloon changing at the instant if the radius is 2 cm?
Situation No. 6
A triangular lot was formed by three straight lines. Bearing of line AB is N45°E and is 160 m long; line
AC and BC is 190 m long. Point E is 100 m from A on side AB connects point D on side AC which divides the
area, making area AED to be 2/5 of the whole area.
3 −3 1
79. Find the determinant of the matrix
[ 1 5 2
4 −2 4 ]
a. 46 b.29 c.38 d.-32
80. A man whose eye is 1.5 m above his sole stands on a 48.5-meter-high building, The angle of
depression of the top and foot of a nearby building are 50 deg and 80 deg respectively. Find the
height of the second building
81. The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 17. If the digits are reversed and the
resulting number is added to the original number, the result is 1,474. If the resulting number
is subtracted from the original number, the results is 396. Find the original number.
82. The time of travel of a falling body varies directly as the square root of the distance it
falls. If the body falls 78.48 meters in 4 seconds, how far will it travel in 8 seconds?
83. A drug is eliminated from the body through urination. Suppose that for an initial dose of 15
milligrams, the amount x in the body t hours later is given by x=10 ¿. What percentage of the
drug still in the body is eliminated each hour?
84. An airplane travels a distance of 500 km against the wind in one hour and 45 minutes. Travelling
the same distance with the wind, the airplane consumed one hour and 15 minutes. Find the
velocity of the wind.
a. 3 b. 6 7 d. -7
86. In the recent “Gulf War” in the Middle East, the allied forces captured 6400 of Saddam’s soldier
and with food provision on hand that will last for 216 meals while feeding 3 meals a day. The
provision lasted 9 days more because of the daily deaths. At an average how many died every day?
a. 18 b. 17 c. 16 d. -18
87. Find the volume of the region bounded by x^2 = 4y and y = 1/2 x about the y axis.
88. Find the moment of inertia with respect to x axis of the area bounded in the first quadrant
bounded by the parabola y^2 = 4x,, the line x = 1 and the x axis.
89. Find the moment of inertia with respect to y axis of the area bounded in the first quadrant
bounded by the parabola y^2 = 4x,, the line x = 1 and the x axis.
91. It is known when f(x) = 4 when x = 2. What is the value of f(x) when x = 0?
a. 2 b. 8 c. 6 d. 0
92. Determine the area bounded by the curve y^2 = 9x/5 and the line y = x – 2.
93. Find the area bounded by the curves y = 3x^2 – 2x and y = 1 – 4x.
94. Find the area bounded by the curve y = 4 / (x^2 + 4), the x axis, the vertical line x = -2 and x
= 2.
a. 2 b. 0 c. 4 d.π
96. Find the volume of the first octant, bounded by the surface x = 1 and x^2 = y + 2z.
SITUATION 7: A student taking a true-false test consisting of 10 questions guesses at the answers.
Assuming that he is equally likely to make a correct or incorrect guess on the answers,