Mathematics In – House Review 5. If Log 2 = x and Log 3 = y, find Log 1.

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TOPIC: ALGEBRA terms of x and y.
DATE\TIME: a. 2x – y + 1 c. 2x – y – 1
LECTURER: Engr. Jeffrey P. Landicho b. 2x + y – 1 d. x + 2y – 1
Properties of Exponent
• 𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎𝑚+𝑛
• 𝑎𝑚 /𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎𝑚−𝑛 ; if m>n 6. If x = √72 + √72 + √72 + √72 + √72 + ⋯ and
• 𝑎𝑚 /𝑎𝑛 = 1 ; if m = n
• 𝑎𝑚 /𝑎𝑛 = 1/𝑎𝑚−𝑛 ; if m<n
• (𝑎𝑚 ) 𝑛 = 𝑎𝑚 𝑛
• (𝑎𝑏) 𝑛 = 𝑎𝑛 𝑏 𝑛 y =√90 − √90 − √90 − √90 − √90 − ⋯,
• (𝑎/𝑏) 𝑛 = 𝑎𝑛 /𝑏 𝑛
Factors and Special Product Evaluate x - y.
• 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 = (𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥 − 𝑦) a. 0 c. 1
• 𝑥 3 − 𝑦 3 = (𝑥 − 𝑦)(𝑥 3 + 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 3 ) b. 18 d. 9
• 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 = (𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥 3 − 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 3 ) 7. Find the value of constant “h” in the 2x2 – hx2 +
• (𝑥 ± 𝑦)2 = 𝑥 2 ± 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 4x + 5h = 0 so that the sum of the roots is 2.
𝑛𝑥 𝑛(𝑛−1)𝑥 2
• (1 + 𝑥)𝑛 = 1 + + +⋯ a. 4 c. 6
1! 2!
Laws of Radicals b. 12 d. 18
•
𝑛 𝑛 𝑛 8. Two students were solving a problem that
√𝑎 √𝑏 = √𝑎𝑏
𝑛 𝑚 would reduce it to a quadratic equation. The
• √ √𝑎 = 𝑚𝑛√𝑎
𝑛
first student committed an error on the
√𝑎 𝑛 𝑎
• 𝑛 = √ constant term and found the roots to be 5 and
√𝑏 𝑏
7 while the second student made an error on
Quadratic Formula
−𝑏±√𝑏2 −4𝑎𝑐
the first degree term and gave the roots as 2
• 𝑥= and 16. Find the correct quadratic equation
2𝑎
2 a. x2 – 12x + 32 = 0 c. x2 – 12x - 32 = 0
• When 𝑏 − 4𝑎𝑐 > 0 ; the roots are real and
unequal 2
b. x +12x + 32 = 0 d. -x2 – 12x + 32 = 0
• When 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 = 0 ; the roots are real and 9. The polynomial X + 4x – 3x + 8 is divided by
3 2

equal (x – 5), then the remainder is

• When 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 < 0 ; the roots are imaginary a. 218 c. 140
and unequal
b. 175 d. 200
• The expression 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 is called the
10. A tank can be filled by three pipes separately
discriminant
Properties of Logarithms in 20, 30 and 40 minutes respectively. In how
• log (xy) = log x + log y many times can it be filled by the three pipes
• log (x/y) = log x - log y acting together?
• log 𝑥 𝑛 = n log x a. 9.23 mins c. 1.23 mins
• 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 x = log x / log b b. 19.23 mins d. 8.19 mins
• 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 a = 1 11. A contractor estimated that a project will be
Progression finished by his crew in 60 days. After the crew
Arithmetic:
worked for 40 days, 38 workers stopped
• 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (n-1)d
working. If the remaining workers will continue
• S = n/2 (𝑎𝑛 + 𝑎1 )
at the same rate, they will be delayed by 5
• S = n/2 [2𝑎1 + (n − 1)d]
Geometric: days. How many workers are there in the
• 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 𝑟 𝑛−1 original crew?
1−𝑟 𝑛 a. 190 c.100
• S = 𝑎1
1−𝑟 b. 200 d.180
12. Mary, Sue, and Bill work at a motel. If each
Review Problem worked alone, it would take Mary 10 hours,
1. Solve for x if 8x = 2(y+2) and 16(3x-y) = 4y. Sue 8 hours, and Bill 12 hours to clean the
a. 2 c. 1 whole motel. One day Mary came to work early
b. 3 d. 4 and she had cleaned for 2 hours when Sue
2. If 4(2x+1) = 1024, find the value of 4x and Bill arrived and all three finished the job.
a. 14 c. 16 How long did they take to finish?
b. 18 d. 20 a. 2 20/37 c.2 21/27
3. Find the value of x in the given expression log b. 2 22/37 d.2 23/27
6 + x log 4 = log 4 + log (32 + 4x ) 13. A man is 25 years older than his son. In 10
a. 3 c. 4 years he will be ten more than twice as old as
b. 2 d. 5 his son. How old is the son.
3 a. 5 c. 7
3 log2 4
4. If x6 = log 2 4 , solve for x.
14.
b. 6 d. 9
Ten years ago, I was three times as old as you
a. 4 c. 5 are. In six more years I will be twice as old as
b. 6 d. 7 you are. How old are you?
a. 26 c. 32
 b. 33 d. 30 24. A man sold 100 eggs. Eighty of them were
15. Maria is 24 years old now. Maria was twice as sold at a profit of 30% while the rest were sold
old as Ana was when Maria was as old as Ana at a loss of 40%. What is the percent gain or
is now. How old is Ana now? loss on the whole stock?
a. 20 c. 18 a. 16% gain c. 12% gain
b. 16 d. 22 b. 0% gain d. 18% loss
16. Pedro is as old as Juan was when Juan is 25. An investor has P 1, 100 income from bonds
twice as old as Pedro was. When Pedro will be bearing 4% and 5% if the amount at 4% and
as old as Juan is now, the difference between 5% were interchanged he would earn P 50
their ages is 6 years. Find the age of Juan more per year. Find the total sum invested.
now. a. P20,000 c. P25,000
a. 24 c. 18 b. P30,000 d.P35,000
b. 22 d. 28 26. In the expansion of (x+4y)12 the numerical
17. At present, the sum of parents’ ages is twice coefficient of the 5th term is:
the sum of the children’s ages. Five years ago, a. 126720 c. 216720
the sum of parents’ ages was 4 times the sum b. 506880 d. 253440
of the children’s ages. Fifteen years hence, the 27. Find the sum of the coefficients of the
sum of parents’ ages will be equal to the sum expression (3x – 1)12.
of the children’s ages. How many children are a. 4096 c. 4095
there? b. 4590 d. 5490
a. 3 c. 4 rd th
28. The 3 and 8 term of an arithmetic
b. 5 d. 6 progression are 9 and 24 respectively. Find the
18. Ten litres of 25% salt solution and 15 litres of 20th term.
35% salt solution are poured into a drum a. 60 c. 63
originally containing 30 litres of 10% salt b. 36 d. 69
solution. What is the percent concentration in 29. A piece of paper is 0.05 in thick. Each time the
the mixture? paper is folded into half, the thickness is
a. 19.55% c. 22.15% doubled. If the paper was folded 12 times, how
b. 34.5% d. 15% thick in feet the folded paper be?
19. A 5-gallon radiator containing a mixture of a. 17.07 c. 10.24
water and antifreeze was supposed to contain b. 12.34 d. 11.25
a 50% antifreeze solution. When tested, it was 30. The 3rd term of harmonic progression is 15
found to have only 40% antifreeze. How much and the 9th term is 6. Find the 11th term.
must be drained out and replaced with pure a. 4 c. 5
antifreeze so that the radiator will then contain b. 6 d. 7
the desired 50% antifreeze solution?
a. 5/6 c. 6/5
b. 7/6 d. 6/7
20. At what time between 8 and 9 o’clock will the
minute hand coincide with the hour hand?
a. 8:43.6 c. 8:43.9
b. 8:42.5 d.8:43.2
21. At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour
hand and minute hand of the clock first form an
angle of 1200?
a. 12:21.8 c. 12:18.8
b. 12:22.8 d. 12:24.8
22. A boat travels downstream in 2/3 times as it
goes going up stream. If the velocity of river’s
current is 8 kph, determine the velocity of the
boat in still water.
a. 40kph c. 50 kph
b. 30 kph d. 60 kph
23. Two cars A & B, race around a 1320-meter
circular track. With the same starting point and
travelling in opposite directions, they met for
the first time after two minutes. When travelling
at same directions and starting at the same
point, car A reaches the starting point with car
B 220 meters behind. What is the rate of car
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