1. EE Board April 1997 4.

CE Board November 1994

A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger An airplane flying with the wind, took 2 hours to travel 1000km and 2.5 hours in
starts the same course ar 10kph. How long will it take the second jogger to catch the flying back. What was the wind velocity in kph?
first? A. 50
A. 20 min B. 60
B. 21 min C. 70
C. 22 min D. 40
D. 18 min

2. EE Board April 1997 5. CE Board May 1998

A boat man rows to a place 4.8 miles with the stream and back in 14 hours, but finds A boat travels downstream in 2/3 of the time as it goes going upstream. If the
that he can row 14 miles with the stream in the same time as 3 miles against the velocity of the river’s current is 8kph, determine the velocity of the boat in still water.
stream. Find the rate of the stream. A. 40 kph
A. 1.5 miles per hour B. 50 kph
B. 1 mile per hour C. 30 kph
C. 0.8 mile per hour D. 60 kph
D. 0.6 mile per hour

6. Two planes leave Manila for a southern city, a distance of 900km. Plane A travels
3. ECE Board November 1998 at a ground speed of 90 kph faster than the plane B. Plane A arrives in their
A man rows downstream at the rate of 5 mph and upstream at the rate 2 mph. How destination 2 hours and 15 minutes ahead of Plane B. What is the ground speed of
far downstream should he go if he is to return in 7/4 hours after leaving? plane A?
A. 2.5 miles A. 205 kph
B. 3.3 miles B. 315 kph
C. 3.1 miles C. 240 kph
D. 2.7 miles D. 287 kph
7. EE Board April 1997 10. A man fires a target 420m away and hears the bullet strike 2 seconds after he
A train, an hour after starting, meets with an accident which detaints it an hour, after pulled the trigger. An observer 525m away from the target and 455m from tge man
which it proceeds at 3/5 of its former rate and arrives three hour after time; but had heard the bullet strike the target one second after he heard the report of the rifle.
the accident happened 50 miles farther on the line, it would have arrived one and Find the velocity of the bullet.
one-half hour sooner. Find the length of the journey. A. 525 m/s
A. 910/9 miles B. 360 m/s
B. 800/9 miles C. 350 m/s
C. 920/9 miles D. 336 m/s
D. 850/9 miles

8. On a certain trip, Edgar driv 231 km in exactly the same time as Erwin drive 308 11. A man travels in a motorized banca at the rate of 12 kph from his barrio to the
km. If Erwin’s rate exceeded that of Edgar by 13 kph, determine the rate of Erwin. poblacion and come back to his barrio at the rate of 10kph. If his total time of travel
A. 39 kph back and forth is 3 hours and 10 minutes, the distance from the barrio to the
B. 44 kph poblacion is:
C. 48 kph A. 17.27 km
D. 52 kph B. 17.72 km
C. 12.77 km
D. 17.32 km

9. Nonoy left Pikit to drive to Davao at 6:15 PM and arrived at 11:45 PM. If he 12. It takes Michael 60 seconds to run around a 440-yard track. How long does it
averaged 30 mph and stopped 1 hour for dinner, how far is Davao from Pikit. take Jordan to run around the track if they meet in 32 seconds after they start
A. 128 together in a race around the track in opposite directions?
B. 135 A. 58.76 seconds
C. 160 B. 68.57 seconds
D. 256 C. 65.87 seconds
D. 86.57 seconds
13. Juan can walk from his home to his office at the rate of 5mph and back at the rate 16. CE May 1998
of 2mph. What is his average speed in mph? A boat takes 2/3 as much times to travel downstreams from C to D, as to return, If
A. 2.86 the rate of the river’s current is 8kph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
B. 3.56 A. 38
C. 4.12 B. 39
D. 5.89 C. 40
D. 41

14. Kim and Ken traveled at the same time at the rate of 20 m/min, from the same 17. CE May 1999
point on a circular track of raius 600m. If Kim walks along the circumference and At 2:00 pm, an airplane takes off at 340 mph on an aircraft carrier, the aircraft
Ken towards the center, find their distance after 10 minutes. carrier moves due south at 25 kph in the same direction as the plane. At 4:05 pm, the
A. 193m communication between the plane and the aircraft carrier was lost. Determine the
B. 202m communication range in miles between the plane and the carrier.
C. 241m A. 656 miles
D. 258m B. 785 miles
C. 557 miles
D. 412 miles

15. Two ferryboats ply back and forth across a river with constant but different 18. A boat going across a lake 8 km wide proceed 2 km at a certain speed and then
speeds, turning at the riverbanks without loss of time. They leave the opposite completes the trip at a speed 1/2 kph faster. By doing this, the boat arrives 10
shores at the same instant, meet for the first time 900 meters from one shore, and minutes earlier than if the original speed had been maintained. Find the original
meet for the second time 500 meters from the opposite shore. What is the width of speed of the boat.
the river? A. 2 kph
A. 1500m B. 4 kph
B. 1700m C. 9 kph
C. 2000m D. 5 kph
D. 2200m