 x2  1  density.
1. Evaluate lim .
 x  3x  4 
x1 2
2. What is the derivative of the expression 1 + x/1!
+ x2/2! + x3/3! +…?
3. What is the 1st derivative of 2017log 2017

x 2017
?
4. The sum of two numbers is 12. Find the
minimum value of the sum of their cubes.
5. A printed page must contain 60 sq m of printed
material. There are to be margins of 5cm on
either side and margins of 3cm on top and
bottom. How long should the printed lines be in
order to minimize the amount of paper used?
6. A boy rides a bicycle along the Quezon Bridge at
a rate of 6m /s. 24m directly below the bridge
and running at right angles to it is a highway
along which an automobile is traveling at the
rate of 80m/s. How far is the distance between
the boy and the automobile changing when the
boy is 6m, past the point directly over the path
of the automobile and the automobile is 8m
past the point directly under the path of the
boy?
7. Evaluate the indefinite integral  x 4 e  x dx .
8. What is the integral of (sinx)6(cosx)4 dx if the
upper limit is pi/2 and the lower limit is 0?
9. Find the area of the region bounded by y = x2 –
5x + 6, the x – axis and the vertical lines x = 0
and x =4.
10. Compute the volume of the solid obtained by
rotating the region bounded by y = x2, y = 8 – x2,
and the y axis about the x axis.
11. Find the area and moment of inertia about the
y-axis of the region in the xy plane bounded by
y = sinx, 0 ≤ x ≤ pi and the x axis, assuming unit
12. Find the surface area of the portion of the curve
x2 = 4y from y = 1 to y = 2 when it is revolved
about the y-axis.
13. Evaluate the general solution of xy’ + y = -xy2.
14. A tank contains 20kg of salt dissolved in 5000L
of water. Brine that contains 0.03kg of salt per
liter of water enters the tank at a rate of
25L/min. The solution is kept thoroughly mixed
and drains from the tank at the same rate. How
much salt remains in the tank after half an
hour?
15. Find the orthogonal trajectories of the family of
curves x = ky2.
16. Find the differential equation of all circles which
pass through the origin and whose centres are
on the x-axis.
17. What is the general solution of the differential
equation y” + 2y’ + 26y = 0?
18. What is the general solution of y’ + 2y/x = y3/x2?
19. In how many can seven trees be planted in a
circle?
20. In a mathematics examination, a student may
select 15 problems from a set of 20 problems.
In how many ways can he make his choice?
21. How many three – digit numbers greater than
300 can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5 if no repetitions are allowed?
22. How many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be
seated alternatively in the row of eight chairs?
23. One bag contains 4 white balls and two black
balls. A second bag contains 3 white balls and5
black balls. If one ball is drawn from each bag,
what is the probability that 1 is white and the
 other is black?
24. Two dice are rolled. Find the probability of
getting a sum of 3 if it is known that the sum of
the spots on the dice was less than 6.
10 4 
25. What are the eigenvalues of  ?
18 12
1 3 5
26. What is the adjoint of 2 1 0 ?
4 7 3
27. What is the Maclaurin series of sinhx?
28. Let f ( x )  x and a = 16. Find the Taylor
polynomial of degree 2 for f(x) at a.
29. Find the value of (1+i)7
30. Which of the following is the same as the
infinite series of x + x3 + x5 + x7 +…?
31. A business condition in which a product or
service is supplied by a number of vendors and
there is no restriction against additional
vendors entering the market.
32. It is a series of equal payments occurring at
equal intervals of time where the first payment
is made after several periods, after the
beginning of the payment.
33. What is the effective rate of interest of 10%
compounded continuously?
34. An asset is purchased for P9,000 its estimated
economic life is 10 years after which it will be
sold for P1,000. Find the depreciation in the 1st
3 years using straight line method.
35. How long will it take the money to triple itself if
invested at 10% compounded semi-annually?
36. A concrete pavement on a street would cost
P10000 and would last for 5 years with
negligible repairs at the end of each 5 years.
P1000 would be spent to remove the old
surface before P10000 is spent again to lay a
new surface. Find the capitalized cost of the
pavement at 5%.
37. How many significant figures are in the
measurement 102.400 meters?
38. Determine the speed of sound in air at 20oC
assuming the mean molecular mass of air to be
28.9x10-3kg/mol and the ratio of specific heats
to be γ = 1.4.
39. The direction of the centripetal acceleration of
an object in uniform circular motion is
40. When a source of sound moves away from you
at a constant speed, the frequency of the sound
41. When a tire pressure gauge is pressed against a
tire valve, the air in the tire pushes against a
plunger attached to a spring. Suppose the
spring constant of the spring is k = 320 N/m and
the bar indicator of the gauge extends 2.0 cm
when the gauge is pressed against the tire
valve. What force does the air in the tire apply
to the spring?
42. Determine the length of a simple pendulum
that will swing back and forth in simple
harmonic motion with a period of 1.00 s.
43. How many electrons are there in one coulomb
of negative charge?
44. It states that every object in a state of uniform
motion tends to remain in that state of motion
unless an external force is applied to it.
45. A tennis ball is hit into the air and moves along
an arc. Neglecting air resistance, where along
the arc is the speed of the ball a minimum?
46. Assume that you are driving down a straight
road at a steady speed. A small ball tied on the
end of a string is hanging from the rear view
mirror. Which way will the ball swing when you
suddenly apply the brakes?
47. Two cars are accelerating on the road. It is
observed that the distance between the cars is
increasing. What does this imply about their
accelerations?
a. It implies that the leading car has the greater
acceleration
b. It implies that the trailing car has the smaller
acceleration
c. It implies that both car are accelerating at the
same rate
d. It implies nothing about their acceleration

48. A car starting from rest moves with a constant

acceleration of 15km/hr2 for 1 hr, then
decelerates at a constant -7.5km/hr2 until it
comes to a stop. Most nearly how far has it
traveled?

49. A train with a top speed of 75kph can't

accelerate or decelerate faster than 1.2m/s2.
What is the minimum distance between two
train stops in order for the train to be able to
reach its top speed?

50. Ball A is dropped from the top of a building. Ball

B is thrown downward from the same building.
Both balls start at the same time. When they
reach the bottom of the building which
statement is correct?
a. B has greater velocity and acceleration than A
b. B has greater velocity but A has greater
acceleration
c. B has greater velocity but its acceleration is
the same as A’s
d. Not much can be said unless we know the
height of the building

1.