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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark ONLY ONE 12. How many ways can we arrange the letters of the word “HEAVEN” if the vowels are to be
ANSWER for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the written together?
answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only. A. 144 B. 72
C. 720 D. 360
1. By how much would the perimeter of a square be increased if its area is doubled?
13. Find the volume of the largest cylinder with circular base that can be inscribed in a cube of
A. 41.42% B. 58.11%
volume 27 cubic meters.
C. 73.21% D. 87.08% A. 12.12 m
3
B. 21.21 m
3

sin0  sin1  sin2  ...  sin90 C. 35.35 m

3
D. 56.56 m
3
2. Find the value of
cos0  cos1  cos2  ...  cos90 14. A ladder 20 feet long is placed against a vertical wall. The lower end of the ladder begins to
A. 2 B. 1 slide away from the wall at the rate of 2 ft/s. How fast is the upper end of the ladder sliding
C. −2 D. −1 down the wall when it is 12 feet above the base of the wall?

 
A. 5/3 ft/s B. 7/3 ft/s
3. Given the equation of the curve: y  0.01 1600  x2 . Find the area bounded by the curve
C. 8/3 ft/s D. 10/3 ft/s
and the x-axis. 15. Given trapezoid ABCD, AB is parallel to DC and AB<DC. Also B = a° and C = x°. What is the
A. 472.41 B. 652.14 expression for x in terms of a?
C. 853.33 D. 341.20 A. 90° - a° B. 180° – a°
2 ln x C. 360° – a° D. ½(180°-a°)
4. Evaluate
1 x
dx 16. Find the area bounded by the curve xy  2 and the line x  y  3 .
A. 0.22 sq. units B. 0.17 sq. units
A. 0.24 B. 0.42
C. 0.11 sq. units D. 0.05 sq. units
C. 0.56 D. 0.65
17. Find the slope of the curve 2y  9x2  x3  6  0 at point (1, 7).
5. Determine the partial derivative with respect to x of the function f(x,y)  xy2  5y  6 .
A. +6 B. +7.5
A. y2 B. y2  5 C. 6 D. 7.5
C. 2y  5 D. 2y 3
18. The volume of a cone is 523.60 cm . The cone is inclined such that its axis is equal to 40 cm
and the diameter of its circular base is 10 cm. How many degrees is the cone inclined?
3x3  2x  4
6. What is the limit of as x approaches +? A. 60° B. 45°
5  3x 2  2x3 C. 30° D. 15°
A. 3/5 B. −3/2
19. Find the area bounded by the curve x2  6y and y2  6x .
C. 3/2 D. −3/5
3 A. 18 sq. units B. 15 sq. units
7. The volume of a pyramid whose base is a regular hexagon is 156 m . If the altitude of the
pyramid is 5 m, find the length of one side of the base. C. 12 sq. units D. 9 sq. units
A. 4m B. 6m 20. The height of a rectangular prism is 10 cm. Its length increases at the rate of 2 cm/s while its
C. 8m D. 10 m width decreases at the rate of 4 cm/s. When the length is 8 cm and the width is 6 cm,
8. Two numbers have an arithmetic mean of 9 and a geometric mean of 4. These two numbers determine the rate at which the volume is changing.
3 3
are the roots of the quadratic equation: A. +200 cm /s B. −200 cm /s
3 3
C. −440 cm /s D. +440 cm /s
A. x2  18x  16  0 B. x2  18x  16  0
21. Find the area of the region in the first quadrant bounded by the curves y  sinx , y  cosx
C. x2  18x  16  0 D. x2  18x  16  0 and the y-axis
 /6
0 cos3A 
9. Evaluate
8
dA A. 0.833 sq. units B. 0.414 sq. units
C. 1.100 sq. units D. 0.667 sq. units
27 35 x 1
A. B. 22. Find dy/dx from the function y  ln .
363 768 x 1
23 12 1 1
C. D. A. B. 
765 81
x 1
2
x 1
2

10. If the rate of change of y  2x at x = 5 is four times the rate of change at x = a, what is the 2 2
value of a? C. D.  2
x2  1 x 1
A. 1 B. 2 23. If x is a positive integer except 1, then which of the following mathematical statements must
C. 3 D. 4 be true of (x  1)(x)(x  1) ?
2
11. Differentiate: 7x + 16x
A. It is always negative B. It is always odd
A. 14x – 16 B. 7x + 16
C. It is always divisible by 3 D. It is always divisible by 4
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24. Given the curve x2  16  8y . Compute the centroid of the area bounded by the given curve 36. A light is placed on the ground 30 feet from a building. A man 6 feet tall walks from the light
towards the building at the rate of 5 feet per second. Find the rate at which the length of his
in the first quadrant. shadow on the wall is changing when he is 15 feet from the building.
A. (1.8, 1.2) B. (1.2, 0.6) A. 4 ft/sec B. 6 ft/sec
C. (1.5, 0.8) D. (1.6, 0.7) C. 8 ft/sec D. 10 ft/sec
3
25. The volume of a sphere is increasing at the rate of 9 m /s. When the volume of the sphere is 37. There are 12 persons attending a party. In how many ways can 7 among them be seated on
3
36 m , find the rate at which the surface area is increasing. a round table of 7 seats?
2 2
A. 3 m /s B. 4 m /s A. 570420 B. 570240
2 2
C. 6 m /s D. 7 m /s C. 570042 D. 570024
sin x 1  cos x
26. Simplify the trigonometric expression:  38. Find the area bounded by the curve 16x2  9y2  36y  108  0 .
1  cos x sin x
A. 18.85 square units B. 37.70 square units
A. sin2 x B. cos2 x C. 23.56 square units D. 47.21 square units
C. 1 D. 0 39. Compute the volume generated by revolving about the y-axis the area in the first quadrant
2
27. Three Shooters were practicing to hit a target. Their individual probabilities to hit a target are bounded by the curve x = 10y, the line x = 4 and the x-axis.
respectively: 1/6, 1/4 and 1/3. Each shoots once at the target. Given that only one hit the A. 40.21 B. 41.21
target, what is the probability that it was the first Shooter? C. 42.21 D. 43.21
A. 6/31 B. 5/36 40. Find the rate of change of the circumference of a circle with respect to the area, when the
C. 5/24 D. 31/72 area is equal to 4.
28. A region is bounded by the curve y2  4x and the line x  y . Find the distance of the A. 0.80 B. 0.75
centroid of the bounded area from the x-axis. C. 0.50 D. 0.35
A. 2.00 units B. 2.40 units 41. Find the area of a cyclic quadrilateral whose sides are 4 cm, 5 cm, 8 cm and 11 cm.
C. 2.50 units D. 2.75 units A. 60.25 sq. cm B. 50.25 sq. cm
29. The side of a regular dodecagon is 2 cm. Find the radius of the circumscribing circle. C. 40.25 sq. cm D. 48.65 sq. cm
A. 3.035 cm B. 3.562 cm 42. A line with a slope of −2 forms an angle of 45° with another line. Find the slope of the other
line.
C. 3.732 cm D. 3.864 cm
A. 2 B. 2.5
30. Given xy  y2  1 , find dy dx . C. 3 D. 3.5
y x b
A. B. 43. The linear equation that has the solution x   is
x  2y y  2x a
y x A. bx  a  0 B. ab  x  0
C.  D. 
x  2y y  2x C. ax  b  0 D. ab  x  0
2 2 44. A box contains 24 red balls, 27 green balls, and 30 blue balls. Three balls are drawn in
31. The equation of an ellipse is 9x +16y – 144 = 0. Find the ratio of the lengths of minor axis to
major axis. succession without replacement; find the probability that all three balls drawn are red?
A. 0.75 B. 0.33 A. 0.02372 B. 0.02704
C. 0.51 D. 0.62 C. 0.02601 D. 0.02195
45. The altitude and diameter of a cone are equal. Find the distance in terms of the altitude from
32. A balloon is rising vertically over a point A on the ground at the rate of 15 ft/sec. A point B on
the ground is level with and 30 ft from A. When the balloon is 40 ft from A, at what rate is its the base through which a cutting plane may be passed that will divide the cone into two equal
distance from B changing? volumes.
A. 10 ft/s B. 12 ft/s A. 0.2063H B. 0.3145H
C. 13 ft/s D. 15 ft/s C. 0.6855H D. 0.7937H
33. The sum of two angles is 1600 mils and their difference is 40 grads. Find the value of the 46. Given is the area bounded by the curve y  sqrt of (x) , the line x = 1, the line x = 3, and the
bigger angle in degrees. x-axis. If it is revolved about the x-axis, determine the volume of the solid formed.
A. 36° B. 48° A.  B. 2
C. 63° D. 74° C. 3 D. 4
3
34. Find the derivative of y  1/ (x  2) at x = 1. 47. If the volume of a sphere is 36 cm . Find its surface area.
2 2
A. 1 B. −1 A. 25.81 cm B. 48.28 cm
2 2
C. 0 D.  C. 52.81 cm D. 79.09 cm
35. The base radius of a cone is 32 m and its altitude is 54 m. Determine the altitude of a c ylinder 48. A curve has an equation of y  cos x . If the area bounded by the curve from x = 0 to x = /2
of the same volume whose base diameter is 48 m. is revolved about the x-axis, determine the volume of solid generated.
A. 8m B. 16 m A. 2.47 cu. units B. 3.29 cu. units
C. 24 m D. 32 m C. 4.93 cu. units D. 9.87 cu. units

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49. A particle moves according to the equation s  t 4  3t3  3t2  t  3 where s is in meters and t 62. The distance a body travels is a function of time and is given by x  t   16t  8t 2 . Find its
in seconds. Determine the time when the velocity is increasing. velocity at t  3 .
A. 0.25 < t < 1.00 B. 0.50 < t < 1.00 A. 44 B. 54
C. t < 0.50 or t > 1.00 D. t < 0.25 or t > 1.00 C. 64 D. 74
50. Find the equation of the hyperbola which has the line 2x – 3y = 0 as one of its asymptotes.
A.
2 2
2x – 3y = 6 B.
2 2
3y – 2x = 6 63. A region is bounded by the curve y2  4x and the line x  y . Find the volume generated if
2 2 2 2 the bounded area is rotated about the x-axis.
C. 4x – 9y = 36 D. 9y – 4x = 36
A. 35.19 cu. units B. 33.51 cu. units
51. The area enclosed by the ellipse 4x2  9y2  36 is revolved about the line x  3 . What is
C. 52.36 cu. units D. 63.36 cu. units
the volume generated?
64. If the side of an equilateral triangle decreases at the constant rate of 2 inches per minute, find
A. 370.3 cu. units B. 365.1 cu. units the time rate of change of the area when the side is 6 inches.
C. 360.1 cu. units D. 355.3 cu. units A.
2
4.56 in /min B.
2
5.64 in /min
Find the second derivative of y  x  x  1 when x = 1.
3 2 2
52. C. 7.69 in /min D. 10.39 in /min
65. If the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 8, determine the lengths of the segments
A. 36 B. 40
of the hypotenuse formed by the altitude.
C. 48 D. 56
A. 6 and 10 B. 5 and 13
53. How many numbers less than 7000, with no repeated digits can be formed by use of the
C. 4 and 16 D. 3 and 22
digits 0, 3, 5, 7, 4, 2?
A. 131 B. 371 66. In the expression a1/n , there is no real root if
C. 240 D. 265 A. n is even and a is positive B. n is even and a is negative
54. Given one large coin with 4.8 cm in diameter and many small coins with 1.5 cm in diameter. C. n is odd and a is negative D. n is odd and a is positive
Determine the number of small coins that maybe arrange tangentially around the large coin
without overlapping. 67. For the formula: R  E C , find the maximum error in R if C = 20 with possible error of 0.1 and
A. 15 B. 13 E = 120 with possible error of 0.05.
C. 11 D. 10 A. 0.0275 B. 0.0325
55. Find the volume of the solid generated by rotating the circle x2  y2  16 about the line C. 0.0523 D. 0.0752
y  14  0 . 68. Find the minimum value for the slope of the tangent to the curve of f  x   x5  x3  2x .
A. 6632.37 cu. units B. 4421.58 cu. units
A. m = −1 B. m = −1/2
C. 3316.19 cu. units D. 2210.79 cu. units
C. m = −2 D. m = −2/3
56. A flagstaff standing on top of a tower 80 ft high subtends an angle of arctan(1/9) at a point
69. A cardboard 20 cm  20 cm is to be formed into a box by cutting four equal squares and
100 ft from the foot of the tower. Find the height of the flagstaff.
folding the edges. Find the volume of the largest box formed.
A. 18 ft B. 20 ft 3 3
A. 559.29 cm B. 592.59 cm
C. 24 ft D. 30 ft 3
C. 529.95 D. 525.99 cm
57. From the equation y  ax3  bx2  cx  d , the critical point is located at the origin and the 70. A test consists of 5 questions and to pass the test, a student has to answer at least 4
inflection point is at (2, 4). Find the value of “a”. questions correctly. Each question has three possible answers of which only one is correct. If
A. 1/4 B. −1/4 a student guesses on each question, what is the probability that the student will pass the
C. 3/2 D. −3/2 test?
58. A solid material is in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped 4 ft  6 ft  8 ft. The solid is cut
A. 0.0453 B. 0.0321
completely to form cubes 1 ft  1 ft  1 ft. How many cubes will there be? C. 0.0589 D. 0.0114
A. 156 B. 188
C. 192 D. 208
(5) 2
59. Find y of the function y = sin x.
A. 2cos2x B. −8cos2x
C. −4sin2x D. 32sinxcosx
60. Find the slope of the line tangent to the curve y  e5x at x = 0.
A. 2 B. 4
C. 5 D. 7
61. The axis of a hyperbola that passes through its foci is known as:
A. conjugate axis B. transverse axis
C. minor axis D. major axis

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ANSWERS:

1 A 26 D 51 D
2 B 27 A 52 A
3 C 28 A 53 B
4 A 29 D 54 B
5 A 30 C 55 B
6 B 31 A 56 B
7 B 32 B 57 B
8 D 33 C 58 C
9 B 34 B 59 D
10 C 35 D 60 C
11 C 36 A 61 B
12 B 37 B 62 C
13 B 38 B 63 B
14 C 39 A 64 D
15 B 40 C 65 C
16 C 41 C 66 B
17 B 42 C 67 A
18 C 43 C 68 C
19 C 44 A 69 B
20 B 45 A 70 A
21 B 46 D
22 A 47 C
23 C 48 A
24 C 49 C
25 C 50 C

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