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Republic of the Philippines

Province of Antique
Municipality of Barbaza
SAINT ANTHONY’S HIGH SCHOOL OF BARBAZA, INC.

FINAL EXAMINATION IN PRE-CALCULUS

Test I. Multiple Choice: Circle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. (2 pts.) (No Erasure)

1. Find the last two terms of the following sequence 78,45,70,53,62,61, __, ___.
a. 54,68 b. 54,69 c. 54,70 d. 53,69
st 𝑛−1
2. Find the sum of the 1 four terms in the sequence of 2 .
a. 15 b. 20 c. 22 d. 22
3. The sum of two numbers is 35 and their product is 15. Find the sum of their reciprocal.
𝟕 2 2 5
a. b. c. d.
𝟑 7 3 2
4. ________________ is a locus of a point which moves so that the differences to the fixed points
(foci) is constant and is equal to the length of the transverse axis (2a).
a. Ellipse b. hyperbola c. circle d. parabola
5. 3𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 + 7 = 0. Determine the curve?
a. Ellipse b. hyperbola c. circle d. parabola
6. The lengths of major & minor axes of an ellipse are 10 m and 8 m, respectively. Find the distance
between the foci.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
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7. Find the sum ∑𝑘=0(2𝑘 + 3).
a. 28 b. 33 c. 35 d. 39
8. A sequence is said to be a _____________________ if its succeeding terms have a common
ratio.
a. Arithmetic b. Geometric c. Harmonic d. Inverse
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9. Find the 30 term of the arithmetic progression 4,7,10, … ….
a. 75 b. 88 c. 90 d. 91
2 2
10. Determine the principal axis of the given equation 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 6𝑥 − 12𝑦 = 27.
a. 𝒚 = −𝟑 b. 𝑦 = 3 c. 𝑥 = −1 d. 𝑥 = 1
11. Determine the center of the above problem (Number 10).
a. (-1,3) b. (1,-3) c. (3,-1) d. (-3,1)
12. Determine the eccentricity of the above problem (Number 10).
a. √6/2 b. √𝟏𝟎/𝟐 c. √6/4 d. √10/4
13. Determine the graph of the equation 4𝑥 2 − 4𝑦 2 − 32𝑥 + 8𝑦 + 124 = 0.
a. Parabola b. Circle c. Ellipse d. hyperbola
14. Find the 9th term of the sequence of numbers 1,8,27,64,125 … ….
a. 673 b. 729 c. 753 d. 861
15. Find the coefficient of the expansion of (2𝑥 + 𝑦) containing the term 𝑥 3 𝑦 9 .
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a. 1480 b. 1560 c. 1760 d. 1840

 16. Rewrite the series 2 − 4 + 8 − 16 + 32 − 64 + 128 in summation notation.
a. (2)𝑛−1 (−1) b. −2(2𝑛 − 1) c. 𝟐(−𝟐𝒏−𝟏 ) d. (𝑛 − 2)2−𝑛
17. Find the middle term of the expansion of (𝑥 2 − 5)8 .
a. 𝟒𝟑𝟕𝟓𝟎𝒙𝟖 b. 44736𝑥 8 c. 45827𝑥 8 d. 46940𝑥 8
18. Find the value of x of the following sequence of numbers 6,8,12,18,26, 𝑥.
a. 41 b. 44 c. 48 d. 36
19. Find the sum of the arithmetic series 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ⋯ … . . +(2𝑛 − 1).
a. 𝑛4 b. 𝒏𝟐 c. 𝑛3 d. n
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20. Find the sum of the 1 10 terms of the geometric progression 2,4,8,16 … ….
a. 2046 b. 1023 c. 225 d. 1596
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21. Find the positive value of x so that 4𝑥, 5𝑥 + 4 & 3𝑥 − 1 will be in arithmetic sequence.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 3 d. 5
2 2
22. Determine the eccentricity of the conic with the equation 4𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 32𝑥 + 8𝑦 + 124 = 0
a. √1 b. √𝟐 c. √3 d. √4
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23. Determine the solution sets of the system of non linear {(𝑥 − 4 = 𝑦), (2𝑥 + 𝑦 = −1)}.
a. (5,-3);(3,-1) b. (-3,5);(1,-3) c. (4,-3);(3,-5) d. (-4,3);(-3,5)
24. The sum of the terms in Geometric Sequence is 1820. How many terms are there if the first term
is 5, the second term is 15 and the third term is 45?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
2 2
25. The equation 25𝑥 + 16𝑦 − 150𝑥 + 128𝑦 + 81 = 0 has its center at
a. (𝟑, −𝟒) b. (3, 4) c. (4, −3) d. (3, 5)

Test II. Problem Solving: Solve the following problems and show your solutions. (5 pts.)

1. Sketch the equation of an ellipse 25𝑥 2 + 9𝑦 2 − 18𝑦 = 216 and clearly indicate the center,
vertices, foci, principal axis and the endpoints of the minor axis.
2. Sketch the equation of hyperbola 4𝑥 2 − 4𝑦 2 − 32𝑥 + 8𝑦 + 124 = 0 and clearly indicate the
center, vertices, foci, principal axis and the endpoints of the conjugate axis.
3. Once a month, a man puts some money into the cookie jar. Each month he puts 50 centavos more
into the jar than the month before. After 12 years, he counted his money, he had P5, 436. How
much money did he put in the jar in the last month?
4. A person has 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents and so on. How many ancestors
during the 15 generations preceding his own, assuming no duplication?
5. The first and last term of a G.P are equal to 16 and 6250000 respectively. If the sum of all the
terms in G.P is equal to 7812496. Compute the common ratio and the number of terms?