ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY © MEGA REVIEW 12.

12. I am a number so that when you multiply me by myself and you multiply the resulting number by the
number itself, the resulting number is me. What number am I?
1. Give the phase shift of the function y = sin (x – π/3) a. 0.5 + 0.866i b. 0.5 – 0.866i c. -0.5 – 0.866i d. 0.866 – 0.5i
a. π/3 left b. π/3 right c. π/3 down d. π/3 up
SITUATION 2: A man observed the angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a certain angle θ , the man moves
2. One day, Juncel bought 5 CDs from a computer shop. Two days later , the price of the CDs was forward by 20 nearer and observes that the angle of elevation 2θ , and again moves forward by 7 m and observes
decreased by P 1.50 per CD. At the same computer shop, Leonuj bought 10 CDs at the same price and that the angle of elevation becomes 3θ.
paid P 22.00 more than what Juncel did for 5 CDs. What was the original price?
a. P 6.20 b. 7.4 c. 7.5 d. 8.4 13. Determine the angle θ.
a. 10.893 b. 9.554 c. 12.123 d. 13.444
3. In the partial fraction below shown, determine the values of A , B , and C.
14. Determine the height of the tower.
3𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 16 𝐴 𝐵𝑥 + 𝐶 a. 10.456 m b. 8.461 c. 7.423 d. 9.509
= +
(𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1) 𝑥 − 3 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1
15. Solve for x: ln |-x2 + 6x -5 | ≥ 4.
a. 1,2,-5 b. 1,-9,7 c. 1,7,-9 d. 1, 5, -2
16. In a school there 6 subjects. The number of students who take Theory is 100, 200 takes Hydraulics , 150
4. My grandson is about as many days as my daughter in weeks, and my grand son is as many months as I takes Geotechnical , 50 takes Highway , 100 takes Strength of Materials , and 50 takes Algebra. The
am in years. My grandson , my daughter, and I together are 120 years. Can you tell me my age in years? total number of students who take any two subjects is 100. If no student takes more than two subjects,
a. 60 b. 72 c. 66 d. 84 determine the total number of students.
a. 500 b. 550 c. 600 d. 650
5. An airplane travels 1.75 hrs when against the wind and 1.15 hrs when in the direction of the wind. The
distance to its destination is 500 miles. Compute the speed of the wind. 17. A girder is to carry a bridge in the form of a circular arc. The length of the span is 36.6 m and the height
a. 61.29 mph b. 56.68 c. 74.53 d. 43.79 of the arc is 9.15 m. Find the angle at the center of the circle such that its sides intercept the arc of the
girder.
6. The small wheel of a bicycle make 135 revolutions more than the large wheel in a distance of 260 yards. a. 53 b. 75 c. 98 d. 106
If the circumference of each were one feet more, the small wheel would make 27 revolutions more than
the large wheel in a distance of 70 yards. Find the circumference of the smaller wheel.\ 18. If the roots of x3 + 3x2 – 6x + k = 0 form a geometric progression , which of the following could be the
a. 4 feet b. 13 c.12 d.5 common ratio?
a. 1 b. -1 c. 2 d. -2
7. If the angles of elevation of the top of the tower from three collinear points x , y, and z on a line leading to
the foot of the tower are 30° , 45° , and 60° respectively. Then, the ration XY : YZ, is 19. Evaluate: cos A cos2A cos3A … cos 999A . A = 2π/1999
√ 3 :√ 2 b. 2:3 c. 1:√ 3 d. √ 3 : 1 20. In a laboratory, there were just enough microscopes, test tubes , and calculators. Each 3 student will
share a microscope, 4 for test tube and 5 for calculator. If there were 94 in the inventory, what is the class
SITUATION 1: Let a and b be real numbers such that size?]
a. 60 b. 90 c. 120 d. 150
√2
sin 𝐴 + sin 𝐵 = 21. During the Spanish Era in the Philippines, the pandesal is bought at 6 cents for 5 pcs. One day in Jose’s
6 class, he saw his teacher bought a lot of pandesal, counted them and bought at 12 cents for eleven pcs.
The teacher would have been saved by six cents from its original price. How many pandesal are there?
√6 a. 40 b. 66 c. 55 d. 31
sin 𝐴 + sin 𝐵 =
2
22. An arithmetic progression consists of 21 terms. The sum of three terms in the middle is 129, and the last
8. The value of A is_____ three terms is 237. Find the common difference.
a. 75° b. 30° c. -15° d. -45°
23. The sum of 8th , 9th, and 10th term of increasing arithmetic progression is 27. If 4 is added to the 2nd term,
9. The value of B is _____ 2 is added to the 10th term , and 7 is then added to the 17th term of this AP , the geometric progression
a. 75° b. 30° c. -15° d. -45° occurs with the term starting with the term where 4 is added and ending with the term where 7 is added.
Find the common difference.
10. What is the value of sin (a+b) ? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
a. ½ b. -3/4 c. - √3 / 2 d. √3 / 2
24. A watch has second hand which turns on the same center as the hour hand and the minute hand. At
11. From the top of the lighthouse , 175 ft above the water , the angle of depression of a boat due south is exactly 3 pm the minute hand and the second hand point as 12 and the hour hand at 3. How many
18°50’ . Calculate the speed of the boat if, after it moves due west for 2 mins where the angle of seconds will lapse when the hour hand between the minute and the second hand?
depression is 14°20’ to the boat. a. 29 sec b. 29 44/74 c. 29 43/75 d. 29 43/73
a. 227 ft/min b. 230 c. 457 d. 460
25. A car starts from the intersection of two highways and travels north at the rate of 50 kph. Four minutes
later another car starts from the same intersection and travels east at the rate of 45 kph. How long after
the first car sets out will the total distance the cars have travelled be 40% greater than their distance
apart?
a. 24 mins b. 36 c. 20 d. 60

26. The son of the ages of the father and son is 99. When the digits of the fahter’s age are interchanged and
then added to the age of the son, the sum is 72. When the digits of the son’s age are interchanged and
then subtracted to the father’s age, the difference is 22. By how many years does the their ages differ?

27. Julious and Johnro drive a bus from Manila to Bicol. On one trip, Julious averaged 30 kph and Johnro
averaged 45 kph , but Julious drove 4 more hours than Johnro. If together they covered 550 km, then
how many hours did Julious drive?
a. 5.73 b. 9.73 c. 4.93 d. 8.93

28. Given the triangle ABC , how many possible triangles can be formed for the following conditions:
BC = 19 AC = 11 AB = 8
a. 0 b. 1 b. 2 c. 3

29. The tens digit of a two digit number is 5 more than the units digit. If the number is divided by the sum of
the digits, the quotient is 7 and the remainder is 6. Find the number.
a. 38 b. 83 c. 72 d. 27

30. A social club charters a plane at a cost of P 42240 to take a group of members on an excursion to
Tagbilaran City. At the last minute, 8 withdrew costing P 22 more per person for transportation cost. How
many people originally intended to take the trip?
a. 112 b. 120 c. 128 d. 136