MANILA: Room 206, JPD Building, CM Recto Avenue, Manila

CEBU: 4/F J. Martinez Bldg., Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City

Telephone Number: (02) 516 7559 (Manila) E-Mail: buksmarquez1 @yahoo.com
(032) 254-9967 (Cebu)

Evaluation Exam 1-Algebra and Trigonometry (SET A)

1. How many liters of water must be evaporated from 132 liters of a 13. How many odd 3-digits integers with non-zero, and distinct digits
25% salt solution to produce a solution that is 40% salt? are there that is greater than 600?
A. 49.5 B. 48.5 C. 47.2 D. 50.5 A. 130 B. 126 C. 153 D. 114

2. At what time after 12 noon will the hour hand and minute hand of the 14. Maan bought two bags, one for P700,000 and the other for
clock form an angle of 120⁰? P300,000. He sold the first at a gain of 8% and the second at a loss of
A. 21.8min B. 22.3min C. 32.3min D. 41.2min 15%. What was his total percentage, gain or loss?
A. +0.011% B. +1.1% C. -0.011% D. -1.1%
3. A company sells 80 units and makes P80 profit. It sells 110 units and
makes P 140 profit. If the profit is a linear function of the number of 15. What time between 2 and 3 o’clock will the angle between the
units sold, what is the average profit per unit if the company sells 250 hands of the clock be bisected by the line connecting the center of the
units? clock and the 3 o’clock mark?
A. P1.76 B. P1.68 C. P1.66 D. P1.86 A. 2:18:28 B. 2:18:25 C. 2:18:32 D. 2:18:35

4. In a benefit show, a number of wealthy men agreed that the 1st one SITUATION. Given the partial fractions
to arrive would pay 10 centavos to enter and each succeeding arrival x 4−15 x 3−32 x2−12 x−14 −2 x− A B Cx + D
will pay twice as much as the preceding man. The total amount 3 2 2
= 2 + + 2
collected is P 104, 857.50. How many wealthy men paid? (x +2 x −5 x−6)(x + 2) (x −x−2) (x +3) ( x +2)
A. 18 B. 19 C. 20 D. 21
16. Determine the value of A
5. A ball is dropped from a height of 120ft and continuously rebounds A. 5 B. -3 C. 1 D. -5
to 2/3 of the distance it falls. What is the total distance traversed by the 17. Determine the value of C
ball when it comes to rest? A. -3 B. 2 C. 0 D. 1
A. 480ft B. 600ft C. 360ft D. 720ft
18. Determine the value of D
6. The sum of 4 integers in an arithmetic progression is 24 and their A. 1 B. 2 C. -4 D. 4
product is 945. Find the smallest possible integer.
A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D. 10
3 10
19. Find the 7th term in the expansion (1+ )
7. A cat is now 50 of her own leaps ahead of a dog which is pursuing x3
her. How many more leaps will the cat take before it is overtaken if she 87480 153090
takes 5 leaps while the dog takes 4, but 2 of the dog’s leap are A. B. C.
equivalent to 3 of the cat’s leap? x 18 x 18
A. 50 B. 200 C. 230 D. 250 459270 51030
D.
x18 x 18
8. An oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico stands so that 1/5 of it is in 1
sand, 20ft in water and 2/3 of it in still air. What is the total height of the 20. What is the coefficient of the term involving in the expansion of
rig? x25
A. 140ft B. 150ft C. 160ft D. 170ft 1 10
(2 x+ 4 ) ?
9. It takes Butch twice as long to do a certain piece of work compared x
to Peter. Working together they can do the work in 6 days. How long A. 960 B. 360 C. 1920 D. 720
will it take Peter to do the work alone?
A. 9days B. 10days C. 11days D. 12days 21. Which of the following is equivalent to ((𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) ′ ∪ (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)) ′
A. 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 C. (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) − (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)
10. The side of the square is 6 cm long. A second square is inscribed B. 𝐴 + 𝐵 D. (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) ∩ 𝐴
by joining the midpoints of the sides of the second square and so on.
Find the sum of the areas of the infinite number of inscribed squares 22. If (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 ∪ 𝐶) ′ = 0, which of the following is equal to (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) ∪ (𝐴
thus formed. ∩ 𝐶) is equal to
A. 48cm2 B. 72cm2 C. 38cm2 D. 78cm2 A. (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) + (𝐴 ∩ 𝐶) − (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 ∩ 𝐶) C. 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 ∩ 𝐶
B. 𝐴 − 𝐵 + (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) D. (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) ∩ 𝐵
11. Two Cars 2000 m apart are approaching each other. Car A is
moving at a constant speed of 10 m/s while Car B is moving at a 23. Which of the following is the least upper limit for the real roots of
constant speed of 12 m/s. Super Fly (speed = 15 m/s) started from A 𝑥3 + 2𝑥2− 13𝑥 − 9 = 0
and flew back and forth from A to B, B to A and so on until A and B met. A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
A. 1234.6m B. 1363.6m C. 1457.3m D. 1451.2m
24. Which of the following is the greatest lower limit for the real roots of
12. Two boats on opposite banks of a river start moving towards each 𝑥3 + 2𝑥2− 13𝑥 − 9 = 0
other. They first pass each other 1400 meters from one bank. They A. -4 B. -5 C. -3 D. -2
each continue to the opposite bank, immediately turn around and start
back to the other bank. When they pass each other a second time, they 25. Which of the following can be a possibility of the roots of
are 600 meters from the other bank. We assume that each boat travels 𝑥6 – 𝑥5 + 𝑥4− 𝑥3 = 0
at a constant speed all along the journey. Find the width of the river? A. 3 zero, 1 positive real number and 2 complex numbers
A. 2900m B. 4300m C. 2200m D. 3600m B. 2 zero, 2 positive real number and 2 complex numbers
C. 1 zero, 3 positive real number and 2 complex numbers
D. 6 zero
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26. Given that 3+2i is a root of the equation
Telephone 𝑥4 − 8𝑥3 + 30𝑥
Number:
2
(02)− 516
56𝑥 +7559 of 4 mph.
65 (Manila) What buksmarquez1
E-Mail: would be the direction of Potomac from Atlantis 3 hours
@yahoo.com
= 0. Which of the following quadratic equation gives the remaining
(032) 254-9967 (Cebu)after Potomac start from the same port.
roots? A. S 3˚31’ E B. S 2˚40’W C. S 8˚09’ W D. S 4˚20’ E
A. 𝑥2 − 2𝑥 + 8 = 0 C. 𝑥2 − 2𝑥 + 5 = 0
B. 2𝑥2 − 2𝑥 + 5 = 0 D. 𝑥2 − 𝑥 + 1 = 0 37. A car travels from point A northward for 30 minutes then eastward
for one hour, then shifted N 30° E. If the constant speed is 60 kph, how
far directly from A, in km will be it after 2 hours?
A. 85.4 B. 93.6 C. 107.5 D. 120

27. Determine the range of f (𝑥) = √ x

A. (0, +∞) B. (−∞, +∞) C. (−∞, +0) D. [0, +∞)
38.A lighthouse is 10 units of length N 45° W of a dock. A ship leaves
28. Megareview lecturers joined an athletic competition in Rio de the dock at 8:00 am and travels west at 12 units of length per hour. At
Janeiro, Brazil. 12 of them joined Ice Skating, 15 Tennis, 20 Basketball, what time will the ship be 8 units of length from the lighthouse?
and 18 Volleyball. 7 joined Skating and Tennis, 6 Skating and A. 8:24 am B. 8:32 am C. 8:41 am D. 8:54 am
Basketball, 6 Skating and Volleyball, 8 Tennis and Basketball, 8 Tennis
and Volleyball, and 12 joined Basketball and Volleyball. 2 of them 39. An observer on the top of a cliff 150 m high above the angle of
participated in Skating, Tennis and Basketball, 3 Skating, Basketball depression of two ships, which are due north him, to be 20° 12’ and 47°
and Volleyball, 4 Tennis, Basketball and Volleyball, and only 2 Skating, 39’. Find the distance between the ships in meters.
Tennis and Volleyball. 1 joined all and 7 did not participate. How many A. 254.74 B. 270.96 C. 321.78 D. 568.78
lecturers went to Brazil?
A. 28 B. 29 C. 35 D. 21 40.From the third-floor window of the building, the angle of depression
of an object on the ground is 35° 58’, while from a sixth-floor window,
29. Solve the inequality |x 2−10|≤ 6 9.75 m above the first point of observation the angle of depression is
A. 2 ≤ x ≤ 4 C. −4 ≤ x ≤2 58° 35’. How far is the object from the building?
B. −2 ≤ x ≤ 4 D. 2< x <4 A. 9.3 m B. 10.7 m C. 11.9 m D. 15.3 m

30. Determine the range of the function f (x)=|x| 41. A wooden flagpole is imbedded 3 m deep at corner A of a concrete
horizontal slab ABCD, square in form and measuring 20 ft on a side. A
A. All real number C. All negative real number
storm broke the flagpole at a point one meter above the slab and
B. All positive real numbers D. No solution set
inclined toward corner C in the direction of the diagonal C. The vertical
angles observed at the center of the slab and at corner C to the tip of
31. Three circles of radii 115, 150, and 225 m are tangent to each other
the flagpole were 65° and 35°, respectively. What is the total length of
externally. Find the angle opposite to the longest side of the triangle
the flagpole above the slab in yards? HINT: 1 yard = 3 feet.
formed by connecting the centers of the circles.
A. 4.32 B. 5.61 C. 12.38 D. 16.83
A. 115.59° B. 62.48° C. 64.41° D. 75.47°
SITUATION.
32. The hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is 2 centimeters The Department of Energy reports that wind-produced electricity will
longer than either of its legs. Find the exact length of each side. jump to close to 1% of the nation’s total electrical output by the year
A. 4.83, 4.83, 6.83 C. 2, 2, 4 2010, about ten times that produced today. “Wind farms” are springing
B. 0.83, 0.83, 2.83 D. impossible up in many parts of the United States. A particular wind generator can
generate alternating current given by the equation
33. A square section ABCD has one of its sides equal to x. Point E is
I =50 cos(120 πt + 45 π)
inside the square forming an equilateral triangle BEC having one side
Where t is time in seconds and I is current in amperes.
equal to the side of the square. Compute the value of angle DEC.
A. 85˚ B. 75˚ C. 65˚ D. 60˚
42. What is the current I when t = 1.09 sec?
A. 40.45 amp B. 45.40 amp C. 45.50 amp D.50.45 amp
34.Two frames are needed with the same perimeter: one frame in the
shape of a square and one in the shape of an equilateral triangle. Each 43. Determine the phase angle.
side of the triangle is 6 centimeters longer than each side of the square. A. 0.375° to the left C. 21.49° to the left
Find the dimensions of each frame.
B. 0.375° to the right D. 21.49° to the right
A. The sides of the square are 18cm and the sides of the triangle
are 24cm.
44. Determine the frequency.
B. The sides of the square are 24cm and the sides of the triangle
A. 30 B. 60 C. 45 D. 90
are 18cm.
C. The sides of the square are 20cm and the sides of the triangle
are 26cm. 45. Two angles of a triangle are 103.2° and 43.3°. The side opposite
D. The sides of the square are 26cm and the sides of the triangle the obtuse angle has length 2.7. Solve the triangle.
are 20cm. A. a = 1.53; b = 1.90 C. a = 1.73; b = 1.50
B. a = 1.63; b = 1.40 D. a = 1.83; b = 1.30
35. Given triangle ABC, point E is alongside AC and point D is along
the side BC. Line BE and AD are the angle bisectors of angle B and A 46. A tripod is made of three sticks, each 5 ft. long, by tying together
respectively. If the angle BEC = 65˚ and angle ADC = 84˚, find the the ends of the sticks, the other ends resting on the ground 3 ft. apart.
angle ACB. Find the height of the tripod.
A. 15.33˚ B. 34.33˚ C. 80.67˚ D. 74.67˚ A. 5.478 ft B. 4.690 ft C. 6.144 ft D. 5.931 ft

36. Ship Atlantis started sailing N.40˚32’E at a rate of 3 mph. After 3 47. How many possible triangles can be formed if AB = 44 cm, A = 30°,
hours, Potomac started from the same port going S.45˚18’E at the rate and B = 45°.
A. NONE B. ONE C. TWO D. THREE
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Telephone Number: (02) 516 7559 (Manila) E-Mail: buksmarquez1 @yahoo.com
48. Approximate the distance from Philippines (12°30’ N,(032)
121°30’ E) to
254-9967 (Cebu)
the North Pole.
A. 8700 km B. 8000 km C. 7400 km D. 7000 km

49. Evaluate e iπ +1.

A. 0 B. π C. 1 D.i

50. Determine the 6th root of the function f ( x )=x 6 −64.

A.−2 B. 1+ √ 3 i C. 1− √ 3 i D.
−1+ √ 3 i