Math Review

𝑥𝑦𝑧
1. Solve for in the given equations 16. A dead body was found within a closed room of a
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(x + y)(x + y + z)= 384 house where the temperature was a constant 70ᵒF. at
(y + z)(x + y + z)= 288 the time of discovery the core temperature of the
(x+ z)(x + y + z) = 480 body was determined to be 85ᵒF. One hour later a
second measurement showed that the core
2. If 𝑥 3 = 1. What is the value of temperature of the body was 80ᵒF. assume that time
x( 1 + x ) of death corresponds to t = 0 and that the core
temperature at that time was 98.6ᵒF. determined how
3. The perimeter of a right triangle is 15 + 20√22 units. many hours elapsed before the body was discovered?
The sum of the squares of all of its sides is 396. Find
the area of the triangle.
17. The probability that a patient recovers from a rare
4. Let r and s be the roots of the equation 𝑥 2 -2mx – 3 = blood disease is 0.4. If 15 people are known to have
0. If r + 𝑠 −1 and s + 𝑟 −1 are the roots of the equation contracted this disease, what is the probability that at
𝑥 2 + px – 2q = 0. What is q? least 10 survive?

18. How many even four – digit numbers can be formed

2 2 from the digits 0, 1, 2,5,6 and 9 if each digit can be
5. Given that 0 < b < a and 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 6ab, what is the
𝑎−𝑏 used only once?
value of ?
𝑎+𝑏

19. Given a triangle ABC whose angles are A = 40°, B =

6. Find y = √72 − √72 − √72 − ⋯ 95° and side b = 30 cm. find the length of the bisector
of angle C.
7. A manufacturer drills a hole through the center of
metal sphere of radius 5 inches. The hole has a radius 20. Find the general solution of 2xy y´ + x² = y²
of 3 inches. What is the volume of the resulting metal
ring? Ans. y = √cx − x²
8. Find the volumes of the solid generated by revolving
the regions bounded by the graphs of the equations
about the given lines. 21. Find the genereal solution of ( 𝑥 4 + 2y ) dx – x dy = 0
.
y = √𝑥 , y = 0, x =0
22. A statue 2 meters high stands on a column that is 3
a. the x-axis c. the line x =3
b. the y axis d. the line x = 6 meters high. An observer in level with the top of the
statue observed that the column and the statue
1 subtend the same angle. How far is the observer from
9. Find y´ in = xarctan 2x - ln ( 1 + 4x² )
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the statue?
10. Solve for the y” of the y = arc sin 3x
23. A committee of 5 people is to be selected from a
√𝑥 2 − 1 group of 6 men and 7 women. What is the probability
11. ∫ dx that the committee will have at least 3 men?
𝑥

𝑒 2𝑥
12. Evaluate ∫ 𝑑𝑥 .
𝑒 𝑥 +1
24. The sum of the progression 5, 8, 11, 14 …. is 1025.
13. ∫
dx How many terms are there?
x+xlnx²

14. Determine the area bounded by the curve y² = 9x / 5

25. The shortest distance from the point (5, 10) to the
and the line y = x – 2.
curve x2 = 12y is
𝜋𝑥
15. Evaluate the: lim (2 − 𝑥)tan 2
𝑥→1

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26. A regular octagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 10 37. Find the length of the latus rectum of the given
cm. Find the area of the octagon? ellipse

27. Peter and Paul can do a certain job in 3 hours. On a 25𝑥 2 + 9𝑦 2 − 300𝑥 − 144𝑦 + 1251 = 0
given day, they work together for 1 hour then Paul
left and Peter finishes the rest work in 8 more hours. 38. An ellipse has the equation 16𝑥 2 + 9y2 + 32x – 128 =
How long will it take for Peter to do the job alone? 0. Its eccentricity is:

28. A truck radiator contains 32 quarts of a 20 % solution

39. Two transmission towers 40 feet high are 200 feet
of antifreeze. How much of the original solution must
apart. If the lowest point of the cable is 10 feet above
be drawn off and replaced by pure antifreeze to
the ground, the vertical distance from the roadway to
obtain a solution of 45 % antifreeze?
cable 50 feet from the center is

29. A rectangular box having square base and open at the
top is to have a capacity of 16823 cc. Find the height
of the box to use the least amount of material
30. A closed cylindrical tank is 8 feet long and 3 feet in
diameter. When lying in a horizontal position, the
water is 2 feet deep. If the tank is the vertical
position, the depth of water in the tank is:
40. A piece of wire is shaped to enclose a square whose
area is 169 cm². It is then reshaped to enclosed a
rectangle whose length is 15 cm. The area of the
rectangle is?
41. The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has
equilateral triangles for its bases. The lower and
upper base edges are 9m and 3m, respectively. If the
volume is 118.2 cu. m., how far apart are the bases?

31. Evaluate the determinant:

42. Find the equation of the parabola with vertex at (4, 3)
1 4 2 −1 and focus at
2 −1 0 −3 (4, -1).
D=| |
−2 3 1 2
0 2 1 4 43. Find the area bounded by the parabolas x²-2y = 0 and
x² +2y – 8 = 0
32. A car starting at 12:00 noon travels west at a speed of 44. The term involving x9 in the expansion of (x2 + 2/x)12
30 kph. Another car starting from the same point at is
2:00 pm travels north at 45 kph. Find how fast the
two are separating at 4:00 pm? 45. How far from the y-axis is the centroid of the area
bounded by the curve y = x3, the line x = 2, and the y-
axis.
33. Find the slope of the tangent line to the curve x² +
2xy – 3y² = 9 at the point (3, 2). ***END***

34. Evaluate the double integral of 𝑟 sin 𝑢 𝑑𝑟 𝑑𝑢, the

limit of r is from 0 to cos 𝑢 and the limit of u is from
0 to pi.

35. Find the length of arc of the parabola x² = 4y

from x= -2 to x = 2.

𝑥2 𝑦2
36. The area enclosed by the ellipse + = 1 is
9 4
revolved about the line x = 3. What is the volume
generated?

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