MATHEMATICS REVIEW COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 1 - 2014

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark ONLY ONE ANSWER for each xy
12. What is the natural logarithm of e ?
item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only. 1
A. B. xy
xy
1. Which of the following expressions is equal to 5?
2.718
A. (1 + 2)2 B. 9 – 22 C. 2.718xy D.
xy
C. 11 – 10 × 5 D. 45 ÷ 3 × 4
2. Which of the following expressions show how to determine the sale price of a ₱450 T-shirt that is being offered at 13. Determine the sum of the positive roots of the following equations:
a 25% discount? xy  4
I. 0.25 × ₱450 xz  3
II. 0.75 × ₱450 yz  12
III. (1 + 0.25) × ₱450 A. 6 B. 8
IV. (1 – 0.25) × ₱450 C. 10 D. 12
A. I and III B. I and IV 14. If ab = 6, bc = 3, and ac = 1/8, what is one possible value of abc?
C. II and III D. II and IV A. 0.375 B. 0.75
1 1 1 C. 1.5 D. 2.25
3. The sum of the fractions , and
(x  y)(y  z) (y  z)(z  x) (z  x)(x  y)
15. Solve for x in the equation 481/ x  2 3  1/ x
A. 2z  2z  2y B. xyz
A. 1 B. 2
C. 0 D. 1
C. 3 D. 4
2
4. The expression
1
is equivalent to 
16. Find the term in a  2b  c 10 that involves a4c 3
1
1 A. 33600a4b4c3 B. 33600a4b3c3
1
1 x
A. x B. –x
C. 33600a4b3c3 D. 33600a4b4c3
C. 2x D. −2x SITUATION I.

5. Simplify: 7a2
8 7    5 7   49(7
a 1 a a 2
)
The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two numbers are added, the new set of numbers will have an arithmetic
mean of 21.
17. What are the two numbers if their difference is 4?
A. 7a B. −7a
A. 30 and 34 B. 32 and 36
C. 1 D. −1
C. 31 and 35 D. 33 and 39
6. If y is a fraction strictly between 0 and 1, which of the following has the largest value? th
18. Which of the following gives the 12 term of the arithmetic progression?
A. y B. y2
A. 51 B. 50
y–1
3
C. y D.
C. 49 D. 48
7. Determine the possible factors of 4x5  4x4  25x3  30x2  99x  54 . 19. Which of the following gives the sum of the first 20 terms?
A. x–2 B. 2x + 3 A. 1800 B. 1200
C. 2x – 1 D. all of these C. 1452 D. 900

 
2
  2xy  , find B.
2
8. In the equation x 4  4x2y2  By 4  4x2y2  x2  2y2 20. Find the common ratio of an infinite geometric series if the sum is 2 and the first term is 1/2.
A. 1/3 B. 3/4
A. 2 B. 4
C. 1/2 D. 1/4
C. −2 D. −4 21. If a and b are positive numbers: a, −4, b form a geometric progression and 14, a, b form an arithmetic
9. If x + y = 1 and x^2 + y^2 = 2, find x^4 + y^4. progression. Find a.
A. 1/2 B. 15/4 A. 6 B. 7
C. 3/4 D. 7/2 C. 8 D. 9
10. When a certain polynomial f(x) is divided by (x – 1), the remainder is 12. When the same polynomial is divided by
(x – 4), the remainder is 3. Find the remainder when the polynomial is divided by (x – 1)(x – 4). 22. The sum of the first “n” terms of a progression is 2n 2  4 . Compute the value of the 8th term.
A. x+5 B. 2x – 8 A. 256 B. 526
C. 3x + 15 D. 4x – 1 C. 412 D. 512
23. Two values A and B are related to each other in an inverse manner such that when one increases, the other
ln x 3 decreases, always with a constant inverse proportionality. When the value of A is 1200, B is recorded to have a
11. If lnx = 5 and lny = 2, is equal to:
ln y 4 value of 144,720. Find the value of A when B reaches 256,000.
A. 10/3 B. 5/2 A. 573.876 B. 678.375
C. 15/8 D. 125/16 C. 736.587 D. 863.775

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SITUATION II.
Ohm’s Law states that the current flowing in a fixed resistor is directly proportional to the applied voltage. When 30
 
37. Find the exact value of cos x  y , given sinx  3 / 5 , siny  4 / 5 , x is an angle in Quadrant II, and y is an angle
volts is applied across a resistor, the current flowing through the resistor is 2.410−3 amperes. in Quadrant I.
24. Determine the constant of proportionality between the voltage and current. A. 0 B. 1
A. 6.8010−2 B. 7.2010−2 C. 0.5 D. −1
C. 8.0010−5 D. 9.0010−5 1 1
38. Simplify: 
25. Determine the current when the applied voltage is 52 volts. csc x  1 csc x  1
A. 4.6810−3 amperes B. 4.1610−3 amperes A. 2sec x tanx B. 2csc xcot x
−3
C. 2.3810 amperes D. 1.1310−3 amperes C. 2sec x D. 2csc x
−3
26. Determine the voltage when the current is 3.610 amperes. 39. If sin(x  10)  cos3x , find x.
A. 18.80 volts B. 22.00 volts
A. 23° B. 22°
C. 40.00 volts D. 45.00 volts
C. 21° D. 20°
27. If the sum of seven consecutive integers is zero, what is the least value of the seven integers? 40. If cos(x  y)  0.17 and cos x  0.50 , find sin y.
A. 0 B. −4 A. 0.2355 B. 0.3455
C. −3 D. 2 C. 0.4344 D. 0.4233
28. A high school hiking club held a car wash to raise money for equipment. Rudy, Cheryl, Tom, and Pat volunteered
to help. Rudy could wash a car in 10 minutes, Cheryl in 12 minutes, Tom in 8 minutes, and Pat in 15 minutes. 41. If tanA  1/ 3 and cot A  4 , find tan A  B  
They all started on the first car, but after 2 minutes another car came in and Pat and Tom went to work on it. One A. 2/13 B. 13/2
minute later Rudy quit to take care of another customer. How long did it take Cheryl to finish the first car alone? C. 7/11 D. 11/7
A. 0.2 minute B. 0.4 minute 42. Three times the sine of an angle is equal to twice the square of the cosine of the same angle. Find the angle.
C. 0.6 minute D. 0.8 minute A. 20° B. 25°
29. It is now 3:06 pm, what angle will be formed by the hour hand and the minute hand 20 minutes after the given C. 30° D. 35°
time? 43. Two angles measuring P and Q are complementary. If 3P  2Q  40 , what is the measure of the smaller angle?
A. 20° B. 45° A. 40° B. 44°
C. 53° D. 88.33° C. 46° D. 50°
30. A shipment of items is divided into two portions such that the difference between the portions is half of their
average. Find the ratio of the smaller to the larger portion.  x  2x 
44. If cot  80    cot    1 , find x.
A. 2/5 B. 3/5  2  3 
C. 1/3 D. 2/3 A. 30° B. 45°
31. Mario has four more hats than Alex and half as many hats as Nathan. If the three together has 24 hats, how many C. 60° D. 90°
hats does Nathan have?
A. 3 B. 7     
45. Solve for x from the given trigonometric equation: arctan 1  x  arctan 1  x  arctan 1/ 8 
C. 10 D. 14 A. 8 B. 6
32. The sum of two angles is 1600 mils and their difference is 40 grads. Find the value of the bigger angle in degrees. C. 4 D. 2
A. 36° B. 48° 46. The angle of elevation of the top of a mountain is 29°. At another point 100 m closer, the angle of elevation then
C. 63° D. 74° becomes 36°. Find the height of the mountain.
A. 233.83 m B. 321.84 m
A
33. If tan    cot A , find A. C. 333.83 m D. 421.84 m
4 47. A transit set up 40 m from the base of a vertical chimney reads 32°30’ with the crosshairs set on the top of the
A. 82° B. 72° chimney. With the telescope level, the vertical rod at the base of the chimney is 2.1 m. Determine the height of the
C. 62° D. 52° chimney.
34. If cot A  24 / 7 and A is in the 2 quadrant, find sin2A .
nd
A. 16.25 m B. 27.58 m
A. 336/625 B. −336/625 C. 26.72 m D. 21.61 m
C. 363/526 D. −363/526 48. Two insects fly from the same point but towards different directions. One flies at a speed of 12.2 m/min while the
35. Which is true regarding the signs of the natural functions for angles between 90° and 180°? other flies at 17.4 m/min. The angle between their flight directions is 84.1°. Find the distance of the two insects
A. The tangent is positive B. The cotangent is positive after 2.1 minutes.
C. The sine is negative D. The cosine is negative A. 24.24 m B. 35.35 m
36. Which of the following relations is not true? C. 42.42 m D. 53.53 m
49. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from a point on the level ground is twice the angle of elevation of a
tan x sec x cos x
A. sin x  B.  window one-third of the way up the building. Find the angle of elevation of the top of the building.
sec x tan x cot x A. 30° B. 45°
cot x sin x
C. cot x  csc x  cos x D.  C. 60° D. 75°
csc x tan x
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50. Two sides of a triangle are 50 m and 60 m long. The angle included between these sides is 30°. What is the x
 1 i 
interior angle opposite the longest side? 62. If    1 , then
A. 82.66° B. 86.26°  1 i 
C. 93.74° D. 97.34° A. x  4n , where n is any positive integer
51. From a window 4.25 m above the ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a building is 36.58° while the angle B. x  2n , where n is any positive integer
of depression of the foot of the same building is 26.63°. Find the height of the building. C. x  4n  1 , where n is any positive integer
A. 11.93 m B. 10.54 m D. x  2n  1 , where n is any positive integer
C. 8.80 m D. 7.12 m 63. Determine the inclination of the segment joining the points (−5, 3) and (4, 2).
52. Two observing stations were set up 850 m apart. A vertical pole in between them was observed to have an angle A. 173.66 B. 29.05
of elevation at its top equal to 12.53° and 10.20° from each station. Find the height of the pole. C. 6.34 D. 150.95
A. 96.07 m B. 92.16 m 64. Determine the point of division of the line segment from A (5, 6) to B (−3, −2) that divides this line segment,
C. 88.25 m D. 84.52 m starting from A, into two parts in the ratio 1:4.
53. The angle of elevation of the top of tower B from the top of tower A is 28° and the angle of elevation of the top of A. (−1, 1) B. (3, 4)
tower A from the base of tower B is 46°. The bases of the towers lie on the same horizontal plane. If the height of C. (1, 3) D. (0, 2)
tower B is 120 m, find the height of tower A. 65. Determine the equation of the line passing through (−3, 5) which makes an angle of 45° with the line 2x + y =12.
A. 79.29 m B. 75.76 m A. x + 3y = 12 B. 2x + 3y = 3
C. 74.80 m D. 71.92 m C. 3x + 5y = 6 D. 5x – 3y = 9
54. From point A (elevation = 120 m), the angle of elevation of the top of a building is 29°. From point B, 321 m nearer
66. The line 2x  4y  2  0 is coincident with which of the following lines?
the building and 19.65 m lower than point A, the angle of elevation of the top of the same building is 51°. Find the
elevation of the top of the building. A. x  2y  1  0 B. 2x  4y  3  0
A. 507.47 m B. 470.26 m C. 2x  4y  4  0 D. x  2y  2  0
C. 458.86 m D. 439.35 m
SITUATION IV.
SITUATION III. Line A has a slope of −4 and passes through the point (−20, −15). Line B has an x-intercept of 10 and y-intercept of 25.
Find the period of the following graph: 67. Determine the distance of line A to the point (−20, −10).
55. y  5cos3x A. 2.21 units B. 2.11 units
A. 360° B. 150° C. 1.12 units D. 1.21 units
C. 180° D. 120° 68. Determine the point of intersection of the lines A and B.
(−80, 225)
y  3sin  6x  
A. (80, 225) B.
56.
C. (−80, −225) D. (80, −225)
A. 75° B. 60° 69. Determine the equation of the line perpendicular to line A and passing through the intersection of the two lines.
C. 90° D. 120° A. x  4y  890  0 B. x  4y  890  0
57. y  9  2cos5x C. x  4y  980  0 D. x  4y  980  0
A. 144° B. 108°
SITUATION V.
C. 72° D. 36°
A line passes through the point (3, −4).
1675 70. What is the equation of the line if it is parallel to another line passing through (0, −5) and (4, −3)?
58. Evaluate in polar form: 2x  y  10 x  2y  11
215 A. B.
A. 890 B. 815 C. 2x  y  2 D. x  2y  5
C. 860 D. 875 71. What is the equation of the line if it is perpendicular to another line passing through (0, −5) and (4, 3)?
59. Find the value of logi ( 3) A. 2x  y  10 B. x  2y  11
A. 2  0.7i B. 2  0.7i C. 2x  y  2 D. x  2y  5
C.  2  0.7i D.  2  0.7i 72. What is the slope of the line if it is perpendicular to another line passing through (0, −5) and (4, −3)?
A. 1/2 B. −1/2
60. Evaluate: 8  7i2 C. 2 D. −2
A. 15 + 112i B. 15 – 112i 73. Find the distance of a point (−3, 1) from the line 6x – 4y = −3
C. −15 + 112i D. −15 – 112i A. 2.36 units B. 2.63 units

i C. 3.26 units D. 3.62 units
61. What is the product of the complex number 2  2i and 32e 4 ? 74. The equation (3x – y + 5) + k(2x + y) = 0 represents a family of straight lines through a fixed point P. For what
A. 16 B. 16i value of k does the line in the family pass through the center of the circle x2 + y2 + 2x - 6y + 6 = 0 .

C. i D. 16 1  i A. 1 B. 2
16e 4
C. 3 D. 4
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75. Given are the two parallel lines 3x – 4y + 10 = 0 and 3x – 4y – 3 = 0. How far apart are the lines between each SITUATION VII.
other? An ellipse has the equation: 16x2  25y2  128x  150y  381  0
A. 3.20 units B. 2.80 units
88. Determine the coordinates of the center of the ellipse.
C. 2.60 units D. 3.00 units
A. (4, −3) B. (−4, −3)
76. The equation x  y  2x  4y  5  0 is the equation of what curve?
2 2
C. (4, 3) D. (−4, 3)
A. Circle B. Point 89. Determine the distance between the foci.
C. Ellipse D. Parabola A. 1.5 units B. 3.0 units
77. Find the equation of a circle with center at the y-axis and passing through the origin and point (4, 2). C. 4.5 units D. 6.0 units
A. x2 + y2 – 10y = 0 B. x2 + y2 – 25 = 0 90. Determine the distance between the directrices.
C. x2 + y2 – 2x + 3y  5 = 0 D. x2 + y2 – 4x + 2y – 4 = 0 A. 16.67 units B. 8.33 units
C. 5.56 units D. 4.17 units
78. What is the equation of the radical axis of the circles x  y  1 and x  y  6x  6y  11  0 .
2 2 2 2

A. xy20 B. xy20 SITUATION VIII.

C. xy20 D. xy20 Given the equation of a hyperbola: x2  8x  4y2  64y  256

91. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance between foci?
SITUATION VI.
A. 8.94 B. 9.48
y2  6y  8x  7  0 C. 4.89 D. 6.93
Two conics are given:
4x2  4y2  48x  24y  181  0 92. Which of the following gives the distance between vertices?
A. 2 B. 4
79. Which of the following define the conics?
A. ellipse and parabola B. hyperbola and circle C. 8 D. 12
C. ellipse and hyperbola D. parabola and circle 93. Which of the following gives the coordinates of the center?
80. Find the points of intersection of the conics.
A. (4, 8) B. (−4, 8)
A. (1.65, 8.40) and (1.65, −2.40) B. (1.76, 8.48) and (1.76, −2.48) C. (4, −8) D. (−4, −8)
C. (1.84, 8.54) and (1.84, −2.54) D. (1.91, 8.59) and (1.91, −2.59)
94. Find the coordinate of one focus of the curve 49x  81y  392x  162y  4672  0 .
2 2
81. Find the distance between the points of intersection of the conics.
A. 11.08 units B. 10.40 units A. (−4, 11.40) B. (−4, 10.40)
C. 10.97 units D. 11.38 units C. (−4, 9.40) D. (−4, 8.40)
95. Find the equation of one asymptote of the hyperbola defined by the equation 9x  4y  36 .
2 2
82. Determine the equation of the directrix of the curve y  2  8  x – 1 .
2
A. 3x – 2y = 0 B. 2x – 3y = 0
A. y–1=0 B. x+1=0 C. 4x – 3y = 0 D. 3x – 4y = 0
C. x–1=0 D. y+1=0 96. Determine the rectangular coordinates of a point having a polar coordinates of (7, 38°)
83. A parabola passes through (3, 4). It has a vertex at the origin and focus on the y-axis. Find the length of the latus A. (4.41, 5.62) B. (5.25, 4.13)
rectum of the parabola. C. (2.55, 1.34) D. (5.52, 4.31)
A. 1.13 B. 2.25 97. Find the distance between the two polar points A(4, 40°) and B(4, 220°).
C. 2.67 D. 5.33 A. 7 B. 8
84. Find the equation of the parabola that passes through the points A(0, 1), B(1, 3/2), and C(2, 5/3) and whose axis C. 9 D. 10
is parallel to y-axis.
SITUATION IX.
A. x2  4x  6y  6  0 B. 2x2  x  3y  5  0 Convert the following equations from polar form to rectangular form.
C. x2  3x  y  4  0 D. x2  3y  2x  8  0 98. r  3sec 
85. Find the equation of a parabola which opens upward with latus rectum ending at (−2, 1/2) and (8, 1/2). A. x 3 0 B. y 3 0
A. x2  6x  10y  11  0 B. x2  6x  10y  11  0 C. x  3y  0 D. 3x  y  0
99. r  tan  sec 
C. x  6x  10y  11  0
2 D. x  6x  10y  11  0
2
A. y2  x  0 B. 2x2  y  0
86. Find the length of a latus rectum of an ellipse defined by the equation:  x  12 4   y  2 9  1
2

C. x  2y2  0 D. x2  y  0
A. 8/3 units B. 7/3 units
100. r  16csc 2
2
C. 5/3 units D. 4/3 units
87. If the length of the latus rectum of an ellipse is three-fourths of the length of its minor axis, determine its A. y3  4x2 B. xy  8
eccentricity.
A. 0.18 B. 0.32 C. y  x 4
2 D. x  8y
C. 0.66 D. 0.72
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ANSWER KEY:

1 B 26 D 51 B 76 B
2 D 27 C 52 D 77 A
3 C 28 D 53 A 78 C
4 C 29 C 54 C 79 D
5 B 30 B 55 D 80 B
6 D 31 D 56 B 81 C
7 D 32 C 57 C 82 B
8 B 33 B 58 C 83 B
9 D 34 B 59 A 84 A
10 C 35 D 60 A 85 B
11 C 36 B 61 A 86 A
12 B 37 A 62 A 87 C
13 B 38 A 63 A 88 D
14 C 39 D 64 B 89 B
15 D 40 B 65 A 90 B
16 C 41 C 66 A 91 A
17 C 42 C 67 D 92 B
18 A 43 B 68 B 93 C
19 D 44 C 69 C 94 B
20 B 45 C 70 B 95 A
21 C 46 A 71 D 96 D
22 D 47 B 72 D 97 B
23 B 48 C 73 B 98 A
24 C 49 C 74 A 99 D
25 B 50 C 75 C 100 B

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