601: MATHEMATICS QUIZ 1 JULY 27, 2019

Situation:
Situation: 12. Find the fourth term of the progression
1. An airplane leaves an aircraft carrier and flies South at 350 mph. The carrier travels ½, 0.2, 0.125, …
S 30° E at 25 mph. If the wireless communication range of the airplane is 700 miles, A. 0.102
when will it lose contact with the carrier? B. 1/10
A. after 4.36 hours C. 1/11
B. after 5.57 hours D. 0.09
C. after 2.13 hours
Situation:
Situation: 13. The geometric mean of 4 and 64 is:
2. Given a triangle ABC whose angles are A = 40°, B = 95° and side b = 30 cm. find the A. 48
length of the bisector of angle C. B. 16
A. 21.74 cm C. 34
B. 22.35 cm D. 24
C. 20.45 cm
Situation:
Situation: 14. Determine the sum of the infinite geometric series of 1, -1/5,+1/25, …?
3. A vertical pole is 10 m from a building. When the angle of elevation of the sum is 45°, A. 4/5
te pole cast a shadow on the building 1 m high. Find the height of the pole. B. 5/7
A. 0 meter C. 4/6
B. 11 meters D. 5/6
C. 12 meters
D. 13 meters Situation:
15. In a benefit show, a number of wealthy men agreed that the first one to arrive
Situation: would pay 10 centavos to enter and each later arrival would pay twice as much as
4. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He takes sights at the top of the preceding man. The total amount collected from all of them was P104857.50. How
the tower from A and B, which are 50 ft. apart, at the same elevation on a direct line with may wealthy men had paid?
the tower. The vertical angle at point A is 30° and at point B is 40°. What is the height A. 18
of the tower? B. 19
A. 85.6 feet C. 20
B. 143.97 feet D. 21
C. 110.29 feet
D. 92.54 feet Situation:
16. Compute the value of x from the following:
Situation: x=
5. A clock has a dial face 12 inches in radius. The minute hand is 9 inches long while A. 27
the hour hand is 6 inches long. The plane of rotation of the minute hand is 2 inches B. -28
above the plane of rotation of the hour hand. Find the distance between the tips of the C. 26
hands at 5:40 AM. D. -29
A. 9.17 inches
B. 8.23 inches Situation:
C. 10.65 inches The grades of a group of 1000 students in an exam are normally distributed with a mean
D. 11.25 inches of 70 and a standard deviation of 10. A student from this group is selected randomly.
17. Find the probability that his/her grade is greater than 80.
Situation: A. 0.1587
6. From a point A at the foot of the mountain, the angle of elevation of the top B is 60°. B. 0.1857
After ascending the mountain one (1) mile to an inclination of 30° to the horizon, and C. 0.2587
reaching a point C, an observer finds that the angle ACB is 135°. D.0.1487
A. 14386 18. Find the probability that his/her grade is less than 50.
B. 12493 A. 0.01275
C. 11672 B. 0.02175
D. 11223 C. 0.02275
D.0.02725
Situation: 19. Find the probability that his/her grade is between 50 and 80.
7. The sum of the two interior angles of the triangle is equal to the third angle and the A. 0.6186
difference of the two angles is equal to 2/3 of the third angle. Find the third angle. B. 0.5286
A. 15° C. 0.8166
B. 75° D. 0.8186
C. 90°
D. 120° 20. Approximately, how many students have grades greater than 80?
A. 158
Situation: B. 159
8. If sin A = 4/5, A in quadrant II, sin B = 7/25, B in quadrant I, find sin (A +B). C. 160
A. 3/5 D. 161
B. 2/5
C. 3/4 Situation:
D. 4/5 A committee of 5 people is to be formed randomly from a group of 10 Civil Engineers
and 6 Architects. Find the probability that the committee has
Situation: 21. 3 Civil Engineers and 2 Architects.
9. In the complex number 3 + 4i, the A. 0.3021
absolute value is: B. 0.4121
A. 10 C. 0.5221
B. 7.211 D. 0.6321
C. 5
D. 5.689 22. 4 Civil Engineers and 1 Architect.
A. 0.0685
Situation: B. 0.1785
10. What is the quotient when 4+8i is divided C. 0.2885
by i3? D. 0.3985
A. 8+4i
B. -8+4i 23. 5 Civil Engineers.
C. 8-4i A. 0.0277
D. -8-4i B. 0.1377
C. 0.0477
Situation: D. 0.0577
11. Solve for x if x + 3x + 5x + 7x + … + 49x = 625
A. ¼ 24. at least 3 Civil Engineers.
B. ½ A. 0.7583
C. 1 B. 0.6483
D. 1 ¼ C. 0.5383
D. 0.3183
601: MATHEMATICS QUIZ 1 JULY 27, 2019
Situation:
25. Rabbits in a lab are to be kept on a strict daily diet that includes 30 grams of
protein, 16 grams of fat and 24 grams of carbohydrates. The scientist has only three
food mixes available with the following grams of nutrients per unit.

How many units of mix B are needed daily to meet each rabbit’s dietary need?
A. 3
B. 2
C. 4
D. 1