The electric power which a transmission line can transmit is proportional to the product of its design
voltage and current capacity, and inversely to the transmission distance. A 115 - kilovolt line rated at 100
amperes can transmit 150 megawatts over 150 km. How much power, in megawatts can a 230 kilovolt
line rated at 150 amperes transmit over 100 km? d. 675
The electrical resistance offered by an electric wire varies directly as the length and inversely as the
square of the diameter of the wire. Compare the electrical resistance offered by two pieces of wire of the
same material, one being 100 m long and 8 mm in diameter, and the other 50 m long and 3 mm in
diameter. a. R1 = 0.28 R2
R=KL/d2
R1/R2 = (100/82)/(50/32)
R1/R2 = 0.28
R1 = 0.28R2
In a commercial survey involving 1000 persons on brand preferences, 120 were found to prefer brand x
only, 200 persons prefer brand y only, 150 persons prefer brand z only, 370 prefer either brand x or y but
not z, 450 prefer brand y or z but not x, and 370 prefer either brand z or x but not y, and none prefer all
the three brands at a time. How many persons have no brand preference with any of the three brands? a.
280
An equipment installation job in the completion stage can be completed in 40 days of 8 hours day work
with 40 men working. With the contract expiring in 30 days, the mechanical engineer contractor decided
to add 10 men on the job, overtime not being permitted. If the liquidated damages is P2,000 per day of
delay, and the men are paid P80 per day, will the engineer be able to complete the job on time? c.
"Yes, P16,000 would be saved"
40 days x 40 men = 1600 mandays
Add 10 men: 40 + 10 = 50 men
1600/50 = 32 days
Loss = P2000 x 2days = P4000
Cost of extra workers: 10 x 32 days x P80 = P25600
Original workers salary savings: 40 x (40 days – 32 days) x P80 = P25600
Labor cost: 25600 – 25600 = 0
Total Loss = P4000
Completes in 32 days(out of contract) therefore, No, P4000 loss
Prior to the last IBP elections, a survey was conducted in a certain barangay in Metro Manila to find out
which of three political parties they like best. The results indicated that 320 like KBL, 250 like LABAN and
180 liked INDEPENDENTS. But of these, 160 like both KBL and LABAN, 100 liked both LABAN and
INDEPENDENTS and 70 like both KBL and INDEPENDENTS. Only 30 said they like all the three parties
and none admitted that they did not like any party. How many voters are there in the barangay? b.
450
KBL INDEPENDENTS
40
120
40
30
130 70
20
LABAN
Total = 120+40+40+130+30+70+20 = 450
Three transformers are rated 5 KVA, 10 KVA and 25 KVA, respectively. The total cost of the three
transformers is P15, 000.00. If the cost of each transformer is proportional to its KVA rating multiplied by
the factor 1, 0.8 and 0.6 respectively, find the cost of the 10 KVA transformer. c. "P4,286"
15000 = 5(1)KVA + 10(0.8)KVA + 25(0.6)KVA
KVA = 15000/(5+10*0.8+25*0.6) = 535.7143
Cost of 10KVA = 535.7143*10*0.8 = P4285.7144
The time requires by an evaluator to lift a weight varies directly with the weight and the distance through
which it is to be lifted and inversely as the power of the motor. If it takes 30 seconds for 10 hp motor to lift
100 lbs through 50 feet, what size of motor is required to lift 800 lbs in 40 seconds through a distance of
40 feet? a. 48 hp
A manufacturing firm maintains one product assembly line to produce signal generators. Weekly demand
for the generators is 35 units. The line operates for 7 hours per day, 5 days per week. What is the
maximum production time per unit in hours required for the line to meet the demand? d. 1 hour
7 hours/day x 5days/week = 35 hours/week
Max. allowable time per unit to meet demand:
(35hours/week) / (35units/week) = 1hour/unit
An inexperienced statistical clerk submitted the following statistics to his manager on the average rate of
production of transistorized radios in an assembly line: ""1.5 workers produced 3 radios in 2 hour."" How
many workers are employed in the assembly line working 40 hours per week if weekly production is 480
radios? d. 12
A train, an hour after starting, meets with an accident which detains it an hour, after which it proceeds at
3/5 of its former rate and arrives three hour after the time; but had the accident happened 50 miles farther
on yhe line, it would have arrived one and one-half hour sooner. Find the length of the journey. a. 800/9
miles
A mechanical engineer who was awarded a P450,000.00 contract to install the machineries of an oil mill
failed to finish the work on time. As provided for in the contract, he has to pay a daily penalty equivalent to
one-fourth of one percent of the contract price for the first ten days of the delay, one-half percent per day
for the next ten days and one percent per day for every day thereafter. If the total penalty paid was
P60,750.00, how many days was the completion of the contract delayed? b. 26 days
The electrical resistance of a wire varies as its length and inversely as the square of its diameter. If a 100
m long and 1.25 mm in diameter has a resistance of 30 ohms, find the length of the wire of the same
material whose resistance and diameter are 25 ohms and 0.74 mm respectively. a. 30 m
R = KL/d2
Rearranging to get K:
K = Rd2/L
K = (30)(1.25)2/(100) = 0.46875
Rearrange equation to get L:
L = Rd2/K
L = (25)(0.74)2/(0.46875) = 30m
The arithmetic means of 6 numbers is 17. If two numbers are added to the progression, the new set of the
numbers will have an arithmetic mean of 19. What are the two numbers if their difference is 4? d. "23, 27"
A certain manufactured part can be defective because it has one or more out of the three possible
defects: insufficient tensile strength, a burr, or a diameter outside of tolerance limit. In a lot of 500 pieces:
19 have a tensile strength defects, 17 have a burr, 11 have an unacceptable diameter, 12 have tensile
strength and burr defects, 7 have tensile strength and diameter defects, 5 have burr and diameter defects
and 2 have all three defects. Determine:
How many of the pieces have no defects?
How many pieces Have only burr defects?
How many pieces have exactly 2 defects? c. "475, 2, 18"
No defects = 500-1-5-2-3-2-10-2 = 475
Only burr = 2
2 defects = 3+5+10 = 18
Solve algebraiclly:
11y² - 3x2 = 41
4x2 + 7y² = 32. a. "(± 1, ± 2)"
At 2:00 pm, an airplane takes off at 340 mph on an aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier moves due south at
25 kph in the same direction as the plane. At 4:05 pm, the communication between the plane and aircraft
carrier was lost. Determine the communication range in miles between the plane and the carrier. a. 557
miles
An equipment installation job in the completion stage can be completed in 50 days of 8 hours day work,
with 50 men working. With the contract expiring in 40 days, the mechanical engineer contractor decided
to add 15 men on the job, overtime not being permitted. If the liquidated damages is P5,000 per day of
delay, and they are paid P150 per day, will the engineer be able to complete the job on time? Would he
save money with the addition of workers? a. "Yes, P44,750 savings"
The polynomial x^3 + 4x^2 - 3x + 8 is divided by x - 5, then the remainder is: b. 218
In certain Board Examination, 119 examinees too the Shop Machinery subjected, 104 examinees took
thye Power Plant Machinery subject and 115 examinees took the Industrial Plant Machinery subject.
Seventy-eight (78) conditioned examinees took only Shop Machinery and Power Machinery subjects.
Seventy-one (71) conditioned examinees took only the Power Plant Machinery and Industrial Plant
Machinery subjects. Eighty-five (85) conditioned examinees took only Industrial Plant Machinery and
Shop Machinery subjects. Fifty-four took all the three subjects. How many examinees took the Certified
Plant Mechanic board examination?
A certain manufactured part can be defective because it has one or more out of the three possible
defects: insufficient tensile strength, a burr, or a diameter outside of tolerance limit. In a lot of 500
pieces: 19 have a tensile strength defects, 17 have a burr, 11 have an unacceptable diameter, 12 have
tensile strength and burr defects, 7 have tensile strength and diameter defects, 5 have burr and
diameter defects and 2 have all three defects. Determine: How many of the pieces have no defects?
How many pieces have only burr defects? How many pieces have exactly 2 defects?
A certain company manufactures two products, X and Y, and each of these products must be processed
on two different machines. Product X requires 1 minute of work time per unit on machine 1 and 4
minutes of work time on machine 2. Product Y requires two minutes of work time per unit on machine 1
and 3 minutes of work time per unit on machine 2. Each day, 100 minutes are available on machine 1
and 200 minutes are available on machine 2. To satisfy certain customers, the company must produce at
least 6 units per day of product X and at least 12 units of product Y. If the profit of each unit of product X
is P50 and the profit of each unit of product Y is P60, how many of each product should be produced in
order to maximize the company's profit?
The time required for two examinees to solve the same problem differ by two minutes. Together they
can solve 32 problems in one hour. How long will it take for the slower problem solver to solve the
problem?
First examinee needs x minutes. Rate is 1/x problems per minute.
Second examinee needs x+2 minutes. Rate is 1/(x+2) problems per minute.
Working together, their rate is 1/x + 1/(x+2) = (2x+2)/[x(x+2)]
So (2x+2) / [x(x+2)] * 60 = 32 (Sixty minutes in one hour; in that time they do 32 questions) This,
after a bit of rearranging, turns out to be the equation 4x^2 -7x-15 = 0.
Solving that equation should give you x = 3 minutes. The examinees can finish problems in 3
minutes and 5 minutes, respectively.
