MELECT2 PROBLEM SET # 2: Geometry, Probability, Statistics

INSTRUCTION: (On a yellow pad) Provide solution for each problem and box the final
answer. DO NOT print the questionnaire upon submission.

1. How many diagonals are there in a dodecagon?

A. 27 C. 54
B. 20 D. 30

2. A polygon that has 10,000 sides is called?

A. Coboctagon C. Myriagon
B. Chilliagon D. Teragon

3. Find the area of a washer formed by two concentric circles whose chord outside the
small circle is 10 cm.
A. 25 π C. 100 π
B. 36 π D. 10 π

4. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the rope is 40 ft long

and the goat can reach 1 ft farther that the rope length, what is the maximum area the
goat can cover?
A. 4084.07 C. 4840.07
B. 4804.07 D. 8044.07

5. The base areas of a frustum of a cone are 25 cm2 and 16 cm2, respectively. If tits
altitude is 6 cm, find its volume.
A. 120 C. 122
B. 125 D. 136

6. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 1080o. Find the number of sides.
A. 10 C. 8
B. 9 D. 11

7. Find the area of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 1.

A. 2.698 C. 3.698
B. 2.598 D. 3.598

8. The volume of a sphere is 36 π cm3. Determine the surface area of the sphere.
A. 36 π C. 24 π
B. 28 π D. 30 π

9. Find the area of the spherical lune whose angle is 75o on a sphere of radius 30 cm.
A. 2356.19 cm2 C. 2054.34 cm2
2
B. 2052.52 cm D. 2257.26 cm2

10. A regular hexagon with an area of 93.53 square centimeters is inscribed in a

circle. The area in the circle not covered by hexagon is:
A. 18.38 cm2 C. 16.72 cm2
2
B. 19.57 cm D. 15.68 cm2

11. By how much is the increase in volume of a cube if each edge is increased by 1%?
A. 4.03% C. 3.03%
 B. 2.03% D. 1.03%

12. The diameter of a sphere and the base of a cone are equal. What approximate
percentage of that diameter must the cone’s height be so that both volumes are equal?
A. 133% C. 166%
B. 150% D. 200%

13. Determine the vertex angles for spherical triangle whose sides are given: a = 56 o,
b = 65.9o, and c = 78.5o

A. 57.71o, 68.57o, 92.19o C. 28.71o, 48.58o, 91.99o

B. 56.71o, 65.57o, 94.19o D. 52.71o, 63.57o, 29.19o

14. If two dice are tossed, find the probability of rolling a sum of either 7 or 9.

A. 29% C. 32%
B. 25% D. 27%

15. A fair coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability of getting at least one
tail.
A. 0.64 C. 0.58
B. 0.97 D. 0.86

16. An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of
getting 1 black ball and 1 white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?
A. 12, 25 C. 0.53
B. 10, 24 D. 0.04

17. There are 10 defectives per 1000 items of a product in the long run. What is the
probability that there is one and only defective in a random lot of 100?
A. 0.3697 C. 0.3967
B. 0.3796 D. 0.3679

18. What is the probability that no two people in a group of seven have the same
birthday?
A. 0.056 C. 0.92
B. 0.43 D. 0.94

19. What is the approximate probability of exactly two people in a group of seven have
the same birthday?
A. 0.0016 C. 0.055
B. 0.026 D. 0.12

20. What is the approximate probability of exactly two people in a group of seven have
a birthday on June 18?
A. 1.2 x 10-18 C. 7.4 x 10-6
-17
B. 2.4 x 10 D. 1.6 x 10-4

21. Three standard 52-card decks are used in a probability experiment. One card is
drawn from each deck. What is the probability that a diamond is drawn from the first
deck, an ace from the second, and the ace of hearts from the third?
A. 0.000062 C. 0.00037
B. 0.00015 D. 0.0062
22. Find the median of the set of numbers: 2, 8, 33, 2, and 20.
A. 8 C. 33
B. 2 D. 20

23. Given n = 5 measurements: 2,1,1,3,5. Calculate the sample variance (s2)

A. 1.6 C. 2.4
B. 3 D. 2.8

24. The myriad 1 followed by 100 zeros or 10100 is called?

A. myriad C. googol
B. petallion D. centennial numbers

25. A study gives the following results for a total sample size of 6:
{10,12,13,14,14,15}. The mean of the sample is 13. What is most nearly the sample
standard deviation?
A. 0.85 C. 1.6
B. 0.90 D. 1.8

26. The distance from the origin to the points (-sinθ, cosθ) is equivalent to
A. 1 C. 2
B. sin2θ D. 2sinθ

27. Which of the following lines is parallel to a line with equation y = ¼x + 6?

A. x = 4y -3 C. y = 2x - 3
B. y = -1/4x -6 D. y = -4x + 6

28. Find the slope of the line defined by y – x = 5.

A. 5 + x C. 1/4
B. -1/2 D. 1

29. How far is the line 3x – 4y + 15 = 0 from the origin?

A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4

30. The angle from line L1, whose slope is -1/3, to the line L2 is 135 degrees. Find
the slope of L2.
A. 1 C. 2/3
B. -2 D. ½

31. Compute the angle between the line 2y – 9x – 18 = 0 and the x-axis.
A. 77.47° C. 82.46°
B. 68.42° D. 55.36°

32. Determine the coordinates of the point which is three-fifths of the way from the
point (2, -5) to the point (-3,5)
A. (-1,1) C. (-2, -1)
B. (-1,-2) D. (1, 1)

33. Find the distance between the lines 4x – 3y = 12 and 4x – 3y = -8.

A. 4 C. 8
B. 10 D. 3

34. Find the area of the polygon whose vertices are @ (2,-6), (4,0), (2,4), (-3,2),
and (-3,-3).
A. 45.2 C. 55.3
 B. 47.5 D. 57.4

35. The values of the abscissas of the points where the curve crosses the x-axis
A. assymptotes C. x-intercepts
B. y-intercepts D. abscissa

36. A straight line is said to be a/an ______ of a curve if the curve approaches such
a line more and more closely but never really touches  it except as limiting position
at infinity.
A. Skew C. Tangent
B. Intersection D. Asymptote

37. The points A(1,0), B(9,2), and C(3,6) are vertices of a triangle. Which of the
following is an equation of one of the medians?
A. 7x – y = 23 C. 7x + y = 23
B. x – 7y = 23 D. x + 7y = 23

38. What are the coordinates of the center and the radius of the following equation
for a circle? x2 + y2 + 12y – 2x + 12 = 0
A. (1,-6); 12 C. (-1,6); 25
B. (1,-6); 5 D. (-1,6); sqrt of 12

39. What is the rectangular form of the following polar equation: r2 = 1 – tan2θ?
A. –x2 + x4y2 + y2 = 0 C. x2 + y2 = 0
B. x4 – x2 + x2y2 + y2 = 0 D. x2 + x2y2 – y2 + y4 = 0

40. If the rectangular coordinates of a point are (-3,-5.2), what are the polar
coordinates (r, θ) of the point?
A. (-6, -120) C. (6, 120)
B. (6, -120) D. (6, -150)

41. Find the vertex of the parabola having its focus at (7,-3) and its directrix y=2.
A. (7, -1/2) C. (-4,2/3)
B. (6, -2) D. (3, -5)

42. Find the location of the vertex of the hyperbola: 16y2 – 9x2 + 36x + 96y – 36 = 0

A. (1,1); (3,6) C. (4,0); (2,8)

B. (2,0); (2,-6) D. (2,2); (2,-8)

43. Find the location of the focus of the hyperbola: 16y2 – 9x2 + 36x + 96y – 36 = 0

A. (1,1); (3,6) C. (4,0); (2,8)

B. (2,0); (2,-6) D. (2,2); (2,-8)

44. An arc 18m high has the form of a parabola with the axis vertical. If the width of

the arc 8m from the top is 64m, find the width of the arc at the bottom

A. 82 C. 96
B. 80 D. 100
45. An earth satellite has an apogee 2450 miles and a perigee of 410 miles. Assuming

that the earth’s radius is 400 miles, what is the value of the eccentricity of ellipse

which is formed with the center of the earth at one focus and whose apogee and perigee

satisfy the conditions above.

A. 0.664 C. 0.757
B. 0.557 D. 1.027

46. An ellipse has an eccentricity of 1/3. Find the distance between the two directrix
if the distance between the foci is 4.
A. 36 C. 24
B. 18 D. 32

47. What conic section is 2x2 – 8xy + 4x = 12

A. Hyperbola C. Parabola
B. Ellipse D. Circle

48. A solid generated by the rotation of a circle about a line in its plane not
intersecting it.
A. Torus C. Hyperbola of revolution
B. Paraboloid of revolution D. Sphere

49. A solid generated by the rotation of an ellipse about its minor axis.
A. Elliptic Spheroid C. Hyperbolic Spheroid
B. Prolate Spheroid D. Oblate Spheroid

50. Who is the father of Analytic Geometry?

A. Dene Rescartes C. Rene Descartes
B. Renee Decartz D. Analytic Geometry, Sr.