CE601: SPECIAL QUIZ 3

1. In a triangle whose sides’ measure 5inches, 6inches, and 7inches, point P is 2inches from
the 5inches side and 3inches from the 6inches side. How far is P from the 7inches side?
a) 6.24in.
b) 5.34in.
c) 4.14in
d) 3.35in.
2 The volume of the frustum of a regular triangular pyramid is 135 cu. m. The lower base is
an equilateral triangle with an edge of 9m. The upper base is 8m above the lower base. What
is the upper base edge in meters?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
3. A triangular corner lot has perpendicular sides of lengths 120m and 160m, respectively. If
it cost P6000 per square meter of the floor area of a building, how much would be the
approximate cost if a largest rectangular 3- story building is to be constructed?
a) 28, 800, 000pesos
b) 38, 400, 000pesos
c) 86, 400, 000pesos
d) 11, 520, 000pesos
4. What is the volume of a frustum of a cone whose upper base is 15cm in diameter and lower
base 10cm in diameter with an altitude of 25cm?
a) 3018.87 cc
b) 3180.87 cc
c) 3108.87 cc
d) 3081.87 cc
5. In a portion of an electrical railway cutting, the areas of cross section taken every 50m are
2556, 2619, 2700, 2610 and 2484 sq. m. Calculate volume.
a) 522,600 cu. m
b) 520,500 cu. m
c) 540,600 cu. m
d) 534,200 cu. m
6. A depot is located at the intersection of an east –west railroad and a north-south highway.
Two budding mathematicians leave the depot for a Boy Scout camp located in the woods
8km south of the railroad and 4.8km from the highway into the forest. If they can estimate
that they can walk 8kph and 6.4kph, respectively on the highway and forest, where should
they leave the road in order to reach the camp as soon as possible?
a) 6.4km
b) 1.6km
c) 9.3km
d) 8.05km
7. Determine the volume of a right truncated triangular prism with the following definitions:
Let the corners of a triangular base be defined by A, B and C. The length of AB = 10 ft., BC=
9 feet and CA = 12 ft. The sides A, B and C are perpendicular to the triangular base and have
the height of 8.5 ft, 7.1 ft. and 5.5 ft., respectively.
a) 413 cu.ft.
b) 311 cu.ft.
c) 313 cu.ft.
d) 391 cu.ft.
8. A dive bomber is losing altitude at the rate of 600km/hr. How fast is the visible surface of
the earth decreasing when the bomber is 1km high? Assume the radius of the earth to be
equal to 6400km.
a) -24.12 x 10^6 km^2/hr.
b) -34.22 x 10^6 km^2/hr.
c) -14.17 x 10^6 km^2/hr.
d) -54.02 x 10^6 km^2/hr.
9. Find the point in the parabola y^2 = 4x at which the rate of change of the ordinate and
abscissa are equal?
a) (2, 8)
b) (1, 2)
c) (1, 4)
d) (1.5, 4.2)
10. A circular cylinder with volume of 6.54 cu. m is circumscribed about a right prism whose
base is an equilateral triangle of side 1.25m. What is the altitude of the cylinder in meters?
a) 3.5
b) 3.75
c) 4
d) 4.25
11. Two vertical conical tanks are joined at the vertices by a pipe. Initially the bigger tank is
full of water. The pipe valve is open to allow the water to flow to the smaller tank until it is
full. At this moment, how deep is the water in the bigger tank? The bigger tank has a diameter
of 6ft and a height of 10ft., the smaller tank has a diameter of 6ft and a height of 8feet. Neglect
the volume of water in the pipeline.
a) Cube root of 200
b) Cube root of 50
c) Cube root of 25
d) Fourth root of 50
12. On side AB of square ABCD, a right triangle ABF, with hypotenuse AB, is drawn externally
to the square. If AF is 6 units and BF is 8 units, determine the value of EF, where E is the point
of intersection of the diagonals of the square.
a) 9.8995m
b) 7.0711m
c) 8.4843m
d) 12.7279m
13. Point P on side AB of right triangle ABC is placed so that BP = PA = 2. Point Q is on
hypotenuse AC so that PQ is perpendicular to AC. If CB is 3, find the area of quadrilateral
CBPQ.
a) 3.02
b) 5.04
c) 6.04
d) 7.02
14. Diagonals AC and BD of quadrilateral ABCD meet at E. If AE is 2 units, BE is 5 units, CE is
10 units, DE is 4 units and BC is 15/2 units. Determine AB.
a) 7.298units
b) 8.448units
c) 4.523units
d) 6.538units
15. Find the area of a square ABCD containing a point P such that PA is 3units, PB is 7units
and PD is 5units.
a) 48sq.units
b) 58sq.units
c) 68 sq.units
d) 78 sq.units
16. Find the area of an equilateral triangle containing in its interior a point P, whose distances
from the vertices of the triangle are 3, 4, and 5.
a) 19.825
b) 23.434
c)25.667
d) 24.215
17. Hypotenuse AB of right triangle ABC is divided into four congruent segments by points
G, E and H, in the order A, G, E,H, B. If AB = 20, find the sum of the squares of the measures
of the line segments from C to G, E and H.
a) 150
b) 250
c) 350
d) 450
18. Circles B and C are tangent externally with each other and tangent internally with the
Circle A whose diameter is 4m. Find the difference of their areas
a) 6.283sq.m
b) 9.425sq.m
c) 12.566sq.m
d) 15.708sq.m
19. At a certain instance, the captain of a ship observed that the angle of elevation of the top
of a lighthouse 50m above the water level is 60degrees. After traveling directly away from
the lighthouse for 5minutes, the same captain noticed that the angle of elevation is now just
30degrees. If the telescope is 6m above the water line, find the velocity of the ship.
a) 9.15m/min
b) 5.25m/min
c) 15.12m/min
d) 10.16m/min
20. Find the length of the latus rectum of a conic curve defined by the equation of the locus
of a point which moves so that the difference of its distance from points (-4,0) and (4,0) is 6.
a) 4.67
b) 6.81
c) 2.57
d) 6.12
21. A car headlight reflector is cut by a plane along its axis. If the distance of focus from the
vertex is 3/4cm and if the diameter of the reflector is 10cm, determine its depth.
a) 7.67
b) 8.33
c) 12.23
d) 9.63
22. Into how many equal parts should you divide 90 so that the continued product of those
equal parts will be maximum.
a) 31
b) 32
c) 33
d) 30
23. Divide 94 into 3 parts so that the sum of ½ product of one pair plus 1/3 product of
another pair plus ¼ product of the remaining pair will be maximum. Find the larger number.
a) 52
b) 42
c) 40
d) 30
24. The central angle of a spherical wedge is 1 radian. Find its volume if its radius is 1 unit.
a) 2/3
b) ½
c) ¾
d) 2/5
25. In quadrilateral ABCD, AB is 9 units, BC is 12 units, CD is 13 units, DA is 14 units, and
diagonal AC is 15 units. Perpendiculars are drawn from B and D to AC, meeting AC at points
P and Q, respectively. Determine the length of PQ.
a) 2units
b) 4units
c) 5units
d) 3 units

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