ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 13. A bridge is 10m above a canal.

A motor boat going 3m/sec passes under the

1. A lady started a chain letter by writing to four friends and requesting each to center of the bridge at the same instant that a woman walking 2m/sec
copy the letter and send it to four other friends. If the chain was unbroken reaches that point. How rapidly are they separating 3sec later?
until the 5th set of letters was mailed, how much was spent for postage at 14. Find the volume of common to the cylinders x^2+y^2=9 and y^2+z^2=9.
P8.00 per letter? 15. Obtain the general solution of the differential equation:
2. If one root of 9x^2-6x+k=0 exceeds the other by 2, find the value of k. ( D3−3 D2 +9 D+13 ) y =0
3. Triangle XYZ has base angles X=52° and Z=60°. Distance XZ=400m long. A line d4 y d3 y d2 y
16. Solve the differential equation: +2 + =0
AB which is 200 long is laid out parallel to XZ. Compute the area of ABXZ. d x4 d x3 d x2
4. An organization has 25 members, 5 of whom are ECEs. In how many ways can
a committee of 3 be formed so as to include at least one ECE? 17. An engineer places his transits along the line tangent to the circle at point A
5. Find the area bounded by the curve x^2=8y and its latus rectum. such that PA = 200 m. He locates another point B on the circle and finds PB =
6. Two circles with radii 8 and 3 are tangent to each other externally. What is 80 m. If a third point C, on the circle lies along PB, how far from point B will it
the distance between the points of tangency of one of their common external be?
tangents? 18. Find the volume of a cone to be constructed from a sector having a diameter
2 3
of 72 cm and a central angle of 150°.
7. Compute: ∑ ❑ ∑ ❑ ( i+ j )
i=1 j=1 19. The distance between the center of the circles which are mutually tangent to
8. Perform: 53mod11 each other externally are 10, 12 and 14 units, the area of the largest circle is:
9. Suppose that in a senior college class of 500 students it is found that 210 20. A tree broken over by the wind forms a right triangle with the ground. If the
smoke, 258 drink alcoholic beverages, 216 eat between meals, 122 smoke broken part makes an angle of 50° with the ground and the top of the tree is
and drink alcoholic beverages, 83 eat between meals and drink alcoholic now 20ft from its base, how tall was the tree?
beverages, 97 smoke and eat between meals, and 52 engage in all three of 21. The motion of a particle through a certain medium is such that it moves two
these bad health practices. If a member of this senior class is selected at thirds as far each second as in the preceding second. If it moves 6m of the
random, find the probability that the student smokes but does not drink
first second, how far will it move before coming to rest.
alcoholic beverages.
22. The sum of the geometric series is as follows: S = 1.0 + 1.1 + 1.21 + 1.331 + up
10. An allergist, claims that 50% of the patients she tests are allergic to some type
to the 50th term
of weed. What is the probability that exactly 3 of her next 4 patients are
allergic to weeds? 23. The two sides of a triangle are 40m and 50m respectively which is inscribed in
11. Find the volume of the solid revolution obtained by revolving the region a circle having a radius of 12m. If the area of the triangle is 2500m², compute
bounded by y=x-x^2 and the x-axis about the x-axis. the third side
12. Determine the area of the region bounded by the curve y=x^3-4x^2+3x and
the x-axis, 0 ≤ x ≤3.
24. A golf ball is dropped from a height of 6meters. On each rebound it rises 2/3 33. A statue 2 meters high stands on a column that is 3 meters high. An observer
of the height from which it last fell. What distance has it traveled at the is level on the top of the statue observed that the column and the statue
instant it strikes the ground for the 7 th time? subtend the same angle. How far is the observer from the statue?
25. Missy goes to a baked shop to buy some pastries for resale at Book Latte. She 34. A man improvises a temporary shield from the sun using a triangular piece of
spend half her money for Revel Bars and one-third of what remains for Triple wood with dimensions of 1.4m, 1.5m and 1.3m. With the longer side lying
Chocolate Brownies. She spends 150 for other pastries and still has 200 left horizontally on the ground, he props up the other corner of the triangle with
from the amount she originally had. How much money did she have at the a vertical pole 0.9m long. What would be the area of the shadow on the
start? ground when the sun is vertically overhead?
26. The velocity of an airplane in still air is 125 kph. The velocity of the wind due 35. A clock has a dial face 12 inches in radius. The minute hand is 9 inches long
to East is 25 kph. If the plane travel East and returns back to its base again in while the hour hand is 6 inches long. The plane of rotation of the minute hand
4 hours, at what distance does the plane travel due to East? is 2 inches above the plane of rotation of the hour hand. Find the distance
27. In a potato race, 8 potatoes are placed 6 feet apart on a straight line, the first between the tips of the hands at 5:40AM.
being 6 ft from the basket. A contestant start from the basket and puts one 36. A rectangle ABCD which measures 18 by 24 units is folded once,
potato at a time into the basket. Find the total distance he must run in order perpendicular to diagonal AC, so that the opposite vertices A and C coincide.
to finish the race. Find the length of the fold.
28. 16 men has a contract to finish the job in 20 days. 20 men were hired at the 37. From a point outside of an equilateral triangle, the distance to the vertices
start and four quit on the job after 8 days. Determine the number of days are 10m, 10m, and 18m. Find the dimension of the triangle.
delayed or ahead of the scheduled time when they were able to finish the
job.
29. Peter and Billy can jog around a circular park in 8 and 12 minutes,
respectively. If they start at the same instant from the same place, in how
many minutes will they pass each other if they jog around the track in the
same direction?
30. Factor the expression 3x² + 3x² - 18x as they completely as possible:
31. In triangle ABC, angle C = 70 degrees; angle A = 45 degrees; AB = 40m. What is
the length of the median drawn from vertex A to side BC?
32. The area of the triangle whose angles are 61°9’32”, 34°14’46” and 84°35’42”
is 680.60. The length of the longest side is: