TECHNICAL ELECTIVE 4 PLATE NO.

Prob. No. 1. Suppose $8000 is invested, part in stock paying 5% interest for 2 years and the
balance in a bond paying 7% interest for 3 years. If the total interest earned is $1020, how
much amount is invested at 5%?
a. 3000 b. 4000 c. 5000 d. 6000
Prob. No. 2. From Prob. No. 1, how much amount invested at 7%?
a. 1000 b. 2000 c. 3000 d. 4000
Prob. No. 3. A home theater system is on sale for $777, if the list price was $925, find the
percent markdown.
a. 20% b. 25% c. 10% d. 16%
Prob. No. 4. In 1990 the average yearly salary for teachers in the US was $31,076. This salary
has increased steadily by $1496 each year. When did average yearly salaries exceed $40,052?
a. 1996 b. 1995 c. 1994 d. 1993
Prob. No. 5. The bacteria in the laboratory culture increased from initial population of 500 to
1,500 in 3 hours. How long will it take for the population to reach 10,000?
a. 12 hours b. 8 hours c. 10 hours d. 6 hours
Prob. No. 6. A 20 ft. long water trough has ends in the form of isosceles triangles with sides that
are 4 ft. long. Determine the dimension across the top of the triangular end so that the volume
of the trough is maximum.
a. 2 √2 b. 3 √ 2 c. 4 √2 d. 5 √ 2
Prob. No. 7. From Prob. No. 6, find the maximum volume.

a. 160 f t 3 b. 175 f t 3 c. 130 f t 3 d. 145 f t 3

Prob. No. 8. A semi-elliptic archway over a one-way road has a height of 10 ft. and a width of 20
ft. Will the truck that is 10 ft. wide and 9 ft. high clear the opening of the archway?
a. The truck will clear the tunnel. c. The truck can pass inside the tunnel.
b. the truck will not clear the tunnel. d. The truck cannot pass inside the tunnel.
Prob. No. 9. Find a equation of the ellipse with vertices (±4, 0) and foci (±2, 0).

x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y 2 x 2 y2
a. + =1 b. + =1 c. + =1 d. + =¿
16 4 16 12 4 16 12 16
Prob. No. 10. The current I (in amperes) in an alternating current circuit at time I (in seconds) is
7π
given by I =30 sin ⁡( 50 πt − ). Find the smallest exact value of “t” for which I = 15?
3
a. 1/20 b. 1/30 c. 1/40 d. 1/50

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Prob. No. 11. Two airplanes bomb a target in succession. The probability of each correctly
scoring a hit is 0.3 and 0.2 respectively. The second will bomb only if the first misses the target.
Find the probability that the target is hit and that both fails to score hits.
a. 0.54 and 0.46 b. 0.21 and 0.79 c. 0.13 and 0.87 d. 0.44 and 0.56
Prob. No. 12. In a class there are 10 boys and 5 girls. A committee of 4 students is to be
selected from the class. Find the probability for the committee at least 3 girls.
a. 0.0769 b. 0.1342 c. 0.0967 d. 0.4213
Prob. No. 13. A class consists of 6 girls and 10 boys. If a committee of 3 is chosen at random
from the class, find the probability that 3 boys are selected and exactly 2 girls are selected.
a. 0.4524 and 0.5098 b. 0.1238 and 0.1572 c. 0.2143 and 0.2678 d. 0.6202 and 0.6723
Prob. No. 14. A group of hikers from Tulsa hiked down into the Grand Canyon in 3 hrs. and 30
mins. Coming back up on a trail that was 4 miles shorter, they hiked 2 mph slower and it took
them 1 hr. longer. What was their rate going down?
a. 5 mph b. 9 mph c. 7 mph d. 3 mph
Prob. No. 15. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 10 m. Suppose it rebounds one half of
the distance after each fall, find the total distance the ball travels.
a. 20 m b. 15 m c. 25 m d. 30 m
Prob. No. 16. If the earth’s population continues to grow at the approximate rate of 2% per
year, how long will it take for its population to double?
a. 49 years b. 35 years c. 40 years d. 27 years
Prob. No. 17. Two inaccessible objects A and B are each viewed from two stations C and D on
the same side of AB and 562 m. apart. The angle ACB = 62°12’, BCD = 41°08’, ADB = 60°49’ and
ADC = 34°51’. Find the required distance AB.
a. 729.64 m b. 739.9 m c. 719.03 m d. 769.6 m
Prob. No. 18. A spherical triangle ABC has an angle C = 90° and sides a = 50°and c = 80°. Find the
value of angle b.
a. 72.94° b. 74.33° c. 77.52° d. 79.73°
Prob. No. 19. A piece of wood is found to contain 100 grams of carbon-14 when it was removed
from a tree. If the rate of decay of carbon-14 is 0.0124% per year, how much carbon-14 will be
left in the wood after 200 years?
a. 94.39 grams b. 97.55 grams c. 98.17 grams d. 95.29 grams
Prob. No. 20. The population in a country grows at a rate of 4% compounded annually. At this
rate, how long will it take the population to double?

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a. 22.9% b. 15.6% c. 17.7% d. 20.2%

Prob. No. 21. A commercial fishing boat uses sonar equipment to detect a school of fish 2 miles
east of the boat and travelling in the direction of N51°W at a rate of 8 mph. If the boat travels
20 mph, what direction it should head to intercept the school if fish? Find the time it will take
the boat to reach the fish.
a. 14.6°, 5 mins. b. 17.9°, 8 mins. c. 12.3°, 4 mins. d. 10°, 6 mins.
Prob. No. 22. Your grandmother needs your help. She has $50,000 to invest. Part of this money
is to be invested in non-insured bonds paying 15% annual interest. The rest of this money to be
invested in a government-insured certificate of deposit paying 7% annual interest. She told you
that she requires $6,000 per year in extra income from both of the investments. How much
money must be placed in each investment?
a. 7% = $18750, 15% = $31250 c. 7% = $14050, 15% = $35950
b. 7% = $20280, 15% = $29270 d. 7% = $23410, 15% = $26590
Prob. No. 23. A chemist working on a five vaccine needs to mix a 10% sodium-iodine solution
with a 60% sodium-iodine solution to obtain 50 millimeters of a 30% sodium-iodine solution.
How many millimeters of the 10% solution of the 60% solution should be mixed?
a. 10% sol. = 30 mm., 60% sol. = 20 mm. c. 10% sol. = 18 mm., 60% sol. = 12 mm.
b. 10% sol. = 16 mm., 60% sol. = 14 mm. d. 10% sol. = 17 mm., 60% sol. = 13 mm.
Prob. No. 24. The measure of an angle is 40°less than four times the measure of its
complement. What is the angle measurement?
a. 53° b. 49° c. 55° d. 64°
Prob. No. 25. When the angle of elevation of the sun is 64°, a telephone pole that is tilted at an
angle of 9° directly away from the sun casts a shadow 21 ft. long on level ground. Approximate
the length of the pole.
a. 37 ft. b. 45 ft. c. 33 ft. d. 42 ft.
Prob. No. 26. A point P on level ground is 3 km. due north of a point Q. A runner proceeds in
the direction N25°E from point Q to a point R, and then from R to P in the direction S70°W,
approximate the distance run.
a. 4.7 m. b. 6.3 m. c. 5.8 m. d. 7.1 m.
Prob. No. 27. The corresponding diagonals of two similar polygons have lengths 4 and 5. If the
area of the larger polygon is 75, find the area of the smaller polygon.
a. 48 b. 25 c. 20 d. 36
Prob. No. 28. The shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis is approximately a parabola with a
base and a height equal to 630 ft. How high is the arch 100 ft. from its foundation?

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a. 337 ft. b. 291 ft. c. 180 ft. d. 246 ft.

Prob. No. 29. A hemispherical tank of radius 20 ft. is filled with water 15 ft. depth. Determine
the work done in pumping all the water to top of the tank.
a. 6,590,253 ft.lb. c. 7,182,944 ft. lb.
b. 6,981,869 ft. lb. d. 7,454,281 ft. lb.
Prob. No. 30. From the top of the building A, the angle of elevation of the top of the building B
is 46°. From the foot of the building B, the angle of elevation of the top of building A is 28°. Both
buildings are on a level ground. If the height of building B is 150 m., how far apart are the
buildings?
a. 106.24 m. b. 78.21 m. c. 89.35 m. d. 95.71 m.
Prob. No. 31. Ship Atlantis started sailing N40°32’E at a rate of 3 mph. After 3 hrs., Potomac
started from the same point going S45°18’E at a rate of 4 mph. What would be the direction of
Potomac from Atlantis 2 hrs. after Potomac start from the same post?
a. S2°24’W b. S3°31’W c. S2°12’W d. S3°54’W
Prob. No. 32. In triangle ABC, tan A + tan B + tan C = 4. Find the value of tan A tan B tan C.
a. 5 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
Prob. No. 33. Find the height of a tree if the angle of its top changes from 20° to 40°as the
observer advances 75 ft. towards its base.
a. 29.55 ft. b. 36.82 ft. c. 48.20 ft. d. 55.19 ft.
Prob. No. 34. If the holes are to be spaced regularly on a circle with a distance “d” between the
centers of two successive holes, find “d” where r = 20 and n = 4 (number of holes).
a. 5 √ 2 b. 20 √ 2 c. 10 √ 2 d. 3 √ 2
Prob. No. 35. A sector of a circle has a central angle of 80° and a radius of 5m. What is the area
of the sector?
a. 17.45 m^2 b. 15.44 m^2 c. 10.62 m^2 d. 13.08 m^2
Prob. No. 36. Three spheres made of lead have a radius of r, 2r, and 4r respectively are melted
to form a new sphere of radius R. The ratio of the volume to the surface area of the new sphere
is equal to 4.18. Compute the radius “r”.
a. 2 b. 5 c. 3 d. 4
1 1
Prob. No. 37. Simplify ( − =1)(1+ cos Ɵ).
sin Ɵ tan Ɵ
a. Ɵ b. tan Ɵ c. sin Ɵ d. cos Ɵ

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Prob. No. 38. If the initial velocity of an object thrown straight up into the air is 176 ft/s, when it
will hit the ground?
a. 11 sec. b. 20 sec. c. 17 sec. d. 9 sec.
sin x tan y
Prob. No. 39. If x + y=90 ° , what is the value of ?
sin y tan x
a. 1/tan x b. tan y c. 1/sin y d. tan x
12
1
10
Prob. No. 40. Find the term involving q in the binomial expansion of
3
2
p+q . ( )
92 7 10 88 7 10 74 7 10 92 7 10
a. p q b. p q c. p q d. p q
302 243 192 253
Prob. No. 41. In a potato race, 8potatoes are placed 6 ft. apart on a straight line, the first being
6 ft. from the basket. A contestant starts from the basket and puts one potato at a time into the
basket. Find the total distance she must run in order to finish the race.
a. 518 ft. b. 200 ft. c. 432 ft. d. 372 ft.
Prob. No. 42. The population of a country was 2,400,000 in 1990 and it has an annual growth
rate of 3%. If the growth is exponential, what will its population be in 2020?
a. 3,738,000 b. 3,240,000 c. 2,983,000 d. 3,542,000

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Prob. No. 43. A particle rotates counterclockwise from rest according to Ɵ= −t where Ɵ is in
50
radians and t in seconds. Calculate the angular acceleration αat the end of 10 sec.
4 3
a. rad /sec 2 c. rad / sec 2
5 5
7 6
b. rad / sec 2 d. rad /sec 2
5 5
Prob. No. 44. A right triangle ABC has AB as its hypotenuse. From point D (midpoint of AB) a
line drawn toward C with point F at the midpoint of BC, a line AF is drawn to intersect the line
CD at point E. (Additional Data: CE = y, DE = x, AB = 30) Find the value of x and y.
a. 10 and 15 b. 5 and 10 c. 5 and 15 d. 10 and 10
Prob. No. 45. Sand is pouring from a spout at the rate of 25 cc/sec. It forms a cone whose
height is always 1/3 the radius of its base. At what rate in cm/sec is the height increasing?
a. 0.000254 cm/sec c. 0.000432 cm/sec
b. 0.000345 cm/sec d. 0.000523 cm/sec
Prob. No. 46. A professor has $15,000 to invest for one year, some at 8% and the rest at 7%. If
she will earn $1,110 from these investments, how much did she invest at each rate?

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a. $6000, $9000 c. $4000, $11,000

b. $5000, $10000 d. $7000, $8000
Prob. No. 47. A container is partially filled with 12 liters of whole milk containing 4% butterfat.
How much 1% milk must be added to get a mixture that is 2% butterfat?
a. 22 liters b. 24 liters c. 28 liters d. 26 liters
π /2
6 4
Prob. No. 48. Evaluate ∫ 2 sin x cos x dx.
0

a. 0.0462 b. 0.0562 c. 0.0368 d. 0.0248

Prob. No. 49. How many ounces of a 5% saline solution and how many ounces of a 20% saline
solution must be mixed together to obtain 50 ounces of a 15% saline solution?
1 55 1 45 1 45 1 50
a. 32 , b. 32 , c. 33 , d. 33 ,
2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3
Prob. No. 50. Evaluate sin(30+ Ɵ)+ cos(60+Ɵ).
a. 2 b. 1 c. cos Ɵ d. sin Ɵ

Prob. No. 51. Find the area under the graph of f ( x )=4−x 2 on the interval (-1,2).

a. 5 b. 9 c. 12 d. 10
3 2y
2 2
Prob. No. 52. Evaluate ∫ ∫ ( x + y ) dx dy.
1 0

a. 310/3 b. 280/3 c. 160/3 d. 110/3

Prob. No. 53. From a boat sailing due north at 16.5 kph, a wrecked ship K and an observation
tower T are observed in a line due east. One hour later, the wrecked ship and the tower have
bearings S34°30’E and S65°10’E. Find the distance between the wrecked ship and tower.
a. 31.90 km. b. 24.31 km. c. 17.12 km. d. 40.05 km.
Prob. No. 54. Find the area bounded by the graph y=sin x and the x-axis on (0,2π).
a. 4 b. 6 c. 1 d. 5
Prob. No. 55. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. If the digits are reversed, the
new number is 4/7 times the original number. Determine the original number.
a. 84 b. 93 c. 75 d. 69
Prob. No. 56. Ten years ago Jane was four times as old as Bianca. Now she is only twice as old
as Bianca. Find their ages.
a. 20 and 40 b. 15 and 30 c. 10 and 20 d. 12 and 24

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Prob. No. 57. Water leaks out the bottom of the conical tank (vertex) at a constant rate of 1
ft^3/min. Diameter of tank is 6 ft. and its height is 9 ft. Assume that the tank was full at t = 0. At
what rate is the radius of the water changing at t = 6 min.?
a. -0.1385 ft/min c. -0.0731 ft/min
b. -0.4693 ft/min d. -0.0124 ft/min
Prob. No. 58. An isosceles trapezoidal has its sides AB = CD and AD is parallel to BC. (Additional
Data: Angle BAD = 5x, Angle CDA = 3x + 20). Find the angle BCD.
a. 125 b. 95 c. 130 d. 100
Prob. No. 59. If 10 x =4 , find the value of 102 x+1.

a. 145 b. 150 c. 175 d. 160

Prob. No. 60. Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in the circle. Solve for x and y if angles CBD = 45°,
ABD = 40°, ACD = x, ADC = y.
a. 65°and 115° b. 40°and 95° c. 50°and 120° d. 60°and 100°

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