Enhancement 1, Activity No. 8
Enhancement 1, Activity No. 8
Enhancement 1, Activity No. 8
Instruction: Solve the following. Choose the letter of the best answer.
𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 6. The equation whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots of the
equation, 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 5 = 0 is:
a. 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 3 = 0 b. 25 − 2𝑥 − 3 = 0
c. 25 + 3𝑥 − 2 = 0 d. 3𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 2 = 0
B 7. The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3 and ¼. What is the equation?
a. 12𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 1 = 0 b. 12𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 1 = 0
c. 12𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 1 = 0 d. 12𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 − 1 = 0
C 9. When a certain polynomial p(x) is divided by (x -1), remainder is 12. When the same
polynomial is divided by ( x – 4 ), the remainder is 3. Find the remainder when the polynomial is
divided by ( x – 1 )(x – 4).
a. X + 5 b. – 2x – 8 c. – 3x + 15 d. 4x – 1
D 13. Solve for x in the equation: 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥2 −𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑔 5𝑥 =𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑔 20
a. 10 b. 20 c. 2 d. 100
14. Solve for the value of x in the following equation: 𝑥3𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 = 100𝑥
a. 10 B. 100 c. 1000 d. 10 000
B 15. Two years ago, a boy was 5/4 as old as his sister. In 13 years, he will be 10/9 as old as
his sister. How old is the boy?
a. 6 b. 17 c. 12 d. 21
B 16. The sum of kim’s and kevin’s ages is 18. In 3 years, kim will be twice as old as kevin.
What are their ages now?
a. 4, 14 b. 5, 13 c. 7, 11 d. 6, 12
C 17. Hary is 1/3 as old as Ron and eight years younger than Hermoine. Find the sum of their
ages if Hary is 8 years old.
a. 8 b. 24 c. 48 d. 16
C 18. A farmer can plow a certain field twice as fast as his son. Working together, it would
take them 4 days to plow the field. How long would it take the son to do it alone?
a. 5 days b. 11 days c. 12 days d. 15 days
A 19. A 100 kg. salt solution originally 4% by weight NaCl in water is evaporated until the
concentration is 5% by weight NaCl. What percentage of the water in the original solution is
evaporated?
a. 20.83% b. 12.56% c. 78% d. 100%
20. A container contains 40 liters of wine which is 80% alcohol by volume. How much of the
mixture should be removed and replaced by an equal volume of water so that the resulting
solution will be 70% alcohol by volume?
a. 5 liters b. 10 liters c. 15 liters d. 12 liters
(2𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥)
21. The trigonometric expression =?
(1−𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝑥)
a. sec 2x b. csc 2x c. tan 2x d. cot 2x
(1+𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝑥)
21. The expression : (𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 ) 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜:
a. sin x b. cos x c. sec x d. csc x
22. Find the area of a hexagon inscribed in a circle with area of 33.16 sq.cm.
a. 15.84 sq.cm. b. 27.42 sq.cm. c. 18.13 sq.cm. d. 23.54 sq.cm.
A 23. If an equilateral triangle circumscribed about a circle of radius 10 cm. determine the
side of the triangle.
a. 34.64 cm. b. 64.12 cm. c. 36.44 cm. d. 32.10 cm
D 24. A man whose eye is 1.5 m above his sole stands on a 48.5-meter-high building. The
angle of depression of the top and foot of a nearby building are 50 deg and 80 deg respectively.
Find the height of the second building.
a. 56.453 m b. 23.456 m c. 15.678 m. d. 39.494 m.
A 25. From a boat at sea, the angle of elevation of the top of the cliff is measured as mils. If
the cliff is known to be 90 m high, how far is the boat from the cliff?
a. 7639 m. b. 5700 m c. 7050 m. d. 7005 m.
A 26. A cone of axis 30 cm which inclined at 60 deg. from the horizontal has a base diameter
of 20 cm. find the volume of cone in cubic centimeters.
a. 2,720.62 cu.cm. b. 3,141.59 cu.cm. c. 4,189.82 cu.cm. d. 2,681.08 cu.cm.
C 28. Find the volume of spherical segment with altitude 20 cm. and a radius of sphere of
40 cm. the spherical segment has one base.
a. 42,920 cu.cm. b. 400,004.40 cu.m. c. 41,887.90 cu.m. d. 43,344.90 cu.m.
B 29. A spherical cone has an altitude of 3 meters (altitude of base) and radius of 4m. Find
the volume.
a. 100.20 cu.m. b. 100.5 cu.m. c. 100.24 cu.m. d. 101.82 cu.m.
30. The distance between the points (1,3) and (9,k) is 8. Find the value of k.
a. 3 b. 5 c. 4 d. 6
B 31. The midpoint of the segment defined by the points (h,1) and (5,K) , h and k are
respectively:
a. 1 and 3 b. 3 and 1 c. – 2 and 1 d. 2 and – 1
34. Find the equation of line passing through the points P1 (- 8, 1) and P2 ( 8, - 1 ).
a. 8 + xy = 0 b. y + 8x = 0 c. y + x = 0 d. x + 8y = 0
B 35. What is the x-intercept of the line passing through (1, 4) and (4, 1)?
a. 4.5 b. 5 c. 6 d. 4
C 36. Find the equation of straight line through point (3,2) and is parallel to line y = 3x – 2.
a. y = 3x – 19 b. y = 4x + 16 c. y = 3x – 7 d. y = 4x – 8
37. The equation of line through point (3, - 2 ) and is perpendicular to line 2x + 3y + 4 = 0 is
a. 2y – 3x + 13 = 0 b. 3y – 2y + 13 = 0
c. 2y + 3x – 13 = 0 d. 2x – 3y + 13 = 0
38. The equation of a line passing through the origin and parallel to the line 5x – 3y + 8 = 0
is
a. 5x – 3y = 3 b. 5x – 3y = 2 c. 5x – 3y = 1 d. 5x – 3y = 0