School of Engineering

IMP-A Exam 1

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1. Using of gadgets are not allowed during the examination.

2. No talking while the examination is ongoing.
3. A final grade of 0.0 will be given to those students who will be caught cheating during the examination.
4. Use the answer sheet provided. Answer sheets will be collected after the examination.
5. Calculators are allowed for computations.
6. Follow the instructions carefully.
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Answer Sheet

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1. The perimeter of a triangle is 102 cm. If two a. 80 b. 90 c. 144 d. 120

sides are 24 cm and 32 cm, what is the area of 11. Given that “w” varies directly as the product
the triangle? of “x” and “y” and inversely as the square of “z”
a. 341.22 cm2 b. 361.68 cm2 and that w = 4 when x = 2, y = 6 and z = 3. Find
c. 351.21 cm2 d. 333.12 cm2 the value of “w” when x = 1, y = 4, and z = 2.
2. The angle of a sector is 30° and the radius is 15 a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
cm. What is the area of the sector in cm2. 12. Solve simultaneous equation:
a. 58.9 cm2 c. 34.56 cm2 x + y = -4
b. 22.34 cm2 d. 56.21 cm2 x + z -1 = 0
3. A trapezoid has area of 36 m2 and an altitude y+z+1=0
of 2 m. Its two bases have ratio of 4:5. What are
the lengths of the bases? A. x = -1, y = -5, z = 3
a. (16,20) b. (8,10) B. x = 1, y = 2, z = -3
c. (12,15) d. (14,10) C. x = -1, y = -3, z = 2
4. If the first term of arithmetic progression is 25 D. x = -2, y = -3, z = -1
and the fourth term is 13, what is the third term? 13. Multiply the following: (2x + 5y)(5x – 2y)
A. 17 B. 18 C. 19 D. 20 A. 10x^2 – 21xy + 10y^2
5. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic B. -10x^2 + 21xy + 10y^2
progression 4, 7, 10, …. C. 10x^2 + 21xy – 10y^2
A. 75 B. 88 C. 90 D. 91 D. – 10x^2 – 21xy – 10y^2
6. Find the 9th term of the harmonic progression 14.Determine the sum of the positive valued
3, 2, 3/2…. solution to the simultaneous equations:
A. 3/5 B. 3/8 C. 4/5 D. 4/9 xy = 15 , yz = 35 , zx = 21
7. Ten less than four times a certain number is A. 15 B. 13 C. 17 D. 19
14. Determine the number. 15. Simplify:
A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9 ((x^2y^3z^-2)^-3(x^-3yz^3)^(-1/2))/(xyz^-3)^(-
8. The sum of two numbers is 21 and one 5/2)
number is twice the other. Find the numbers. A. 1/(x^2y^7z^5)
A. 6, 15 B. 7, 14 C. 8, 13 D. 9, 12 B. 1/ (x^2 y^7 z^3)
9. Two sides of parallelogram measure 68 cm C. 1/ (x^2 y^5 z^7)
and 83 cm and its shorter diagonal is 42 cm. Find D. 1/ (x^5 y^7 z^2)
the largest interior angle of the parallelogram. 16. Simplify the following equation:
a. 167.20 b. 111.20 (5x/(2x^2 + 7x +3)) – ((x + 3)/(2x^2 – 3x – 20) +
c. 149.70 d. 131.10 ((2x + 1)/(x62 + x – 6))
10. The resistance of a wire varies directly with A. 4/(x + 3) B. 2/(x – 3)
its length and inversely with its area. If a certain C. 4/(x + 3) D. 2/(x+3)
piece of wire 10 m long and 0.10 cm in diameter 17. Simplify:
has a resistance of 100 ohms, what will its {x^(2/3)[x^(-1/3)y^(-1/2)(x^2y^(-2))^(-
resistance be if it is uniformly stretched so that 2/3)]^(1/2)}^6
its length becomes 12 m?
A. y^(5/2) / x B. y^(3/2) / x A. 0.149 B. 0.281
C. y^(5/2) / x^2 D. y^(3/2) / x^2 C. 0.421 D. 0.316
18. Simplify: 25. Solve for x in the equation: arc tan (x + 1) +
7^(a + 2) – 8*7^(a + 1) + 5*7^a + 49*7^(a – 2) arc tan (x – 1) = arc tan (12)
A. -5a B. -3a C. -7a D. -4a A. 1.5 B. 1.34 C. 1.20 D. 1.25
19. Solve for x: 26. Solve for A for the given equation cos 2A = 1
x = ((b^2 – 4b + 16)(b^2 – 16)/(b^3 + 64)) – cos 2A
A. b + 4 A. 45, 125, 225, 335 degrees
B. (b – 4) / (b + 2) B. 45, 125, 225, 315 degrees
C. (b^2 – 4 )/ (b+2) C. 45, 135, 225, 315 degrees
D. b – 4 D. 45, 150, 220, 315 degrees
20. Solve for y: 27. Evaluate the following:
x/(b – c) = y/(a – c) = z/(a – b)
A. x – z B. x + z
C. a + b D. a – b
21. Resolve (x + 2)/(x^2 – 7x + 12) into partial A. 1 B. 0 C. 45.5 D. 10
fraction. 28. Simplify the following:
A. (6/(x – 4)) – (2/(x – 3)) [(cos A + cos B)/(sin A – sin B)] + [(sin A + sin
B. (2/(x – 4)) – (5/(x – 3)) B)/(cos A – cos B)]
C. (6/(x – 4)) – (5/(x – 3)) A. 0 B. sin A C. 1 D. cos A
D. (7/(x – 4)) – (5/(x – 3)) 3𝑥 2 −𝑥−10
29. Evaluate: lim
22. Arc tan [2 cos (arc sin [(3^(1/2))/2]) / 2]) is 𝑥→2 𝑥 2 −4
a. 0/0 b. ∞ c. 11/4 d. undefined
equal to 𝑥+4
A. π/3 B. π/4 C. π/16 D. π/2 30. Compute: lim 𝑥−4
𝑥→∞
23. Evaluate arc cot [2cos (arc sin 0.5)] a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. does not exist
A. 30° B. 45° C. 60° D. 90°
24. Solve for x in the given equation: Arc tan (2x)
+ arc tan (x) = π/4
Answer Key:
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. a
5. d
6. a
7. a
8. b
9. c
10. d
11. a
12. c
13. c
14. a
15. b
16. a
17. a
18. c
19. b
20. b
21. c
22. b
23. a
24. b
25. b
26. c
27. a
28. a
29. c
30. b