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d. 6 Given f(x) = x3 + x + 1. Evaluate f(1+i) a. 6i b. 4i c. 2i d. 3i It takes Marlon 60 seconds to run around 440-yard track. How long does it take Danny to run around the track if they meet in 32 seconds after they start together in a race around the track in opposite directions? a. 62.9 s b. 65.7 s c. 64.3 s d. 68.6 s It is now between 3 and 4 oclock and in 20 minutes, the minute hand will be as much as the hour hand as it is now behind it. What is the time now? a. 3:06.36 b. 3:07.42 c. 3:05.37 d. 3:08.25 The probability that an event will happen exactly 3 times in 5 trials is equal to the probability that will happen exactly 2 times in 6 trials. What is its probability that it will happen in just one trial? a. 45.14% b. 46.71% c. 44.15% d. 47.12% What is the 6th term of the expansion of (4x + 6y2)6? a. 23869184x3y10 b. 26869184x3y10 c. 24869184x3y10 d. 27869184x3y10 Determine the exact solution to the equation log5 2x - log5 3 = log5 (4x-19). a. 57/20 b. 67/30 c. 57/10 d. 57/40 Which of the following are the roots of the quadratic equation 3x2 + 2x +9 = 0? a. 3 b. 4 c. 2
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15. A goat is tied to a corner of a 5m by 7 m shed with an 8m rope. Find the ground area the goat can graze. a. 40.5 b. 44.5 c. 50.5 d. 48.5 16. What is the middle term in the expansion of (x2 3)8? a. 5670x6 b. 5670x6 c. 5670x6 d. 5670x6 17. Eight men can dig 150 ft of trench in 7 hrs. Three men can backfill 100ft of the trench in 4 hrs. How long will take 10 men to dig and backfill 200 ft of trench? a. 9.87 hrs b. 9.45 hrs c. 9.12 hrs d. 9.64 hrs 18. Find n log2 6 + log2 3 log2 n = log2 9 a. 1 b. 3 c. 2 d. 4 19. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion (x + 2y z)8 a. 128 b. 256 c. 428 d. 384 20. A boat going across a lake 8 km wide proceed 2 km at a certain speed and then completes the trip at a speed kph faster. By doing this, the boat arrives 10 mins earlier than if the original speed had been maintained. Find the original speed of the boat. a. 3 kph b. 4 kph c. 5 kph d. 6 kph 21. In a fund raising program, the benefactors agreed that the first one to arrive would pay 10cents to enter and each later arrival would pay twice as much as the preceding benefactor. The total amount collected was P104 857.50. How many benefactors are there? a. 20 b. 19 c. 21

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d. 18 If f(x) = x2 + x =1 then f(x) f(x-1) = a. 4x b. 2x c. 3x d. X If in repeated rolls of two fair dices, the odds against rolling a 5 before rolling a 7 are 2 to 3. What is the probability of rolling a 5 before rolling a 7? a. 2/3 b. 4/5 c. 3/8 d. 2/5 A man fires a target 420 m away and hears the bullet strikes 2 sec after he pulled the trigger. An observer 525m away from the target and 455 m from the man heard the bullet strike the target one second after he heard the report of the rifle. What is the velocity of the bullet? a. 512 m/s b. 532 m/s c. 525 m/s d. 523 m/s At 2:00 pm, an airplane takes off at 340 mph from an aircraft carrier. The carrier moves due south at 25kph in the same direction as the plane. At 4:05pm, the communication between the plane and the carrier was lost. Find the communication range in miles between the plane and the carrier? a. 556 miles b. 656 miles c. 665 miles d. 566 miles The manufacturer of a food can wants to increase the capacity of one of its cans. The can is 5 in tall and its diameter is 6 in. the manufacturer wants to increase the cans capacity by 50% and wants the cans height to remain 5 in. how much does the diameter need to increase? a. 1.348 in b. 1.480 in c. 1.428 in d. 1.520 in Calculate the value of a in the expression x3 + ax2 61x + 14 if x + 7 divides evenly into the cubic polynomial. a. 2 b. 1 c. -2 d. -1 Two dogs, tinkerbell, a dachshund and Chelsea, a German shepherd are racing. Tinkerbell is 70 leaps of its own ahead of Chelsea. Three leaps of tinkerbell is as long as 2 leaps of Chelsea. If

tinkerbell makes 5 leaps while Chelsea is making 4 leaps, how many leaps must Chelsea make to catch up with tinkerbell? a. 250 b. 260 c. 280 d. 270 29. The sum of the logarithm of two numbers is 1.7488188 and the difference of their logarithms is -0.0579919. What is one of the numbers? a. 8 b. 6 c. 7 d. 9 30. Find the quotient of 3x5 4x3 + 2x2 + 36x + 48 divided by x3 2x + 6. a. 3x2 + 6x +8 b. 3x2 - 6x +8 c. 3x2 + 6x -8 d. 3x2 - 6x -8