Review Innovations CE Refresher Course for May 2020 – Math 1

1. A contractor has 50 men of the same capacity at work on A. 1437 ft C. 1347 ft

a job. They can complete the job in 30 days, but the B. 1734 ft D. 1374 ft
contract expired in 20 days. He decides to put 20
additional men. If all the men get P600/day for a full or 9. A block weighing 100 N rests on a floor whose coefficient
of friction with the block is 0.3. Find the least force P to
part day and if the liquidated damages are P50,000 for
produce an impending motion.
every full or part of the day he requires over his contract A. 20.64 N C. 30.64 N
time. How much money he saves or loss by putting 20 B. 28.73 N D. 24.32 N
additional men?
A. save = P376,000 C. loss = P650,000 10. Find the values of b for which the line y = 3x + b and the
B. loss = P376,000 D. even parabola y2 = 5x will have no common point.
A. b > 12/5 C. b < 12
2. Stations A and B are 120 miles apart on a single-track B. b > 5/12 D. b < 14
railroad. At the same time that a train leaves A for B at
25 mph, a train leaves B for A at 15 mph. Just as the train 11. Smith and Jones, both 50% marksmen, decide to fight a
leaves A, a botfly flies from the front of the engine duel in which they exchange alternate shots until one is
straight toward the other train at 100 mph. On meeting hit. What are the odds in favor of the man who shoots
the second train it immediately turns back and flies first?
straight for the first train. It continuous to fly back and A. 1/3 C. 2/3
forth with undiminished speed until it is crushed in the B. 1/2 D. 1/4
eventual collision. How far had the fly flown?
A. 350 miles C. 400 miles 12. Find the volume of the parallelepiped whose edges are
B. 550 miles D. 300 miles represented by the following vectors:
A=2i−3j+4k B=i+2j–k C=3i−j+2k
A. 5 C. 7
3. One hose can fill a goldfish pond in 45 minutes, and two
B. 6 D. 8
hoses can fill the same pond in 20 minutes. Find how
long it takes the second hose alone to fill the pond. Situation 1. Four army recruits went to the supply room to
A. 16 minutes C. 46 minutes get their military boots. Their shoe sizes were 7, 8, 9 & 10.
B. 56 minutes D. 36 minutes The supply officer, after being informed of their sizes,
prepared the four pairs of boots they need. If the boots
4. The amount of pollutants P produced varies directly are handed to each of the four recruits at random, what
with the population N of people. Kansas City has a is the probability that...
population of 442,000 and produces 260,000 tons of 13. exactly 3 of them will receive the correct shoe size?
pollutants. Find how many tons of pollution we should A. 1/16 C. 1/12
expect St. Louis to produce, if we know that its B. 1/24 D. 0
population is 348,000. Round to the nearest whole ton. 14. all of them will receive the correct shoe size?
A. 104,606 tons C. 204, 806 tons A. 1/16 C. 1/12
B. 204,706 tons D. 104, 706 tons B. 1/24 D. 0
15. none of them will receive the correct shoe size
A. 3/8 C. 1/16
5. An army of troops is marching along a road at 5 kph. A
B. 23/24 D. 5/12
messenger on horseback was sent from the front to the
rear of the column and returns immediately back. The
Situation 2. From where he stands, one step toward the cliff
total time taken being 10 minutes. Assuming the
would send the drunken man over the edge. He takes
messenger rides at the rate of 10 kph, determine the
random steps, either toward or away from the cliff. At
length of the column.
any step his probability of taking a step away is 2/3, of a
A. 526 m C. 854 m
step toward the cliff 1/3.
B. 1 km D. 625 m
16. What is his chance of escaping the cliff in exactly 3 steps?
A. 16/27 C. 2/27
6. Labor laws in a certain country require factory owners to
B. 8/243 D. 1/2
give every worker a holiday whenever one of them has
17. What is his chance of falling in exactly 5 steps?
birthday and to hire without discrimination on grounds
A. 16/27 C. 2/27
of birthdays. Except of these holidays, they work 365-
B. 8/243 D. 1/2
day year. The owner wants to maximize the expected
18. What is his chance of escaping the cliff?
total number of man days worked per year in a factory.
A. 16/27 C. 2/27
How many workers do factories have in certain country?
B. 8/243 D. 1/2
A. 726 C. 363
B. 364 D. 728

7. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell

phones. A quality control engineer selects 2 cell phones
at random with replacement. What is the probability
that exactly one is defective?

8. A new kind of atom smasher is to be composed of two

tangents and a circular arc which is concave toward the
point of intersection of the two tangents. Each tangent
and the arc of the circle is 1 mile long, what is the radius
of the circle? Use 1 mile = 5280 ft.

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Situation 1: As shown in Figure MEC-101, a weight W hangs 10. If q = 1200 N/m, which of the following most nearly
from two wires each with cross-sectional area of 113 mm2. If gives the reaction (in N) at A?
θ = 30° and α = 45°, A. 518 C. 1,906
B. 698 D. 2,942
1. Find the largest weight, W (kN), that can be carried by
the wires if the maximum stress in the wires is not to 11. If q = 1200 N/m, which of the following most nearly
exceed 124 MPa. gives the reaction (in N) at B?
A. 19.14 C. 16.91 A. 12,753 C. 23,350
B. 15.62 D. 22.04 B. 11,254 D. 22,564

2. If the weight W = 25 kN, what is the resulting stress in 12. Which of the following most nearly gives the smallest
wire AC (MPa)? load q (in N/m) that would cause the structure to tip
A. 161.96 C. 198.35 over?
B. 114.52 D. 158.28 A. 1,268 C. 1,200
B. 1,585 D. 890
3. If the weight W = 25 kN, determine the required cross-
sectional area (sq. mm) of the wires so that the max stress
does not exceed 124 MPa. Situation 5: A right-angled rigid pipe is fixed to a wall at A
A. 148 C. 105 and is additionally supported through the cable CD as
B. 181 D. 127 shown Figure MEC-105. The tension in the cable is 3 kN.

13. Neglecting the weight of the pipe, which of the following

Situation 2: The two 200-N blocks, shown in Figure MEC- most nearly gives the largest shear force (in kN) on the
102, are pushed apart by the 15° wedge of negligible weight. pipe’s cross section?
The angle of static friction is 12° at all contact surfaces. A. 3.00 C. 2.71
B. 1.28 D. 2.97
4. Determine the reaction (in N) between the wedge and
the block if the block starts moving. 14. Neglecting the weight of the pipe, which of the following
A. 47.6 C. 229.3 most nearly gives the maximum bending moment (in
B. 53.5 D. 48.6 kN-m) at A?
A. 2.71 C. 4.88
5. Determine the reaction (in N) between the block and the B. 3.47 D. 2.31
floor if the block starts moving.
A. 47.6 C. 229.3 15. Neglecting the weight of the pipe, which of the following
B. 53.5 D. 48.6 most nearly gives the maximum twisting moment (in
kN-m) about x-axis?
6. Determine the force P (in N) required to start the blocks A. 1.90 C. 0.53
moving. B. 0.84 D. 0.79
A. 47.6 C. 229.3
B. 53.5 D. 48.6

Situation 3: Using Figure MEC-103,

Given: P1 = 1.8 kN P2 = 0.9 kN P3 = 0.45 kN

θ = 30° β = 45°

7. Determine the resultant of the three forces (in kN) P1, P2,
and P3.
A. 1.24 C. 2.12
B. 2.46 D. 2.75

8. Determine the reaction (in kN) at A.

A. 1.06 C. 1.24
B. 1.31 D. 1.63

9. Determine the reaction (in kN) at B.

A. 1.06 C. 1.24
B. 1.31 D. 1.63

Situation 4: The supporting structure of the billboard is

attached to the ground by a pin at B, and its rear leg rests on
the ground at A. Friction may be neglected. Point G is the
center of gravity of the billboard and structure, which
together has a mass of 1400 kg. To prevent tipping over in
high winds, a 1200-kg mass is placed on the structure near
A, as shown in Figure MEC-104.

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A B

C α
θ

Figure MEC-101 Figure MEC-102

P2

P1 P3

A θ β B

a a

Figure MEC-103

Figure MEC-104

Figure MEC-105

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