AUXESIS REVIEW CENTER Day 3 – Part 1

Refresher Program Prepared by: Engr. John Ryan Regalario

1. A laboratory technician needs to prepare C. 3

500 mL of a 25% acid solution by mixing a D. 4
10% acid solution with a 40% acid solution.
How much of each solution should be mixed 7. A stone is thrown so that it will hit a bird at
to create the desired concentration? the top of a pole. However, at the instant the
A. 250 mL of the 10% acid solution and 250 stone is thrown, the bird flies away in a
mL of the 40% acid solution horizontal straight line at a speed of 10m/s.
B. 150 mL of the 10% acid solution and 350 The stone reaches a max height that is
mL of the 40% acid solution twice the height of the pole and on its
C. 200 mL of the 10% acid solution and 300 descent it touches the bird. Find horizontal
mL of the 40% acid solution component of velocity of the stone.
D. 100 mL of the 10% acid solution and 400 A. 11.1 m/s
mL of the 40% acid solution B. 12.1 m/s
C. 13.1 m/s
2. A jeweler needs to create 100 grams of a D. 14.1 m/s
gold alloy that is 70% gold. They have two
types of alloys available: one that is 60% 8. An ellipse is given by the equation:
gold and another that is 90% gold. How 𝑥2 𝑦2
many grams of each alloy should the + =1
9 4
jeweler mix to create the desired 70% gold If the dimensions of the possible rectangle
alloy? is to be maximized that can be inscribed in
A.33.33 grams of the 60% gold alloy this ellipse, where the sides of the rectangle
and 66.67 grams of the 90% gold alloy are parallel to the coordinate axes, find the
B. 60 grams of the 60% gold alloy and 40 area of the largest rectangle that can be
grams of the 90% gold alloy inscribed in the given ellipse.
C. 66.67 grams of the 60% gold alloy A. 6
and 33.33 grams of the 90% gold alloy B. 9
D. 40 grams of the 60% gold alloy and 60 C. 12
grams of the 90% gold alloy D. 15

3. A chemist has a 40% salt solution and 9. A long, straight pipe needs to be carried
needs to dilute it to create 200 mL of a 15% horizontally through a hallway that makes a
salt solution. How much water should be 90-degree turn. The first hallway is 3 meters
added to achieve the desired wide, and the second hallway is 4 meters
concentration? wide. What is the maximum length of the
A. 100mL pipe that can be carried around the corner
B. 125mL without tilting it vertically?
C. 150mL A. 8.78m2
D. 175mL B. 9.87m2
C. 10.03m2
4. Two lines are given by the equations: D. 11.18m2
Line 1: y = 3x + 2y
Line 2: y = (−1/3)x + 5 10. Two vertical posts, one 20 meters high and
Find the angle between these two lines in the other 30 meters high, are 50 meters
degrees. apart. A cable is to be strung from the top of
A. 30deg the first post to a point on the ground
B. 45deg between the posts, and then from that point
C. 60deg to the top of the second post. Where should
D. 90deg the point on the ground be located to
minimize the length of the cable?
5. Find the distance from the point (4, −3) to A. 10m from the shorter post
the line given by the equation 3x − 4y + 5 = B. 20m from the shorter post
0. C. 30m from the shorter post
A. 5.2 D. 40m from the shorter post
B. 5.4
C. 5.6 11. What is the minimum length of the cable of
D. 5.8 the previous problem?
A. 50.92m
6. Find the distance between the parallel lines: B. 64m
Line 1: 3x − 4y + 12 = 0 C. 70.71m
Line 2: 3x − 4y − 8 = 0 D. 81m
A. 1
B. 2
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Refresher Program Prepared by: Engr. John Ryan Regalario

12. You have n positive numbers whose sum is C. 60m

100. Determine the values of n that will D. 80m
maximize their product.
A. 34 18. Consider a rectangle with a fixed perimeter
B. 35 of 40 units. Let the dimensions of the
C. 36 rectangle be x and y, representing the
D. 37 length and the width, respectively. The
objective is to maximize the area of the
13. The total sum of x and y is 100. Determine rectangle. Evaluate the maximum area.
the values of x and y that will maximize the A. 100
product: B. 200
𝑃 = 𝑥3𝑦2 C. 300
A. 40, 60 D. 400
B. 50, 50
C. 60, 40 19. Consider a rectangle with a fixed area of
D. 20, 80 120 square units. Let the dimensions of the
rectangle be x and y, representing the
14. What is the maximum possible product of length and the width, respectively. The
the previous problem? objective is to minimize the perimeter of the
A. 345,600,000 rectangle. Evaluate the minimum perimeter.
B. 350,000,000 A. 600
C. 356,400,000 B. 700
D. 360,000,000 C. 800
D. 900
15. A Norman window has the shape of a
rectangle surmounted by a semicircle. 20. Consider a right triangle with a base of
Suppose the total perimeter of the window length b = 12 units and a height of length h
is 30 meters. Determine the dimensions of = 8 units. We want to find the largest
the window that will allow the maximum rectangle that can be inscribed inside this
amount of light to be admitted, assuming triangle, where the rectangle shares one
that maximizing the area of the window side with the base of the triangle. What is
maximizes the light admitted. What is the the area of the needed rectangle?
maximum area of the window? A. 12
A. 63.01m2 B. 24
B. 64m2 C. 36
C. 65.01m2 D. 48
D. 66m2
21. Consider a semicircle with a radius of R =
16. A window is in the shape of a rectangle 10 units. We want to find the dimensions of
topped with a right isosceles triangle. the largest rectangle that can be inscribed
Suppose the total perimeter of the window inside this semicircle, with the rectangle's
is 20 meters. The dimensions of the window base lying along the diameter of the
(width of the rectangle, height of the semicircle. What is the area of the
rectangle, and the height of the triangular rectangle?
part) will maximize the area of the window. A. 100
What is that maximum area? B. 200
A. 23.24m2 C. 300
B. 24.36m2 D. 400
C. 25m2
D. 26.12m2 22. Consider a closed cylindrical vessel with a
fixed surface area of S = 150 square units.
17. A rectangular garden is to be constructed The objective is to maximize the volume of
along an existing wall, which will serve as the cylinder. What is the volume of the
one of the sides of the garden. The total cylinder?
area of the garden must be 200 m2. Only A. 100
three sides of the garden need to be fenced, B. 124.62
as the existing wall will serve as the fourth C. 141.05
side. The dimensions of the garden will D. 250
minimize the amount of fencing required.
What is the minimum fencing perimeter?
A. 40m
B. 50m
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Refresher Program Prepared by: Engr. John Ryan Regalario

23. Consider a closed cylindrical vessel with a 28. Consider a hemispherical vessel with a
fixed volume of V = 500 cubic units. The radius of 10 meters. Water is being pumped
objective is to minimize the surface area of into the vessel at a rate of 5 cubic meters
the cylinder. Let r be the radius of the base, per minute. We want to determine the rate
and h be the height of the cylinder. What is at which the water level h is rising when the
the surface area of the smallest cylinder? depth of the water is 4 meters.
A. 213.46 A. 0.0124
B. 348.73 B. 0.0248
C. 447.28 C. 0.0497
D. 503.78 D. 0.0746

24. Consider an open-top cylindrical vessel with 29. Consider a hemispherical vessel with a
a fixed surface area of S = 600 square units. radius of 8 meters. Water is being pumped
The objective is to maximize the volume of into the vessel at a rate of 6 cubic meters
the cylinder. What is the volume of the per minute, and the rate at which the water
cylinder? level is rising is 0.2 meters per minute. We
A. 729.28 want to determine the height of the water
B. 802.97 level h at this instant.
C. 992.37 A. 0.31m
D. 1036.48 B. 0.62m
C. 1.24m
25. Consider an open-top cylindrical vessel with D. 2.48m
a fixed volume of V = 500 cubic units. The
objective is to minimize the surface area of 30. Consider a car that is accelerating at a
the cylinder. What is the surface area of the constant rate of 2 meters per second
cylinder? squared. At time t = 0 seconds, the car is at
A. 369.05 rest, and its position (displacement) s(t) is
B. 401.89 measured from a fixed starting point. We
C. 512.34 want to determine how fast the car is
D. 607.98 moving (velocity) after 5 seconds and how
far it has traveled by then.
26. Consider an inverted conical vessel with a A. v = 5m/s; s = 11m
height of 12 meters and a base radius B. v = 6m/s; s = 12m
of 4 meters. Water is being pumped into the C. v = 8m/s; s = 16m
vessel at a rate of 2 cubic meters per D. v = 10m/s; s = 25m
minute. We want to determine the rate at
which the water level h is rising when the
water is 6 meters deep.
A. 1/pi m/min
B. 1/(2pi) m/min
C. 1/(3pi) m/min
D. 1/(4pi) m/min

27. Consider an inverted conical vessel with a

height of 15 meters and a base radius
of 5 meters. Water is being pumped into the
vessel at a rate of 3 cubic meters per
minute, and the rate at which the water level
is rising is 0.1 meters per minute. We want
to determine the height of the water in the
vessel at that instant.
A. 5.17m
B. 7.71m
C. 9.27m
D. 11.87m