Jointly proportional to the Geometric Mean- To be used at a dip in the highway-

10 x2 = 488y

Basket of Fruit- Interior of a satellite TV-

500 4.50 m

Two computer printer- Divided highway goes under a number of

bridges-
Slower 150; Faster 220
13.5

Opposite direction towards two bits of food-

Open top box of 40 cm
3/4
6.67

How many pounds of sand must be added to this

mixture to achieve 35%? – Fenced on all sides neighbor pays half-
59.26% 18x24

Two ships leave the port- Two corners of a rectangle

N 30.75 W 6
Silo with hemispherical roof-
Electronic signal- R= 5.24; h= 5.26
20
𝑦 = 60 𝑠𝑖𝑛 [ (𝑋 − 90)]
3
Find the point Q on the curve
(2,2)
Fairbanks Alaska-
January 11
Conical tank with vertex down, how fast is the
water level rising/
Radical axis- 0.283 m/h

9x-2y-10= 0 Toyota land cruiser

60
Location of translator-
(-30,40)’; 90 mi
Bucket is raised by a person who is walking What number added to half the square of its
away reciprocal gives the smallest sum?

9.95 in/s 1

Separate the number 20 into two parts such

Mirror has a parabolic face that the product of one part and the square of
the other part is a maximum.
12800
1313;623

Volume generated when the first quadrant

A rectangular pasture
8 pi
9.00 × 18.0 m

Motion of a particle moving in space from t=0 cylindrical, topless tin cup of maximum volume
to t=5. Total Distance travelled if its area (sides and bottom) is 100 cm2.
d = 6.51 cm; h = 3.26 cm
60.472

Find the maximum area of a rectangle with a

Displacement of the particle perimeter of 20.0 cm?

60.417 25 cm2

A gutter is to be made of a strip of metal 30.0

Portion of a parabola cm. wide, with the cross section having the
form shown in Fig. 29-47. What depth x gives a
1365 maximum cross-sectional area?
8.66

When a cake is removed from the baking oven

70+230e Find the dimensions of the rectangle of greatest
area that can be inscribed in an
equilateral triangle, each of whose sides is 10.0
cm, if one of the sides of the rectangle is on a
Half life T of a radium is 1690 side of the triangle (Fig. 29-50). (Hint: Let the
independent variable be the height x of the
0.66g rectangle.

5.00 cm × 4.35 cm
Waste product of nuclear reactors
8. Find the dimensions of the largest rectangle
72.4 years that can be inscribed in an ellipse whose
major axis is 20.0 units and whose minor axis
is 14.0 units (Fig. 29-52).
9.90 units × 14.1 units
Seven years ago the population was 2, 500, 000
0.198
9. Find the dimensions of the right circular cylindrical side costing $3.81/m2. The welds
cylinder of greatest volume that can be cost $5.85/m. Find the radius, height, and total
inscribed in a sphere with a diameter of 10.0 cost, for a tank of minimum cost.
cm (Fig. 29-54). r = 11.0 m; h = 26.3 m; cost = $11,106
h= 5.77 cm; r= 4.08 cm

17. An airplane flying horizontally at a height of

10. Find the altitude of the cone of maximum 8000 m and at a rate of 100 m/s passes
volume that can be inscribed in a sphere of directly over a pond. How fast is its straight-
radius 9.00 m. line distance from the pond increasing 1 min
h = 12.0 m later?
60 m/s

11. The strength S of the beam in Fig. 29-38 is

given by S = kxy2, where k is a constant. Find x 18. A person is running at the rate of 12.0 km/h
and y for the strongest rectangular beam that on a horizontal street directly toward the foot
can be cut from a 45.0-cm-diameter cylindrical of a tower 30.0 m high. How fast is the person
log. approaching the top of the tower when 15.0 m
26.0 cm × 36.7 cm from the foot?
5.37 km/h

12. The intensity E of illumination at a point,

from a light source at a distance x from the point, 19. A boat with its anchor on the bottom at a
is given by E=������2, where k is a constant and depth of 40.0 m is drifting away from the anchor
I is the intensity of the source. A light M has an at 4.00 m/s, while the anchor cable slips from
intensity three times that of N (Fig. 29-57). At the boat at water level. At what rate is the cable
what distance from M is the total illumination a leaving the boat when 50.0 m of cable is out?
minimum? Assume that the cable is straight.
59.1 cm 2.40 m/s

13. The power delivered to a load by a 30-V 20. A rope runs over a pulley at A and is
source of internal resistance 2.0 Ω is 30i - 2.0i2 attached at B as shown in Fig. 29-26. The rope
W, where i is the current in amperes. For what is being wound in at the rate of 2.00 m/s. How
current will this source deliver the maximum fast is B rising when AB is horizontal?
power? 7.5A
2.24 m/s
14. A certain transformer has an efficiency E
115𝑖−25−𝑖^2
when delivering a current is, 𝐸 = 115𝑖
, At
what current is the efficiency of the transformer 21. An airplane leaves a field at noon and flies
a maximum? east at 10 _ 0 km/h. A second airplane leaves
the same field at 1 p.m. and flies south at 150
5.0 A km/h. How fast are the airplanes separating at
2 p.m.?
170 km/h
15. The efficiency E of a screw is given by
𝑑𝑥−µ𝑥^2
𝐸=
𝑥+µ
where µ is the coefficient of friction
and x the tangent of the pitch angle of the 22. As a person is cycling over a bridge at 5.00
screw. Find x for maximum efficiency if µ = m/s, a boat, 30.0 m beneath the cyclist and
0.45 moving perpendicular to the bridge, passes
directly underneath at 10.0 m/s. How fast are
0.65 the person and the boat separating 3.00 s later?
16. A cylindrical tank (Fig. 29-62) with a capacity 8.33 m/s
10 000 m3 has ends costing $4.23/m2 and
23. A lamp is located on the ground 10.0 m from 30. A concrete roof beam for an auditorium has
a building. A person 2.00 m tall walks from a straight top edge and a parabolic lower
the light toward the building at a rate of 2.00 edge (Fig. 31-17). Find the volume of concrete
m/s. Find the rate at which the person’s shadow in the beam.
on the wall is shortening when the person is
5.00 m from the building. 3.75 m3

-1.60 m/s
31. A lens (Fig. 31-19) has a cross section
24. A square sheet of metal 10.0 cm on a side is formed by two intersecting circular arcs. Find
expanded by increasing its temperature so by integration the cross-sectional area of the
that each side of the square increases at 0.005 lens.
00 cm/s. At what rate is the area of the 9.00 cm2
square increasing at 20.0 s?
0.101 cm /s 32. A wing tank for an airplane is a solid of
revolution formed by rotating the curve 8y = 4x
- x2 , from x = 0 to 3.50, about the x axis (Fig.
25. The volume of a cube is increasing at 10.0 31-32). Find the volume of the tank.
cm3 /min. At the instant when its volume is 1.65 m3.
125 cm3 , what is the rate of change of its edge
length?
33. A telescope mirror, shown in cross section in
0.133 cm/min Fig. 31-34, is formed by rotating the area
under the hyperbola 1 y x 100 1225 2 2 - = about
the y axis and has a 20.0-cm-diameter hole at its
26. At some instant the diameter x of a cylinder centre. Find the volume of glass in the mirror.
(Fig. 29-31) is 10.0 cm and is increasing at a
rate of 1.00 cm/min. At that same instant, the 0.683 m3
𝑑𝑦
height y is 20.0 cm and is decreasing at a rate 𝑑𝑡
𝑑𝑉
that the volume is not changing, 𝑑𝑡
.
34. The equation of the bridge arch in Fig. 32-6
𝑑𝑦
=0. Find 𝑑𝑡
is y = 0.0625x2 - 5x + 100. Find its length.
-4.00 cm/min
222 m
27. Water is flowing into a conical reservoir
20.0 m deep and 10.0 m across the top, at a rate 35. Find the perimeter of the window.
of 15.0m3/min. How fast is the surface rising 10.1 m
when the water is 8.00 m deep?
1.19 m/min
36. The vane on a certain wind generator has
28. A horizontal trough 5.00 m long has ends in the shape of a semicircle attached to a
the shape of an isosceles right triangle (Fig. 29- trapezoid (Fig. 32-20). Find the distance x to
32). If water is poured into it at the rate of the centroid.
0.500 m3 /min, at what rate is the surface of 1.38 m
the water rising when the water is 1.00 m deep?
0.0500 m/min 37. An optical instrument contains a mirror in
29. The adiabatic law for the expansion of air is the shape of a paraboloid of revolution (Fig. 32-
pv1.4 = C, where C is a constant. If at a given 22) hollowed out of a cylindrical block of glass.
time the volume is observed to be 2.00 m3, and Find the distance from the flat bottom of the
the pressure is 300 kPa, at what rate is the mirror to the centroid of the mirror.
pressure changing if the volume is decreasing 36.1 mm
0.100 m3 /s?
21.0 kPa/s
38. Air is compressed (Fig. 32-29) from an
initial pressure of 105 kPa and volume of 10.0
m3 to a pressure of 525 kPa. How much work
was needed
to compress the air? Calculate the required curve length assuming a
1.69 10 × ⋅ 6N m motorist's eye height of 1.05 m and an object
height of 0.26m, if the gradients are +1% to -1%
39. The force of attraction (in newtons) between respectively.
two masses separated by a distance d is equal
to k/d2 , where k is a constant. If two masses are 84.50 m
50 m apart, find the work needed to separate
them another 50 m. Express your answer in
terms of k.
The sag vertical curve has a back tangent grade
𝑘 of -4% and a forward tangent grade of +3% is to
𝑁𝑚
100 be design based on the headlamp sight distance
40. A 200-m-long cable weighs 1.00 kg/m and is of a curve. If the required sight distance is
hanging from a tower with a 100-kg weight at its 400m. Determine the minimum length of the
end. How much work is needed to raise the curve. The headlamps are 0.70 m above the road
weight and the cable a distance of 10.0 m?
and the beams tilt upwards at an angle of 1.50.
28 900 N ⋅ m
501.25 m
A car moving at 80kph on a level road suddenly
sees obstruction 76m. ahead. If the perception-
reaction time is 0.5sec. and the coefficient of Given the following data for a head lamp sight
friction between the tires and the pavement is distance. Grade of back tangent--2.6% Grade of
0.4, how far from the obstruction will it stop? forward tangent +2.4% Stopping sight distance
=190m. Design Speed=100 kph
1.96m

Compute the design Length of sag curve based

Determine minimum stopping sight distance of on the requirement of sight distance
a -3.5% grade for a design speed of 110 km/h?
coefficient of friction = 0.28 230 m

270.6 m
Compute the design Length of sag curve based
on the requirement of comfort criterion
Situation. A vertical crest curve on a single
carriageway road with a design speed of 85 126.58 m
km/hr is to be built in order to join a ascending
grade of 4% with a descending grade of 2.5%.
The motorist's eye height is assumed to be Situation. The length of sag parabolic curve is
1.05m while the object height is assumed to be 130m. The back tangent has a slope of -2% and
0.26m. Stopping distance=160 m. forward tangent of +1.37%. If the desired
normal acceleration is to be 0.2 m/s².

Calculate the minimum curve length required in

order to satisfy the requirements of minimum Calculate the radius of curvature of the curve.
sight stopping distance. 3857.57 m
353.29 m Calculate the design speed based on limits of
normal acceleration.
100 kph 9.3
A tangent grade of -1% meets a +0.5% tangent
grade to form a vertical parabolic sag curve. If
Two parallel tracts are connected by a reverse
the curve must provide a 200 m stopping sight
curve. The angle of intersection of the first
distance and have a 110 kph design speed,
curve is 15° and the distance between PC and
determine the minimum length, Round-up to the
PT is 200m, evaluate the common radius in
next 20-m interval.
meters.
60
100

A highway cure has a radius of 80 m and a

As stated in the DPWH Road Safety and Design
length of 90 m. If the required sight distance is
Manual, which of the following statements are
60 rn, how far off the center of the road could
elements to consider when planning National
you allow the bushes to grow?
Roads?
5.625 m
Limited frontage access.
Development set well back from the highway
A highway curve has a radius of 150 m and a
All access to premises provided via provincial
length of 100 m. The required sight distance is
roads.
120 m. how far off the center of the road could
you allow the bushes to grow? Number of intersections to be minimized.
11.667

According to the DPWH Road Safety Design

Manual, which of these factors are needed to be
Situation. A symmetrical parabolic curve passes
considered in choosing a design speed?
through point A whose elevation is 23,23 m at a
distance 54 m from the PVC. The elevation of functions of the road, anticipated operating
the PVC at station 4+100 is 22.56m. The grade speed & speed limit, economics
of the back tangent is +2% and the length of the
curve is 120m. The DPWH Road Safety Design Manual
emphasizes that at least four (4) different
criteria are used for the establishment of sag
vetical curves, these are:
compute the grade of forward tangent.
headlight sight distance, drainage control,
-1.37
directions, and general appearance

Compute the stationing of the highest point of

the provision of safety sight distance depends on
the curve.
the characteristics of:
4+171.12
The Driver, the Vehicle and the Road
A simple curve is to be designed for max speed environment
of 90 kph. The coefficient of friction between
the tires and the pavement is 0.40. if the super
elevation is to be limited to 12%, what would be
the degree of curvature?
Each type of sight distance consist of three 23.1
elements. Choose the best answer as stated in
the DPWH Road Safety. Design Manual
Pile driving hammer, Isotropic
Driver Eye Height, Object Height, Sight
Distance 0.994

Factors predicting safe load capacity of bulb. Breeder reactor

Weight 24.180
Height
Blows Turn around area, circular
Volume 3453.7
Constant K

Five identical plants

Four-Wheel Drive Tractor MODE 3:2 [y= mb + a]
21% Y= 0.1055T+70.409

Compute Max Available Four-Wheel Drive Correlation coefficient

Tractor
0.9977
14346

Five aggregate Sieve Graded

Aluminum rod-speed of sound
2.94
5090 m/s

Legal Speed Limit

Aluminum rod- wavelength produced
81.85
11.6

Oscillation:
Tube of Mercury thermometer. How far will the
thread of mercury reach? X as function of time

6.1 cm 𝒆−𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒕

Building’s Frequency

Number of bricks in a 95x57x203 √𝟐

981
Gravel Road Require Reshaping Amplitude
0.32 120.4

Home of the Author Photo Copied

8.0𝑥105 1:1111

Disadvantage of Reverse Curve Survey plotted

Hazards 10,000
Distraction
Tipping over Quadrantal
Superelevation 0 to 90 degrees

Maximum safe unsupported height Survey works

1.9m 1 / (1𝑊𝑥 + 1𝑊𝑦)

Constructed of a 50 ft-wide Closed loop traverse

3500 1:5000

Room is 35x25 ft in plan Tool Instrument

1460 P:3, Q:1, R:2, S:4

Flu virus Landfill

276 students 6

Cramer’s rule Arrow network

(-1, -3, 20) 11

Cake removed to cool off Grade beams

30 minutes 7 days

Locomotive
Tall tower 50
 avoid having vehicles pass too close to a
historical monument, so a proposal has been
Sphere 9 times
made to relocate the curve 120 ft back. The PC
9 sq unit will remain the same.

Oil spilled in tanker What is the PC station?

2000 ft/s a. 81+91.64

c. 87+00

Boat is being pulled towards the dock b. 82+73.20

-4.167 d. 84+84.24

Directional derivative What is the radius of curvature of the new

curve?
6+ 𝟓√𝟑
a. 747.09
c. 569.66
Average value
b. 647.64
3
d.488.26

Largest grain to pass a #200 sieve

The specific gravity of a voidless mixture (le, the
0.0074 maximum theoretical specific gravity) of an asphalt
concrete is 2.550. the components are specified as
follows:
A prisoner given 10 white balls and 10 black
balls. Probability the prisoner will survive. 1. What is the air void content if bulk specific
gravity of the mixture is 2.340?
73.86%
ANS: 8.23%

2. What is the bulk specific gravity of the

aggregate?
ANS: 2.67

3. What is the VMA of the mixture?

ANS: 18 %

An existing 6° horizontal circular curve 4. What is the effective specific gravity of the
connects a PC and PT1 as shown. It is desired to aggregates?
ANS: 2.84 15. A small filter of 0.05 m depth removes 90% of
particles present in water. If the particles removal
required is 99%, what should be the depth of filter?
5. What is the asphalt absorption?
A. 0.10 m
ANS: 2.18%
B. 0.50 m
C. 0.75 m
6. What is the effective asphalt content of the
D. 1.00 m
mixture?
ANS: 4.26%
16. 16 MLD of water is flowing through a 2.5 km
long pipe of diameter 45 cm. The chlorine at the
7. What is the VFA of the mixture? rate of 32 kg/d is applied at the entry of this pipe so
that disinfected water is obtained at the exit. There
ANS: 54.3% is a proposal to increase the flow through this pipe
to 22 MLD from 16 MLD. Assume the dilution
coefficient, n 1. The minimum amount of chlorine
8. What is the apparent specific gravity of the (in kg per day) to be applied to achieve the same
aggregates? degree of disinfection for the enhanced flow is
ANS: 2.85 A. 60.50
B. 44.00
9. How much would the percent air voids of the C. 38.00
mixture change if the weight of the asphalt were
increased by 2%? D. 23.27

ANS: 0.14% decrease

17. A groundwater sample was found to contain 500
mg/l total dissolved solids (TDS). TDS (in %)
10. How much would the VMA of the mixture present in the sample is
change if the weight of the asphalt were increased
by 2%? A. 0.05

ANS: 0.1% increase B. 0.10

C. 1.00
D. 0.50
18. An existing 300 mm diameter circular sewer is A town is required to treat 4.2 m3/min of raw water
laid at a slope of 1:280 and carries a peak discharge for daily domestic supply. Flocculating particles are
of 1728 m3/d. Use the partial flow diagram shown to be produced by chemical coagulation. A column
in the figure below and assume Manning's n = analysis indicated that an overflow rate of 0.2 mm/s
0.015. At the peak discharge, the depth of flow and will produce satisfactory particle removal in a
the velocity are, respectively settling basin at a depth of 3.5 m. The required
surface area (in m2) for settling is
A. 45 mm and 0.28 m/s
A. 210
B. 120 m and 0.50 m/s
B. 350
C. 150 mm and 0.57 m/s
C. 1728
D. 300 mm and 0.71 m/s
D. 21000

19. A circular sewer 2 m diameter has to carry a

discharge of 2 m3/s when flowing nearly full. What 10. A soil is composed of solid spherical grains of
is the minimum required slope to initiate the flow? identical specific gravity and diameter between
Assume Manning's n = 0.015. 0.075 mm and 0.0075 mm. If the terminal velocity
of the largest particle falling through water without
A. 0.00023
flocculation is 0.5 mm/s, that for the smallest
B. 0.000036 particle would be

C. 0.000091 A. 0.005 mm/s

D. 0.000014 B. 0.05 mm/s

C. 5 mm/s

20. At the same mean velocity, the ratio of head loss D. 50 mm/s
per unit length for a sewer pipe flowing full to that
for the same pipe flowing half full would be
11. A water treatment plant is required to process
A. 2.0
28800 m3/d of raw water (density = 1000 kg/m3,
B. 1.63 kinematic viscosity = 10-6 m2/s). The rapid mixing
tank imparts a velocity gradient of 900 s-1 to blend
C. 1.00 35 mg/l of alum with the flow for a detention time
D. 0.61 of 2 minutes. The power input (W) required for
rapid mixing is
A. 32.4
B. 36
C. 324
D. 32400
12. The following data are given for a channel-type The present population of a community is 28,000
grit chamber of length 7.5 m. with an average water consumption of 4200 m3/d.
The existing water treatment plant has a design
flow-through velocity = 0.3 m/s
capacity of 6000 m3/d. It is expected that the
the depth of wastewater at peak flow in the channel population will increase to 44,000 during the next
= 0.9 m 20 years. The number of years from now when the
plant will reach its design capacity, assuming an
specific gravity of inorganic particles = 2.5 arithmetic rate of population growth, will be
g = 9.80 m/s2, A. 5.5 years
μ = 1.002 × 10-3 N-s/m2 at 20°C, B. 8.6 years
p=1000 kg/m3 C. 15 years
Assuming that the Stokes law is valid, the largest D. 16.5 years
diameter particle that would be removed with 100
percent efficiency is [2004]
A. 0.04 mm 2. The population of a city at previous consecutive
census year was 4,00,000; 55,58,500; 7,76,000 and
B. 0.21 mm 10,98,500. The anticipated population at the next
C. 1.92 mm census to the nearest 5,000 would be

D. 6.64 mm A. 13, 30,000

B. 12, 40, 000

13. For a water treatment plant having a flow rate of C. 26, 35, 000
432 m3/h, what is the required plan area of a Type I D. 31, 30,000
settling tank to remove 90% of the particles having
a settling velocity of 0.12 cm/sec is [APRIL 2024]
A. 120 m² 3. A water supply board is responsible for treating
1500 m3/day of water. A settling column analysis
B. 111 m² indicates that an overflow rate of 20 m/day will
C. 90 m² produce satisfactory removal for a depth of 3.1 m. It
is decided to have two circular settling tanks in
D. 100 m² parallel. The required diameter (expressed in m) of
the settling tanks is

14. A water treatment plant is designed to treat 1 A. 3.3

m3/s of raw water. It has 14 sand filters. Surface B. 6.9
area of each filter is 50 m2. What is the loading rate
(in m3/day.m2) with two filters out of service for C. 12.2
routine backwashing? D. 9.6
A. 312
B. 214
C. 144
D. 100
4. The hardness of a ground water sample was 7. For a flow of 5.7 MLD (million liters per day)
found to be 420 mg/l as CaCO3. A softener and a detention time of 2 hours, the surface area of a
containing ion exchange resins was installed to rectangular sedimentation tank to remove all
reduce the total hardness to 75 mg/l as CaCO3 particles have setting velocity of 0.33 mm/s is
before supplying to 4 households. Each household
C. 200 m²
gets treated water at a rate of 540 L/day. If the
efficiency of the softener is 100%, the bypass flow B. 100 m²
rate (expressed in L/day) is
D. 400 m²
A. 537.8
A. 20 m²
B. 385.7
C. 358.7
8. A settling tank in a water treatment plant is
D. 587.3 designed for a surface overflow rate of 30 m3/day-
m2. Assume specific gravity of sediment particles =
2.65, density of water (p) = 1000 kg/m3, dynamic
5. The pH of water admitted into a treatment plant viscosity of water (m) = 0.001 N.s/m2 , and stokes
was 6.0 in the morning. Consequent to inflow of law is valid. The approximate minimum size of
raw water from a different source, it changed to 8.0 particles that would be completely removed is:
in the next 24-hour. Assuming linear variation in
A. 0.01 mm
time of the hydrogen ion concentration, the time
mean pH value of the water over this 24-hour B. 0.02 mm
period is
C. 0.03 mm
A. 6.2967
D. 0.04 mm
Β. 6.9726
C. 7.9626
D. 7.2696

6. A town has an existing horizontal flow

sedimentation tank with an overflow rate of 17
m3/day/m2, and it is desirable to remove particles
that have setting velocity of 0.1 mm/sec. Assuming
the tank is an ideal sedimentation tank, the
percentage of particles removal is approximately
equal to
A. 30%
B. 50%
C. 70%
D. 90%