Mathematics, Surveying and Transportation Engineering

Problem
A grade of -5% is followed by a grade of 1%, the grades intersecting at the vertex (Sta. 10 + 060). The change of grade is restricted to 0.4% in 20 m. Compute the length of the vertical parabolic sag curve in meters.

Problem
Given the position function x(t) = t⁴ - 8t², find the distance that the particle travels at t = 0 to t = 4.

Problems
A compound curve has the following characteristics:

Compute the stationing of P.C.C.

Problem
The sum of the first n terms of a series is 3^(2n - 1) + b. What is the quotient of the 9^th and the 7^th term?

Problem
Compute the value of b if A and B are orthogonal.
$${\bf A} = 2{\bf i} + b{\bf j} + {\bf k}$$

$${\bf B} = 4{\bf i} - 2{\bf j} - 2{\bf k}$$

Problem
A job posted at jobstreet.com offered a starting salary of \$40,000 per year and guaranteeing a raise of \$1600 per year for the rest of 5 years. Write the general term for the arithmetic sequence that models potential annual salaries.

Problem
A given alloy contains 20% copper and 5% tin. How many pounds of copper and of tin must be melted with 100 lb of the given alloy to produce another alloy analyzing 30% copper and 10% tin? All percentages are by weight.

Problem
A nutritionist in a hospital is arranging special diets that consist of a combination of three basic foods. It is important that the patients on this diet consume exactly 310 units of calcium, 190 units of iron, and 250 units of vitamin A each day. The amounts of these nutrients in one ounce food are given in the following table.
 

How many ounces each food must be used to satisfy the nutrient requirements exactly?

Problem
Samuel Pepys wrote Isaac Newton to ask which of three events is more likely: that a person get (a) at least 1 six when 6 dice are rolled (b) at least two sixes when 12 dice are rolled, or (c) at least 3 sixes when 18 dice are rolled. What is the answer?

Problem
A catapult is placed 100 ft from the castle wall, which is 35 feet high. The soldier wants the burning bale of hay to clear the top of the wall and land 50 feet inside the castle wall. If the initial velocity of the bale is 70 feet per second, then at what angle should the bale of hay be launched so that it travel 150 feet and pass over the castle wall. Use g = 32 ft/sec².