1. If \(a + b + c = 0\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{a^3 + b^3 + c^3}{abc} - 3\)?

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) None of the above

2. If the mean of a statistical distribution is 4.1, \(∑f_i x_i = 132 + 5k\), and \(∑f_i = 20\), then what is the value of \(k\)?

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4. For the equation \(5x^2+9x+3=0\) , if the roots are \(α\) and \(β\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{1}{α}+\cfrac{1}{β}\) ?

(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) \(\cfrac{1}{3}\) (d) -\(\cfrac{1}{3}\)

5. For the equation \( 3x^2 + 8x + 2 = 0 \), if the roots are \( \alpha \) and \( \beta \), then what is the value of \( \frac{1}{\alpha} + \frac{1}{\beta} \)?"

(a) -\(\cfrac{3}{8}\) (b) \(\cfrac{2}{3}\) (c) -4 (d) 4

6. If sin 51° = \(\cfrac{a}{\sqrt{a^2 + b^2}}\), then what is the value of tan 51° + tan 39°?

(a) \(\cfrac{a^2-b^2}{ab}\) (b) \(\cfrac{a^2+b^2}{2ab}\) (c) \(\cfrac{a^2+b^2}{ab}\) (d) \(\cfrac{a^2-b^2}{2ab}\)

7. If \(9x^2 - 13x + 9 = 0\), then what is the value of \(x + \cfrac{1}{x}\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{9}{4}\) (b) \(\cfrac{4}{9}\) (c) \(\cfrac{13}{9}\) (d) 1

8. If one root of the quadratic equation \(3x^2 + (k - 1)x + 9 = 0\) is 3, then what will be the value of \(k\)?

(a) -11 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 14

9. If \(\cfrac{1}{3x}+\cfrac{1}{4x}+\cfrac{1}{2x}+\cfrac{1}{6x}=5\), then what is the value of \(x\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{1}{7}\) (b) \(\cfrac{1}{5}\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{4}\) (d) None of the above

10. If \(x = \cfrac{2\sqrt{15}}{\sqrt{5} + \sqrt{3}}\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{x + \sqrt{5}}{x - \sqrt{5}} + \cfrac{x + \sqrt{3}}{x - \sqrt{3}}\)?

(a) -1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of the above

11. If \(a = 3 + 2\sqrt{2}\), then what is the value of \[ \frac{a^6 + a^4 + a^2 + 1}{a^3}? \]

(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 204 (d) 250

12. If ???? = 3 + 2 and ???? = 3 − 2 , then what is the value of 8 ???? ???? ( ???? 2 + ???? 2 ) ?

(a) 24 (b) 80 (c) 16 (d) 8

13. If \( \frac{a}{3} = \frac{b}{4} = \frac{c}{7} \), then what is the value of \( \frac{a + b + c}{c} \)?

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2

14. If \( x = 2 + \sqrt{3} \), then what is the value of \( x + \frac{1}{x} \)?

(a) -4 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) \(2+\sqrt3\)

15. If \( (7a - 5b) : (3a + 4b) = 7 : 11 \), then what is the value of \( (5a - 3b) : (6a + 5b) \)?

(a) 777:244 (b) 777:247 (c) 247:778 (d) 247:787

16. If \[ \frac{\sec \theta + \tan \theta}{\sec \theta - \tan \theta} = \frac{2 + \sqrt{3}}{2 - \sqrt{3}}, \] then what is the value of \( \theta \)?

(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 90°

17. If \(\csc\theta + \cot\theta = 2 + \sqrt{3}\), then what is the value of \(\csc\theta - \cot\theta\)?

(a) \(\sqrt3+\sqrt2\) (b) \(\sqrt2-3\) (c) \(\sqrt3-2\) (d) \(2-\sqrt3\)

18. If 3 cos ⁡ ???? − 4 sin ⁡ ???? = 5 , then what is the value of 3 sin ⁡ ???? + 4 cos ⁡ ???? ?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) \(\cfrac{1}{2}\)

19. If \( (3x - 2y) : (3x + 2y) = 4 : 5 \), then what is the value of \(x : y\)?

(a) 1:6 (b) 1:1 (c) 2:1 (d) 6:1

20. If \(\sin(3x - 20^\circ) = \cos(3y + 20^\circ)\), then what is the value of \(x + y\)?

(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 90°

21. If \(\frac{a}{2} = \frac{b}{3} = \frac{c}{4} = \frac{3a - 2b + 4c}{p}\), then what is the value of \(p\)?

(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 16 (d) 18

22. If \(5\cos\theta + 12\sin\theta = 13\), then what is the value of \(\tan\theta\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{13}{15}\) (b) \(\cfrac{12}{5}\) (c) \(\cfrac{5}{13}\) (d) \(\cfrac{5}{12}\)

23. If ???? 3 = ???? 5 = ???? 8 , then what is the value of 3 ???? − 5 ???? + 2 ???? ???? ?"

(a) \(\frac{1}{5}\) (b) 5 (c) 0 (d) 10

24. If \( \sin 51^\circ = \cfrac{a}{\sqrt{a^2 + b^2}} \), then what is the value of \( \tan 51^\circ + \tan 39^\circ \)?

(a) \(\cfrac{a^2+b^2}{ab}\) (b) \(\cfrac{a^2-b^2}{ab}\) (c) \(\cfrac{a-b}{ab}\) (d) \(\cfrac{a+b}{ab}\)

25. If \( \tan\alpha + \cot\alpha = \sqrt{3} \), then what is the value of \( \tan^3\alpha + \cot^3\alpha \)?

26. If \(x = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\), then what is the value of \(\frac{\sqrt{1+x} + \sqrt{1-x}}{\sqrt{1+x} - \sqrt{1-x}}\)?

(a) \(2\sqrt3\) (b) \(\cfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\) (c) \(\sqrt3\) (d) \(\sqrt5\)

27. If \(\sum f_iu_i = 10\), class width = 20, \(\sum f_i = 40 + k\), the combined mean is 54, and the assumed mean is 50, then what is the value of \(k\)?

28. If \(\sum{f_ix_i} = 216\), \(\sum{f_i} = 16\), and the combined mean is \(13.5 + p\), then what is the value of \(p\)?

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 0.1 (d) 0.01

29. If \(x^2 + y^2 - 4x - 6y + 13 = 0\), then what is the value of \((x + y) : (y - x)\)?

30. If \( \sqrt{2} \sin(2x + 5^\circ) = \cot 45^\circ \), then what is the value of \( \sec 3x \)?