GENERAL MECHANICS

There will be five items.

Each item has to be answered within 15
seconds.
Each correct answer is equivalent to 2 points.
Write only the LETTER of your correct answer.
Question
1
What property is best
described in the given
statement?

If x+1=2x, then 1=x.
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What property is best described in the given statement?
If x+1=2x, then 1=x.
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A. Division/Multiplication property of Equality
B. Identity property of Equality
C. Addition/Subtraction property of Equality
D. Zero property of Equality
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C. Addition Property of Equality/APE
or Subtraction Property of Equality/SPE
Solution/Explanation





If x+1=2x, then 1=x.
For APE:
We added x on both sides.
x+1+(-x) = 2x+(-x)
For SPE:
We subtracted x on both sides.
x+1x = 2xx

Question
2
It is the statement that states
the meaning of a word, a term
or a phrase.
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It is the statement that states the meaning of a word, a term or
a phrase.
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A. Axiom
B. Proof
C. Definition
D. Theorem
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C. Definition
Solution/Explanation





Alongside with Properties, Laws, Theorems,
Postulates and Principles

They are the reasons why everything we do in
MATH is valid.
Question
3
It is a chord that
contains the center
of a circle.
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A. Arc
B. Radius
C. Tangent
D. Diameter
It is a chord that contains the center of a circle.
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D. Diameter
Solution/Explanation





i) Counterexample: If the segment is a radius.
A Radius is NOT A CHORD and at the same
time NOT A DIAMETER.

ii) A diameter is always a chord. So if it is not a
chord automatically it cannot be a diameter.
Question
4
Which of the
following is not a
proposition?
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A. 2n+1 is an odd number when n is any integer

B. If A is not obtuse, then it is acute.

C. 9,054 is divisible by 9

D. 2x+1>y-3

Which of the following is not a proposition?
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D. 2x+1>y-1
Solution/Explanation





PROPOSITION a statement that can
easily/directly be determined whether true or false.
a. 2n+1 is an odd number Always True
b. If A is not obtuse, then it is acute. False
c. 9,054 is divisible by 9 - Always True
d. 2x+1>y-3 Cannot be determined.

Question
5
What property, law or
principle do we use when we
replace a variable by another
quantity?
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A. Transitive Property

B. Substitution property

C. Identity property

D. Multiplication property

What property, law or principle do we use when
we replace a variable by another quantity?
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B. Substitution
Solution/Explanation





Substitution is helpful especially in Algebra once we deal
with problem solving involving unknown variables. In
Geometry, the principle of substitution is used in proof-
writing when we deal with problems involving
measurement.

We call the value that we replace to a variable as the
replacement value.