158 100] Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Time element: 3 hours & 45 minutes ———$<$<$<$€<§€&<——E]Os Problem 306; ECE Board November 1998 Find the angle in mils subtended by a line 10 yards long at a distance of 5000 Problem 307: ECE Board April 1999 Assuming that the earth is a sphere whose radius is 6400 km. Find the distance along a 3 degree arc at the equator of the earth's surface. A. 335.10 km B. 533,10 km C. 353.10 kr D. 353.01 km Problem 308: EE Board April 1992 The angle subtended by an arc is 24°. If the radius of the circle is 45 cm, find the length of arc. A, 16.85 cm B. 17.85cm Cc. 18.85em D. 19.85 cm Problem 309: ME Board April 1990 A rat fell on a bucket of a water wheel with diameter of 600 cm which traveled an angle of 190° before it dropped from the bucket. Calculate for the linear cm that the rat was carried by the bucket before it fell. 950 965 985 995 oonp>Plane Geometry 159 Problem 310: ECE Board November 1992 Given a circle whose diameter AB equals 2 m. If two points C and D lie an the circle and angles ABC and BAD are 18° and 36°, respectively, find the length of the major arc CD. A. 126m B. 136m Cc. 163m D. 145m Problem 311: A certain angle has a supplement 5 times its complement. What is the angle? 67.5" §8.5° 30° 27° DOMP Problem 312: ECE Board November 1998 Each angle of a regular dodecagon is equal to A. 136° B. 150* G. 125" DB. 105° Problem 313: CE Board May 1997 How many sides has a polygon if the sum of the interior angles is 1080°? yepnP ee aeS, ‘vlem 314; ECE Board March 1996 The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 540°. Find the number of sides. com> eane Problem 315: ECE Board April 1991 Find the sum of the interior angles of the vertices of a five pointed star inscribed ina circle, A. 150° B. 160° GC. 170° D. 180°160 100] Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 316: ME Board April 1999 How many sides are in a polygon if each interior angle is 165 degrees? 12 24 20 48 pomp Problem 317: How many diagonals are there in a polygon of 20 sides? A. 200 B. 170 c. 100 D. 158 Problem 318: ME Board Agril 1999 Find each interior angle of a hexagon. 0° 120° 160° 180° com> Problem 319: EE Board April 1994 Given a triangle, C = 100°, a = 15m, b= 20m. Findc 26m 27m 28m 29m com> Problem 320: CE Board November 1994 In triangle ABC, angle A = 45° and C = 70°, The side opposite angle C is 40 m fong. What is the length of the side opposite angle A? 26.1m 27.1m 29.1m 301m oopP Problem 321: CE Board May 1995 In triangle ABC, angle C = 70°, A = 45°, AB = 40 m. What is the length of the median drawn from vertex A to side BC? 36.3m 36.6m 36.9m . 372m pompPlane Geometry 161 Problem 322: Board April 1991 From a point outside of an equilateral triangle, the distances to the vertices are 10m, 18m and 10 m, respectively. What is the length of one side of a triangle? A. 17.75m B. 18.50 m Cc. 19.95 m DB. 20.50m Problem 323: EE Board April 1991 The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm and 14 cm. Determine the radius of the inscribed circle. A, 2.25¢em 2.36 cm C. 246cem D. 2.55cem Problem 324: CE Board May 1996 What is the radius of the circle circumscribing an isosceles right triangle having an area of 162 sq. cm.? A. 12.73m B. 13.52m Cc. 14.18m D. 15.65m Problem 325: EE Board April 1991 The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm and 14 cm. Determine the radius of the circumscribing circle. A. 7.14¢m B. 7.34cm Cc. 7.54cm D. 7.74cm Problem 326: CE Board May 1996 Two sides of a triangle are 50 m and 60 m long. The angle included between these sides is 30°. What is the interior angle opposite the longest side? A. 93.74" B. 92.74" Cc. 90.74" D. 86.38° Problem 327: ECE Board March 1996 A circle with radius 6 cm has half its area removed by cutting off a border of uniform width. Find the width of the border. A. 1.76cm B. 1.45.cm162 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiang & Rojas Cc. 1.98cm D. 2.03. cm Problem 328: ME Board April 1996 The area of a circle is 89.42 sq, inches. What is its circumference? 32.25 in. 33.52 in. 35.33 in. 35.55 in. pomp Problem 329: ECE Board April 1991 A square section ABCD has one of its sides equal to x. Point E is inside the square forming an equilateral triangle BEC having one side equal in length to the side of the square. Find the angle AED. 130° 140° 150° 160° oomP Problem 330: CE Board November 1995, The area of a circle circumscribing about an equilateral triangle is 254.47 sq. m. What is the area of the triangle in sq. m? A. 100.25 B. 102.25 CG. 104,25 D. 105.25 Problem 331: CE Board May 1995 What is the area in sq. cm of the circle circumscribed about an equilateral triangle with a side 10 cm long? A. 104.7 B. 105.7 Cc, 106.7 D, 107.7 Problem 332: CE Board November 1992 The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle is 39.19 cm* and the radius of the circumscribed circle is 7.14 cm. If the two sides of the inscribed triangle are 8 cm and 10 cm, respectively, find the third side. 14cm 42cm 13m 140m com,Plane Geometry 163 Problem 333: CE Board November 1994 The area of a triangle is 8346 sq. m and two of its interior angles are 37°25" and 58°17’. What is the length of the longest side? A 171.5m B. 181.5m Cc. 181.5m DB. 200.5 m Problem 334: ECE Board April 1998 The angle of a sector is 30° and the radius is 15 cm. What is the area of the sector in cm"? : A. 598 B. 89.5 Cc. 58.9 D. 85.9 Problem 335: EE Board April 1992 Two perpendicular chords both § cm from the center of a circle divide the circle into four parts. If the radius of the circle is 13 cm, find the area of the smallest part. A. 30cm? B. 31cm? Cc. 32cm? D. 33cm? Problem 336: ECE Board April 1998 The distance between the centers of the three circles which are mutually tangent to each other externally are 10, 12 and 14 units. The area of the largest circle is Tan 23m 64x 16 09> Problem 337: ECE Board November 1993 The arc of a sector is 9 units and its radius is 3 units. What is the area of the sector in square units? 125 13,5 14.5 15.5 oOmP164 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 339: CE Board May 1998 A circle having an area of 452 sq. m is cut into two segments by a chord which is 6 m from the center of the circle. Compute the area of the bigger segment. A, 354.89 sq.m B. 363.68 sq.m C. 378.42 sq.m D. 383.64 sq.m Problem 339: ECE Board April 1992 A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two partially overlapping identical circles. Each of the circles has a radius of 9 m and each circle passes through the center of the other. Find the area of the swimming pool. DOmP = & 3 3 yee Problem 340: ME Board April 1991 Find the difference of the area of the square inscribed in a semi-circle having a radius of 15 m, The base of the square lies on the diameter of the semi-circle. A. 171.5cm? B. 172.5em? + C. 173.5em? D. 174.5 em? Problem 341: ECE Board November 1995 A rectangle ABCD which measures 18 cm. by 24 cm. is folded once, perpendicular to diagonal AC, so that the opposite vertices A and C coincide. Find the length of the fold. A, 20.5¢em B, 21.5cem Cc. 22.5cem D. 23.5cm Problem 342: ECE Board April 1998 A trapezoid has an area of 36 m* and an altitude of 2 m. Its two bases have ratio of 4:5. What are the lengths of the bases? 12, 16 “11 8,10 16, 20 Dop>Plane Geometry 165 Problem 343: EE Board March 1998 A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine its area 360 in? 280 in? 320 in? 400 in*® oom> Problem 344: ECE Board April 1998 If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, 10 and 100°, respectively, find the length of the shorter diagonal. . 10.63 10.37 10.73 10.23 pomD Problem 345: CE Board November 1996 Find the area of @ quadrilateral having sides AB = 10 cm, BC = 5 cm, CD = 14.14 cm and DA = 15 cm, if the sum of the opposite angles is equal to 225°. A, 96 sq.cm : B. 100sq. cm Problem 346: EE Board October 1992 Determine the area of the quadrilateral shown, OB = 80 cm, AO = 120 cm, OD = 150 cmand¢= 25", , D 2721.66 cm? 2271.66 cm? 2172.66 cm? 2217.68 cm? pom> Problem 347: CE Board October 1997 Find the area of a quadrilateral have sides 12 m, 20 m, 8 m and 16.97 m. if the sum of the opposite angles is equal to 225°, find the area of the quadrilateral, com> e 3 3166 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 348: ME Board October 1996, ME Board April 1997 The area of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 1 is 1.316 2.945 2.598 3.816 oog> Problem 349: EE Board April 1990 Find the area (in cm *) of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle of radius 10 cm? 283 je 289 298 238 oop> Problem 350: GE Board February 1992 A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle whose diameter is 20 m. Find the area of the 6 segments of the circle formed by the sides of the hexagon. A. 36.45 sq.m B. 63.54 sq.m C. 45.63 sq.m D. 84.36 sq.m Problem 351: EE Board April 1993 Find the area of a regular pentagon whose side is 25 m and apothem is 17.2 m. 1075 m? 1085 m? 1080 m* 1095 m? goaF Problem 352: ME Board October 1996 The area of a circle is 89.42 sq. inches. What is the length of the side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle? A. §,533 in. B. 5.335 in. C. 6.335in. D. 7.338 in. Problem 353: EE Board April 1990 in @ circle of diameter of 10 m, @ regular five-pointed star touching its circumference is inscribed. What is the area of that part not cavered by the star? A. 40.5.8q.m B. 45.5sq.m C. 50.5sq.m D. §5.5sq.mPlane Geomerry 167 Problem 354: EE Board March 1998 A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner pentagon with sides of 10 cm is inside and concentric to the larger pentagon. Determine the area inside and concentric to the larger pentagon but outside of the smaller pentagon. A. 430.70 cm? B. 873.26 cm° C. 473.77 om: D. 516.14cm? Problem 355: EE Board March 1999 Determine the area of a regular 6-star polygon if the inner regular hexagon has 10 cm sides. A. 441.66 cm? B. 467.64 cm? GC. 519.60 cm? D. 493.62 cm? RATING LC) 43-50 Topnotcher LJ 33-42 Passer LJ 25-32 Conditional [J 9-24 Failed if FALLED, repeat the test, gom>o>rroorum QU0ms0F00F0 . C D A A 8B D . C .D . B fa} . B168 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas SOLUTIONS TO TEST 7 9 5 tan— =—— 2 5000 Ee 8 af tan ee 2 4 7000 ee oe. 6400 mils 6=0.1148° x 360° 3 =2mils Kl g caro where: G = length of the arc Are of a circle radius of the circle @ = included angle in radians Ge e00| m zee C= 335.10 km. > care c= asxlae x28 10850 360 c=re c= 00 {180 eet 360 Note: 1, For the same intercepted arc (arc CD), the value of the central angle is twice that of the inscried angle. 2. fone side of the triangle inscribed in a circle is equal to the diameter of the circle, then the said triangle is a right triangle. ‘Solving for 6: 18 +0 + 36=90Plane Geomeiry 169 6 = 36" 20 = 72° Let: C=length of arc CD C=r (26) 2nradians. = | #121 c 1x[72x Be | ‘6m. 311. eg = the angle 90° the complement of angle 6 480° - 6 = the supplement of angle 6 180 - 9 = 5(90 - 8) 180 -0= 450-50 40 =270 e675" BPPN g - (n-2)180°) n Note: A dodecagon has 12 sides, thus n= 12. — (12-2)(180") _ eS ee BARS Sum of interior angles = (n - 2)(180°) 1080” = (n - 2)(180") 315. co ‘Sum of the interior angles of the 5 vertices = 50 = (36°) = 180" = (n= 2)¢180") 1 165° = (n- 200 165n = 180n - 360170 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas 15n = 360 n= 24 sides Let: N= number of diagonals N= 3(0-3) N= 2 e0-a)= 170 diagonals ERG oo = 201909) n Note: A hexagon has 6 sides, thus n= 6. Qs (6 —2)(180 ) 6 By ah c =a" +b? -2abcosC =(a5F + (20)? -2(18)20)cos 100° =120° Cc =100° c= 27m ey she iw sin A _ sin C A =45° c=40.m By cosine law:Plane Geometry 171 le? (3) = 2)(3 cose x=36.3m By sine law: sin 30 _ sin(60+8) Te) AB 4 18 sin 30° +B= Vo 60 + B= sin 16 B= 4.158" + B +30"+ 60° = 120° + 4.158" + 30° + 60" = 180° = 65.842" By sine law: sin85.842° _sin30° x 10 X= 19.95 em Ere A= Js(s—als—bis-c) at+bte 2 = 8410414 : : 8=16 A= ietie- a\ie—10\16- 14) A= 39.19 cm? Aers 39.19 =r (16) r=2.45cm Note: Since an isosceles right triangle, “a" must be equal to "b” and the diameter of the circumscribing circle rust be equal to the hypotenuse “c” of the inscribed fight triangle. Using Phytagorean theorem:172 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas c= va? +b? c= y(i8) + (18) =25.445 cm. re12730m A= fo(s—aye—b\s-—c g= Bibte 2 = 8410414 2 b=10em $= 16 A= fi6(16— 816 —10)16 - 14) A= 39.19 om? ae 3.19 = 00X14), ar rs7.14em By cosine law: c= a? +b? -2abcosC = (50) + (60)? -2(50\60}cos 30" a=S0m c 4 60sin30° ae b=60 m B=sin B = 86.38° Note: Since half of the area was removed, then the area (A) left is also one-half of the total area. a =Shiny] = teF] -10% But “A” is also equal to the area of the small circle, (Refer to figure) A= ar?Plane Geometry 173 48x = ar? 1=4.24.cm. xER-r x=6-424= 1.76 cm EEN nea? Circumference guises? ofa circle r=§.335 in Let: C = circumference of the circle Note: Since equilateral triangle, | 2 Let: A: = area of the semi-circle Ag = area of the square A= difference of Ay and Ag As A B d= ¥18" +247 = 30cm. & 18cm x = 187 + (24-x7 x = 324 + 576 —48x +x? x= 18.75 cm D c178 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas 2 (gf (18.75) = (15) + y? y= 11.25 Length of fold = 2y Length of fold = 2(11.25) = 22.5 cm RR A= —(a+b)h ew @O a 2 aw @ me fo As F320) = 320in? Total interior angle = (n- 2)(180°) = (4~-2)(180") = 360° 26 + 2(100") = 360° = 80° By cosine law: d= 6° + 10° — 2(6)(10) cos 80° 15.162 = 10.73 v(s-a\s-b\'s-cs-a)- abcucos? 0 s= atbrced 2 p= St14144154 2 w ASO 225 nage (ee aa KCPlane Geometry 179 Substitute: qu [P27 8Ye2.07 -14.14)22.07 15 (22.07 - 10)- 5(14.14\'15\10)cos? 112.5° = (17 O77 B3)G.O7(12.07) — (1553.066) A= 100 cm? 4 By secant law: “=a AQ-BO=CO-DO B 120 -80 = CO-150 ~ Let: A = area of the quadrilateral A rea of triangle AOD Ag = area of triangle BOG A=Ai-A2 = }1AO\@0) sing 3 (BONXCO) sing = J (120yt160) sin25— ploones) sin25° A = 2721.68 cm? A= (s-a\s—b\'s-c\s-4)-abcdcos* o at+b+c+d SF pg ey ae C_ d=16.97 gw LEH ROE SIG BT 5g 458 a1? zi o=8 =p AKO ar ce 4 b=20 8 Substitute: (28.485 - 16.97)- 12(20)(8\16.97)cos? 112.5° = (18 485)(8 485)(20.485)(11.515) — (4771 562) A= 168m180 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Kea) Let: A=area of the hexagon Ar = area of triangle A=6Ar =6(1}2 A {3} sind 360° 0=—— =60° 6 Substitute: A= a5 oi sin60* A= 2.598 Ay a-ca, Octagon Vee, A=8)— 8 (aren 360° 8 = 45° Substitute: A= 2/3 oF sin 45° A=283.cm* Let: Ay = area of the hexagon Ay = area of triangle Ac = area of the circle A= area of the 6 segments of the circle An = 6Ar Aue of 2} sno 360° Py ry } o= Substitute: Ane o( oF sin60° ee Ay = 259.8 = 60° 6 AzAc- peeat saree = 54.36 m*es r) Plane Geometry 181 Ac = art 89.42 =ar° r= 5.3365 in. By cosine law: xayr +r? -21rJr}cos8 = /2(6.335) - 2(6.335) cos60° «= 5.335 in Let: A = area not covered by the star As = area of the star Ac = area of the circle 360° O+oe0 = 180° 36*# 18° +a = 180° a= 126° By sine law: Area of the sint6* _ sin126° shaded portion! x 5 hone eee ae ray x2 4.1m = A=Ac-As =a 10, 3 Jo¥)cino = n(6)* - 10{ 2 )eh.20sn2e- A= 50.5m"182 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas 2tana Ap = area of an “n’ sided polygon Ap= a| Son] ‘ “E252 nb’ a oe General formula e= where: n = number of sides iength of each side 360°. 26) 36°. for a pentagon Let: A; = area of the inner pentagon Az = area of the outer pentagon A = area of the shaded portion Note: @ 20cm A=Aa-Ay Seay? Bio) ech A aan aan 36 616.14 om’ KET AQ Note: To solve the area of the hexagon. use the general formula to salve the area of an “n” sided polygon with the length of each side given. (meas triangle Ag = 3 (10)(8.66) = 43.3 em? Total area = A; + 6Az = 259.8 + 6(43.3) Total area = 519.6 cm’