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TRIGONOMETRY
1. Which of the following systems of angle measurement s line with the tower. The vertical angle at point A is 30 0
uses the degree as the unit of measure? and at point B is 400. What is the height of the tower?
A. grade system C. circular system A. 85.60 ft C. 110.29 ft
B. sexagesimal system D. mil system B. 143.97 ft D. 92.54 ft
2. What is the equivalent of 7200 in centesimal system? 15. A rope 30 ft long is attached on the ground 8ft from the
A. 600 grads C. 800 grads pole and slipped over the top of a 12ft pole and the
B. 750 grads D. 700 grads other end is attached on the ground at the other side.
3. The supplement of an angle is thrice its complement. How far is the other end of the rope from the pole?
Find the angle. A. 8ft C. 12ft
A. 300 C. 600 B. 9.93ft D. 14ft
B. 450 D. 750 16. A tree growing in hillside casts 10.2 meters shadow
4. What is the value of A between 270° and 360°, if straight downhill. Find the vertical height of the tree if
2sin 2A – sin A = 1? relative to the horizontal, the hill slopes 15 0 and the
A. 245° C. 330° angle of elevation of the sun is 620.
B. 285° D. 300° A. 5.62 m C. 19.18 m
B. 15.89 m D. 5.42 m
5. If tanx + tany = 4 and cotx + coty = 6, what is the value
of tan(x+y)? 17. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane.
A. 12 C. 24 The angles of the depression of the top and bottom of
B. 1/12 D. 1/24 the monument viewed from the top of the PLDT tower
are 13 and 35 degree respectively. The height of the
6. If sin θ = 3.5x and cos θ = 5.5x, find x.
tower is 50m. Find the height of the monument.
A. 0.1536 C. 0.1538
A. 33.51m C. 7.58m
B. 0.1534 D. 0.1532
B. 47.3m D. 30.57m
7. If Sin A = 2.511x, Cos A = 3.06x, and Sin 2A = 3.939x,
18. On the side edge of paved path walk is a flagstaff
Find the value of x.
resting vertically on top of pedestal. The pedestal is 2m
A. 0.265 C. 0.256
high and the flagstaff is 3m long. At the opposite edge
B. 0.562 D. 0.625
across the path walk, the pedestal and the flagstaff
8. Which of the following gives the value of (logn n)2 + (logn subtend equal angles. Determine the width of the path
m)2, if logn n + logn m = 2? walk.
A. 2 C. 4 A. 1.49 m C. 4.47 m
B. 3 D. Not in the choices B. 2.56 m D. 2.38 m
9. Which of the following gives the value of (log23) (log34) 19. Two ship started sailing from the same point. One
(log45) … (log20472048)? traveled N 30° W at 35 mph while the other travelled S
A. 1 C. 11 50° W at 30 mph. After four hours, how far apart are
B. 10 D. 1024 the ships?
10. Two equilateral triangles, each with 12 cm sides, A. 200 miles C. 240 miles
overlap each other to form a 6-point “Star of David”. B. 220 miles D. 260 miles
Determine the overlapping are in cm 2. 20. Points A and B, 1000m apart are plotted on a straight
A. 34.64 cm2 C. 41.57 cm2 highway running east and west. From point A, the
B. 28.87 cm 2 D. 49.88 cm2 bearing of tower C is 320 W of N and from B the bearing
11. The area of regular hexagon inscribed in a circle is of C is 260 N of E. Approximate the shortest distance
166.28 cm2. If the circle is also inscribed in a square, of tower C to the highway.
find the area of the square. A. 364 m C. 394 m
A. 625 C. 265 B. 374 m D. 384 m
B. 526 D. 256
SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS
12. Two sides and the included angle of a triangle are
21. From a point outside an equilateral triangle, the
measured to be 11 cm, 20 cm and 112º respectively .
distances of the vertices are 10m, 18m, and 10m
Find the length of the third side.
respectively. Find the side of the triangle.
A. 26.19 cm C. 22.15 cm
A. 20.94 m C. 22.94 m
B. 24.14 cm D. 23.16 cm
B. 19.94 m D. 21.94 m
13. From the top of a ship 60m high from the sea level,
22. If log 2 = x and log 3 = y, find log 1.2 in terms of x and
observed that the angle of depression of two boats due
y.
east are 10 degrees and 17 degrees respectively. Find
A. 2x – y + 1 C. 2x + y – 1
the distance between boats.
B. 2x – y – 1 D. x + 2y – 1
A. 166 m C. 144 m
B. 155 m D. 133 m 23. Convert 4050 to mils.
A. 2,000 mils C. 7,200 mils
14. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower.
B. 10,200 mils D. 6,200 mils
He takes sight at the top of the tower from A and B,
which are 50 ft apart at the same elevation on a direct
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24. If cos θ = 3/5 and θ in quadrant IV, find cos 2θ. 38. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one
A. -0.96 C. 0.64 triangle is 3 units more than its base and the altitude of
B. -0.28 D. 24/25 the other is 3 units less than its base. Find the altitude,
25. What value of F satisfy the equation: tan (8F + 1) = cot if the areas of the triangle differ by 21 square units.
17, where all angles are in degrees? A. 6 & 12 C. 3 & 9
A. 100 C. 70 B. 5 & 11 D. 4 & 10
B. 90 D. 80 39. In a circle with a diameter of 10 cm, a regular five
26. If the supplement of an angle θ is 5/2 of its pointed star touching its circumference is inscribed.
complement. Find the value of θ. What is the area of the part not covered by the star?
A. 300 C. 150 A. 60.2 cm2 C. 45.24 cm2
B. 50.48 cm 2 D. 71.28 cm2
B. 250 D. 200
27. Simplify the following: 40. Find the area of decagon that can be inscribed in a
cos 𝐴 + cos 𝐵 sin 𝐴 + sin 𝐵 circle of radius 10 cm.
+ A. 326.261 cm2 C. 293.893 cm2
sin 𝐴 − sin 𝐵 cos 𝐴 − cos 𝐵
A. 0 C. 1 B. 261.129 cm2 D. 331.165 cm2
B. sin A D. cos A 41. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of the
28. cos 2A = √m, find cos 8A. tower to be 300. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and
A. 8m2 + 8m – 1 C. 8m2 + 8m + 1 finds its angle of elevation to be 600. What is the height
B. 8m2 – 8m + 1 D. 8m2 – 8m – 1 of the tower?
29. A tower 28.65 m high is situated on the bank of a river. A. 76.31 m C. 73.31 m
The angle of depression of an object on the opposite B. 73.61 m D. 73.16 m
bank of the river is 25º20’. Find the width of the river. 42. If tan θ > 0 and cos θ < 0, then θ is a
A. 62.50 m C. 60.52 m A. fourth quadrant angle C. third quadrant angle
B. 63.25 m D. 65.20 m B. first quadrant angle D. second quadrant angle
30. The two sides of a right spherical triangle are 86º40’ 43. A tower 28.65 m high is situated on the bank of a river.
and 32º41’. Find the angle opposite the first given side. The angle of depression of an object on the opposite
A. 87º11’ C. 86º10’ bank of the river is 25º20’. Find the width of the river.
B. 88º12’ D. 85º09’ A. 62.50 m B. 63.25 m
31. Given a triangle with an angle C = 28.70, side a = 132 C. 60.52 m D. 65.20 m
mm and side b = 224 mm. Solve for the side c. 44. If csc θ = 2 and cos θ < 0, then (sec θ + tan θ)/ (sec θ
A. 95 mm C. 125.4 mm – tan θ) =
B. 110 mm D. 90 mm A. 3 C. 4
32. Simplify ( sec A + csc A ) / ( 1 + tan A ) B. 2 D. 5
A. sec A C. sin A 45. Solve for x in the equation: arctan (x+1) + arctan (x-1)
B. csc A D. cot A = arctan 12.
33. The sides of the cyclic quadrilateral measures 2, 3, 4, A. 1.5 C. 1.33
and 5 units respectively (2 and 4 are opposite). Find B. 1.2 D. 1.43
the product of the diagonals.
A. 20 C. 22
B. 23 D. 25
34. Circles A, B, and C are externally tangent to each other
and internally tangent to circle D. Circles B and C are
congruent. Circle A has radius 1 and passes through
the center of circle D. What is the radius of circle B?
2 7
A. C.
3 8
√3 8
B. D.
2 9
35. The line segments BD and BA are secant and tangent
lines of a circle respectively. BD intersects the circle at
C. If BC = 4 and BA = 8, find CD.
A. 16 C. 10
B. 12 D. 8
36. Find the area of the shaded portion of two concentric
circles whose chord outside the small circle is 10 cm.
A. 25π cm2 C. 35π cm2
B. 15π cm 2 D. 10π cm2
37. Simplify: (sin ½ x – cos ½ x)2
A. 1 - sinx C. 1 + cosx
B. 1 + sinx D. 1 – cosx