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Problem 1: ECE Board April 1999  A. sin B > 0 and cos B < 0  A. 32.2o, 69.3o  A. 4/3
Sin (B – A) is equal to _______,  B. sin B < 0 and cos B < 0  B. – 20.67o, 69.3o  B. 5/4
when B = 270 degrees and A is an  C. sin B > 0 and cos B > 0  C. 20.90o, 69.1o  C. 4/5
acute angle.  D. sin B < 0 and cos B > 0  D. – 32.2, 69.3o  D.3/4
Problem 6: ECE Board November Problem 11: EE Board April 1997 Problem 16: EE Board March
 A. – cos A 1998 Solve for G is csc (11G – 16 1998
 B. cos A Csc 520o is equal to degrees) = sec (5G + 26 degrees).
 C. – sin A If , determine
 D. sin A  A. cos 20o  A. 7 degrees the angle of A in degrees.
Problem 2: ECE Board April 1999  B. csc 20o  B. 5 degrees
If sec2 A is 5/2, the quantity 1 – sin2  C. tan 45o  C. 6 degrees
A is equivalent to?  D. sin 20o  D. 4 degrees  A. 5o
Problem 7: ECE Board April 1993 Problem 12: EE Board April 1992  B. 6o
Solve for θ in the following Find the value of A between 270o  C. 3o
 A. 2.5
equation: Sin 2θ = cos θ and 360o if sin 2 A – sin A = 1.  D. 7o
 B. 1.5
Problem 17: CE Board November
 C. 0.4 1992
 D. 0.6  A. 30o  A. 300o If tan x = 1/2, tan y = 1/3, what is the
Problem 3: ECE Board April 1999  B. 45o  B. 320o value of tan (x + y)?
(cos A)4 – (sin A)4 is equal to  C. 60o  C. 310o
______.  D. 15o  D. 330o
Problem 8: CE Board November Problem 13: CE Board November  A. 1/2
 B. 1/6
 A. cos 4A 1993 1993
 C. 2
 B. cos 2A If sin 3A = cos 6B, then If cos 65o + cos 55o = cos θ, find the
θ in radians.  D. 1
 C. sin 2A Problem 18: CE Board November
 D. sin 4A  A. A + B = 90o 1993
Problem 4: ECE Board April 1999  B. A + 2B = 30o  A. 0.765 Find the value of y in the given: y =
Of what quadrant is A, if sec A is  C. A + B = 180o  B. 0.087 (1 + cos 2θ) tan θ.
positive and csc A is negative?  D. None of these  C. 1.213
Problem 9: EE Board October  D. 1.421
 A. sin θ
 A. IV 1996 Problem 14: CE Board November
 B. cos θ
 B. II Solve for x, if tan 3x = 5 tan x. 1992
Find the value of sin (arc cos 15/17 ).  C. sin 2θ
 C. III  D. cos 2θ
 D. I  A. 20.705o Problem 19: CE Board May 1992
Problem 5: ME Board October  B. 30.705o  A. 8/11 Find the value
1996  C. 35.705o  B. 8/19
Angles are measured from the  D. 15.705o  C. 8/15
positive horizontal axis, and the Problem 10: EE Board October  D. 8/17 of
positive direction is counter 1997 Problem 15: EE Board October
clockwise. What are the values of sin If sin x cos x + sin 2x = 1, what are 1991  A. 2 sin θ
B and cos B in the 4th quadrant? the values of x? The sine of a certain angle is 0.6,  B. 2 cos θ
calculate the cotangent of the angle.
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 C. 2 tan θ Solve for x in the given equation: Problem 32: CE Board May 1994
 D. 2 cot θ Arc tan (2x) + arc tan (x) = π/4 If coversed sin θ = 0.134, find the
Problem 20: ME Board April 1996 value of θ.
Simplify the equation sin2 θ (1 +  A. 0.149
cot2 θ)  
 B. 0.281 A. 0 A. 30o
 C. 0.421  B. sin A  B. 45o
 A. 1  D. 0.316  C. 1  C. 60o
 B. sin2 θ Problem 25: EE Board March  D. cos A  D. 90o
 C. sin2 θ sec2 θ 1998 Problem 29: ECE Board April Problem 33: ME Board April 1991
 D. sec2 θ Solve for x in the equation: arc tan (x 1991 A man standing on a 48.5 meter
Problem 21: ME Board October + 1) + arc tan (x – 1) = arc tan (12). Evaluate: building high, has an eyesight height
1995 of 1.5 m from the top of the building,
Simplify the expression sec θ – (sec  A. 1.5
took a depression reading from the
θ) sin2 θ top of another nearby building and
 B. 1.34
nearest wall, which are 50° and 80°
 C. 1.20 respectively. Find the height of the
 A. cos2 θ  D. 1.25 nearby building in meters. The man
 B. cos θ Problem 26: ECE Board is standing at the edge of the
 C. sin2 θ November 1998  A. sin θ building and both buildings lie on the
 D. sin θ Solve for A for the given equation  B. cos θ same horizontal plane.
Problem 22: ME Board April 1998 cos2 A = 1 – cos2 A.  C. tan θ
Arc tan [2 cos (arc sin [(31/2) / 2]) is  D. cot θ
equal to  A. 39.49
 A. 45, 125, 225, 335 degrees Problem 30: ECE Board April
 B. 35.50
 B. 45, 125, 225, 315 degrees 1994
 C. 30.74
 C. 45, 135, 225, 315 degrees Solve for the value of “A” when sin
 A. A = 3.5x and cos A = 5.5x.  D. 42.55
 D. 45, 150, 220, 315 degrees Problem 34: ECE Board April
 B. Problem 27:ECE Board April 1991 1998
Evaluate the following:  A. 32.47° Points A and B 1000 m apart are
 C.
 B. 33.68° plotted on a straight highway
 D.  C. 34.12° running East and West. From A, the
Problem 23: EE Board October  D. 35.21° bearing of a tower C is 32° W of N
1992 Problem 31: ECE Board and from B the bearing of C is 26° N
Evaluate arc cot [2cos (arc sin 0.5)] November 1996 of E. Approximate the shortest
 A. 1 If sin A = 2.511x, cos A = 3.06x and distance of tower C to the highway.
 B. 0 sin 2A = 3.939x, find the value of x?
 A. 30o  C. 45.5
 B. 45o  D. 10
 A. 364 m
 C. 60o Problem 28: ECE Board April  A. 0.265  B. 374 m
 D. 90o 1991  B. 0.256  C. 384 m
Problem 24: ECE Board March Simplify the following:  C. 0.562  D. 394 m
1996  D. 0.625
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Problem 35: ECE Board
November 1998
Two triangles have equal bases. The
altitude of one triangle is 3 units
more than its base and the altitude of
the other triangle is 3 units less than
its base. Find the altitudes, if the
areas of the triangles differ by 21
square units.
 A. 6 and 12
 B. 3 and 9
 C. 5 and 11
 D. 4 and 10
Problem 36: GE Board August
1994
A ship started sailing S 42°35’ W at
the rate of 5kph. After 2 hours, ship
B started at the same port going N
46°20’W at the rate of 7 kph. After
how many hours will the second ship
be exactly north of ship A?
 A. 3.68
 B. 4.03
 C. 5.12
 D. 4.83
Problem 37: ME Board April 1993
An aerolift airplane can fly at an
airspeed of 300 mph. If there is a
wind blowing towards the cast at
50mph, what should be the plane’s
compass heading in order for its
course to be 30°? What will be the
plane’s ground speed if it flies in this
course?
 A. 19.7, 307.4 mph
 B. 20.1, 309.4 mph
 C. 21.7, 321.8 mph
 D. 22.3, 319.2 mph
Problem 38: ECE Board April
1998
A man finds the angle of elevation of
the top of a tower to be 30°. He
walks 85 m nearer the tower and
finds its angle of elevation to be 60°.
What is the height of the tower?
 A. 76.31 m
 B. 73.31 m
 C. 73.16 m
 D. 73.61 m
Problem 39: ECE Board April
1994
A pole cast a shadow 15 m long
when the angle of elevation of the
sun is 61°. If the pole is leaned 15°
from the vertical directly towards the
sun, determine the length of the pole.
 A. 54.23 m
 B. 48.23 m
 C. 42.44 m
 D. 46.21 m
Problem 40: ME Board November
1994
When supporting a pole is fastened
to it 20 feet from the ground 15 feet
from the pole. Determine the length
of the wire and the angle it makes
with the pole.
 A. 24 ft, 53.13°
 B. 24 ft, 36.87°
 C. 24 ft, 53.13°
 D. 25 ft, 36.87°
Problem 41: CE Board November
1997
The angle of elevation of the top of
tower B from the top of tower A is
28° and the angle of the elevation of
the top of tower A from the base of
tower B is 46°. The two towers lie in
the same horizontal plane. If the
height of tower B is 120 m, find the
height of tower A.
 A. 66.3 m
 B. 79.3 m
 C. 87.2 m
 D. 90.7 m
Problem 42: CE Board November
1997
Points A and B are 100 m apart and
are of the same elevation as the foot
of a building. The angles of elevation
of the top of the building from points
A and B are 21° and 32°
respectively. How far is A from the
building in meters.?
 A. 259.28
 B. 265.42
 C. 271.64
 D. 277.29
Problem 43: ECE Board
November 1991
The captain of a ship views the top
of a lighthouse at an angle of 60°
with the horizontal at an elevation of
6 meters above sea level. Five
minutes later, the same captain of the
ship views the top of the same
lighthouse at an angle of 30° with the
horizontal. Determine the speed of
the ship if the lighthouse is known to
be 50 meters above sea level.
 A. 0.265 m/sec
 B. 0.155 m/sec
 C. 0.169 m/sec
 D. 0.210 m/sec
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Problem 44: ME Board April 1997
An observer wishes to determine the
height of a tower. He takes sights at
the top of the tower from A and B,
which are 50 feet apart, at the same
elevation on a direct line with the
tower. The vertical angle at point A
is 30° and at point B is 40°. What is
the height of the tower?
 A. 85.60 feet
 B. 92.54 feet
 C. 110.29 feet
 D. 143.97 feet
Problem 45: ME Board April 1993
A PLDT tower and a monument
stand on a level plane. The angles of
depression of the top and bottom of
the monument viewed from the top
of the PLDT tower at 13° and 35°
respectively. The height of the tower
is 50 m. Find the height of the
monument.
 A. 29.13 m
 B. 30.11 m
 C. 32.12 m
 D. 33.51 m
Problem 46: ECE Board
November 1998
If an equilateral triangle is
circumscribed about a circle of
radius 10 cm, determine the side of
the triangle.
 A. 34.64 cm
 B. 64.12 cm
 C. 36.44 cm
 D. 32.10 cm
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Problem 47: EE Board October  A. 240  B. -810° 60. csc 270° = ?

1997  B. 420  C. 805°
The two legs of a triangle are 300  C. 320  D. 810°  A. -√3
and 150 m each, respectively. The  D. 200 56. Solve for θ: sin θ – sec θ + csc θ  B. -1
angle opposite the 150 m side is 26°. 51. Find the supplement of an angle – tan 2θ = –0.0866
What is the third side?  C. √3
whose compliment is 62°.
 D. 1
 A. 40° 61. If coversine Ѳ is 0.134, find the
 A. 197.49 m  A. 28°  B. 41° value of Ѳ.
 B. 218.61 m  B. 118°  C. 47°
 C. 341.78 m  C. 152°  D. 43°  A. 60°
 D. 282.15 m  D. None of these 57. What are the exact values of the  B. 45°
52. A certain angle has a supplement cosine and tangent trigonometric
Problem 48: EE Board October  C. 30°
5 times its compliment. Find the functions of acute angle A, given
1997  D. 20°
angle. that sin A = 3/7?
The sides of a triangular lot are 130 62. Solve for cos 72° if the given
m., 180 m and 190 m. the lot is to be relationship is cos 2A = 2 cos2 A –
divided by a line bisecting the  A. 67.5° 1.
longest side and drawn from the  B. 157.5°
opposite vertex. Find the length of  C. 168.5°  A. 0.309
the line.  D. 186°  B. 0.258
53. The sum of the two interior  C. 0.268
angles of the triangle is equal to the
 A. 120 m  D. 0.315
third angle and the difference of the
 B. 130 m two angles is equal to 2/3 of the third
63. If sin 3A = cos 6B then:
 C. 125 m angle. Find the third angle.
 D. 128 m  A. A + B = 180°
Problem 49: EE Board October  B. A + 2B = 30°
 A. 15° 58. Given three angles A, B, and C
1997  C. A – 2B = 30°
The sides of a triangle are 195, 157  B. 75° whose sum is 180°. If the tan A + tan
 D. A + B = 30°
and 210, respectively. What is the  C. 90° B + tan C = x, find the value of tan A
64. Find the value of sin (arcos
area of the triangle?  D. 120° x tan B x tan C.
15/17).
54. The measure 0f 1 ½ revolutions
 A. 73,250 sq. units
counter-clockwise is:  A. 1 – x
 B.√x  A. 8/17
 B. 10,250 sq. units  B. 17/9
 C. 14,586 sq. units  A. 540°  C. x/2
  C. 8/21
 D. 11,260 sq. units  B. 520° D. x
 D. 8/9
Problem 50:ECE Board April 1998  C. +90° 59. What is the sine of 820°?
65. Find the value of cos [arcsin
The sides of a triangle are 8, 15 and  D. -90°
(1/3) + arctan (2/√5)]
17 units. If each side is doubled, how 55. The measure of 2.25 revolutions  A. 0.984
many square units will the area of counterclockwise is:  B. -0.866
the new triangle be?  C. 0.866
 A. -835°  D. -0.500
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 A. 2.5  D. 4/9  A. 61.48

 B. 0.6 76. If x cos Ѳ + y sin Ѳ = 1 and x sin  B. 62.35
 C. 1.5 Ѳ – y cos Ѳ = 3, what is the  C. 63.56
 D. 0.4 relationship between x and y?  D. 60.84
71. Find sin x if 2 sin x + 3 cos x – 2 82. arctan [2 cos ((√3)/2)] is equal to:
= 0.  A. x2 + y2 = 20
66. If sin 40° + sin 20° = sin Ѳ, find  B. x2 – y2 = 5  A. π/3
the value of Ѳ.  A. 1 & -5/13  C. x2 + y2 = 16  B. π/4
 B. -1 & 5/13  D. x2 + y2 = 10  C. π/6
 C. 1 & 5/13 77. If sin x + 1/sin x = √2 , then sin2  D. π/2
 A. 20°
 B. 80°  D. -1 & -5/13 x + 1/sin2 x is equal to: 83. Solve for x in the equation:
 C. 120° 72. If sin A = 4/5, A in quadrant II, arctan (2x) + arctan (x) = π/4
sin B = 7/25, B in quadrant I, find sin  A. √2
 D. 60°
(A + B). 
67. How many different value of x B. 1  A. 0.821
from 0° to 180° for the equation  C. 2  B. 0.218
(2sin x – 1)(cos x + 1) = 0?  A. 3/5  D. 0  C. 0.281
 B. 2/5 78. The equation 2 sin Ѳ + 2 cos Ѳ –  D. 0.182
 C. 3/4 1 = √3 is: 84. Solve for x from the given
 A. 3
 B. 0  D. 4/5 trigonometric equation:
 C. 1 73. If sin A = 2.571x, cos A = 3.06,  A. An identity
and sin 2A = 3.939x, find the value 
 D. 2 B. A parametric equation arctan (1 – x) + arctan (1 + x) =
of x.
68. For what value of Ѳ (less than  C. A conditional equation arctan 1/8
2π) will the following equation be  D. A quadratic equation
satisfied?  A. 0.350 79. If x + y = 90°, then ((sin x tan
 A. 4
 B. 0.250 y)/(sin y tan x)) is equal to:
 B. 6
sin2 Ѳ + 4sinѲ + 3 = 0  C. 0.100
 C. 8
 D. 0.150  A. tan x  D. 2
74. If cos Ѳ = √3/2, what is the value 
 A. π B. cos x 85. Solve for y if y = (1/sin x – 1/tan
of x if x = 1 – tan2 Ѳ.
 B. π/4  C. cot x x)(1 + cos x)
 C. 3π/2  D. sin x
 D. π/2  A. -2 80. if cos Ѳ = x / 2 then 1 – tan2
 A. sin x
69. Find the value of x in the  B. -1/3 Ѳ is equal to:
 B. cos x
equation csc x + cot x = 3.  C. 4/3
 C. tan x
 D. 2/3  A. (2×2 + 4)/x2  D. sec2 x
75. If sin Ѳ – cos Ѳ = -1/3, what is  B. (4 – 2×2)/x2
 A. π/4 86. Solve for x: x = (tan θ + cot θ)2
the value of sin 2 Ѳ?
 B. π/3  C. (2×2 – 4)/x sin2 θ – tan 2 θ.
 C. π/2  D. (2×2 – 4)/x2
 D. π/5  A. 1/3 81. Find the value in degrees of arcos
 A. sin θ
70. If sec2 A is 5/2, the quantity 1 –  B. 1/9 (tan 24°).
 B. cos θ
sin2 A is equivalent to:  C. 8/9
 C. 1
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 D. 2  C. sinh 2x 98. The sides of a right triangle is in  A. 34

87. Solve for x: x = 1 – (sin θ – cos  D. cosh 2x arithmetic progression whose  B. 27
θ)2 93. Simplifying the equation sin2 θ(1 common difference if 6 cm. its area  C. 43
+ cot2 θ) is:  D. 35
 A. sin θ cos θ 105. Given angle A = 32°, angle B =
 B. -2 cos θ  A. 1  A. 216 cm2 70°, and side c = 27 units. Solve for
 side a of the triangle.
 C. cos 2θ  B. sin2 θ B. 270 cm2
 D. sin 2θ  C. sin2 θ sec2 θ  C. 360 cm2
88. Simplify cos4 θ – sin4 θ  D. sin2 θ  D. 144 cm2  A. 24 units
94. If tan θ = x2, which of the 101. The hypotenuse of a right  B. 10 units
 A. 2
following is incorrect? triangle is 34 cm. Find the length of  C. 14.63 units
 B. 1
the shortest leg if it is 14 cm shorter  D. 12 units
than the other leg. 106. In a triangle, find the side c if
 C. 2 sin2 θ + 1  A. sin θ = 1/√(1 + x4)
the angle C = 100°, side b = 20, and
 D. 2 cos2 θ – 1  B. sec θ = √(1 + x4)
 side a = 15.
89. Solve for x: x = ((1 – tan2 a)/(1 +  C. cos θ = 1/√(1 + x4) A. 15 cm
tan2 a))  D. csc θ = √(1 + x4) / x2  B. 16 cm
95. In an isosceles right triangle, the  C. 17 cm  A. 28
hypotenuse is how much longer than  D. 18 cm  B. 27
 A. cos a
 B. sin 2a
its sides? 102. A truck travels from point M  C. 29
 C. cos 2a
northward for 30 min. then eastward  D. 26
for one hour, then shifted N 30° W. 107. Two sides of a triangle are 50
 D. sin a  A. 2 times if the constant speed is 40 Kph, how m. and 60 m. long. The angle
90. which of the following is  B. √2 times far directly from M, in km. will be it included between these sides is 30
different from the others?  C. 1.5 times after 2 hours? degrees. What is the interior angle
 D. None of these
(in degrees) opposite the longest
96. Find the angle in mils subtended
 A. 2 cos 2x – 1  A. 43.5 side?
by a line 10 yards long at a distance
 B. cos 4x – sin 4x  B. 45.2
of 5000 yards.
 C. cos 3x – sin 3x  C. 47.9  A. 92.74
 D. 1 – 2 sin 2x  D. 41.6  B. 93.74
91. Find the value of y: y = (1 + cos  A. 2.5 mils 103. Two sides of a triangle  C. 94.74
2θ) tan θ.  B. 2 mils measures 6 cm. and 8 cm. and their  D. 91.74
 C. 4 mils included angle is 40°. Find the third 108. The sides of a triangle ABC are
 A. cos θ
 D. 1 mil side. AB = 15 cm, BC = 18 cm, and CA =
97. The angle or inclination of
 B. sin θ 24 cm. Determine the distance from
ascend of a road having 8.25% grade
 C. sin 2θ is _____degrees.  A. 5.144 cm the point of intersection of the
 D. cos 2θ  B. 5.263 cm angular bisectors to side AB.
92. The equation 2 sinh x cosh x is  C. 4.256 cm
equal to:  A. 5.12 degrees  D. 5.645 cm  A. 5.21 cm
 B. 4.72 degrees 104. Given a triangle: C = 100°, a =  B. 3.78 cm
 C. 1.86 degrees 
 A. ex 15, b = 20. Find c: C. 4.73 cm
 D. 4.27 degrees 
 B.e-x D. 6.25 cm
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109. If AB = 15 m, BC = 18 m and opposite vertex. The length of this 117. A statue 2 meters high stands on  A. 14386
CA = 24 m, find the point of dividing line is: a column that is 3 meters high. An  B. 12493
intersection of the angular bisector observer in level with the top of the  C. 11672
from the vertex C.
 A. 100 meters
statue observed that the column and  D. 11223
the statue subtend the same angle. 121. A vertical pole is 10 m from a
 B. 130 meters
How far is the observer from the
 A. 11.3  C. 125 meters building. When the angle of
statue? elevation of the sum is 45°, the pole
 B. 12.1  D. 115 meters
 C. 13.4 cast a shadow on the building 1 m
114. From a point outside of an
 A. 5√2 meters high. Find the height of the pole.
 D. 14.3 equilateral triangle, the distances to
110. In triangle ABC, angle C = 70 the vertices are 10m, 10m, and 18m.  B. 2√5 meters
degrees; angle A = 45 degrees; AB = Find the dimension of the triangle.  C. 20 meters  A. 0 meter
40 m. what is the length of the  D. √10 meters  B. 11 meters
median drawn from vertex A to side
 A. 25.63
118. From the top of a building 100  C. 12 meters
BC?
 B. 45.68
m high, the angle of depression of a  D. 13 meters
point A due East of it is 30°. From a 122. A pole cast a shadow of 15
 C. 19.94 point B due South of the building,
 meters long when the angle of
A. 36.8 meters  D. 12.25 the angle of elevation of the top is
 B. 37.1 meters elevation of the sun is 61°. If the
115. Points A and B 1000 m apart 60°. Find the distance AB.
 C. 36.3 meters pole has leaned 15° from the vertical
are plotted on a straight highway
directly toward the sun, what is the
 D. 37.4 meters running East and West. From A, the
 A. 100 + 3√30 length of the pole?
111. The area of the triangle whose bearing of a tower C is 32 degrees N
angles are 61°9’32”, 34°14’46”, and of W and from B the bearing of C is  B. 200 – √30
84°35’42” is 680.60. the length of 26 degrees N of E. Approximate the  C. 100 (√30) / 3  A. 52.43 meters
the longest side is: shortest distance of tower C to the  D. 100√3/ 30  B. 54.23 meters
highway. 119. An observer found the angle of  C. 53.25 meters
 A. 35.53
elevation of the top of the tree to be  D. 53.24 meters
27°. After moving 10m closer (on 123. An observer wishes to
 B. 54.32  A. 264 meters
the same vertical and horizontal determine the height of a tower. He
 C. 52.43  B. 274 meters
plane as the tree), the angle of
 takes sights at the top of the tower
 D. 62.54 C. 284 meters elevation becomes 54°. Find the from A and B, which are 50 ft. apart,
112. Given a triangle ABC whose  D. 294 meters height of the tree. at the same elevation on a direct line
angles are A = 40°, B = 95° and side 116. An airplane leaves an aircraft
with the tower. The vertical angle at
b = 30 cm. find the length of the carrier and flies South at 350 mph.
 A. 8.65 meters point A is 30° and at point B is 40°.
bisector of angle C. The carrier travels S 30° E at 25
 B. 7.53 meters What is the height of the tower?
mph. If the wireless communication
range of the airplane is 700 miles,  C. 7.02 meters
 A. 21.74 cm
when will it lose contact with the  D. 8.09 meters  A. 85.6 feet
 B. 22.35 cm carrier? 120. From a point A at the foot of the  B. 143.97 feet
 C. 20.45 cm mountain, the angle of elevation of  C. 110.29 feet
 D. 20.98 cm
113. The sides of a triangular lot are  A. after 4.36 hours
the top B is 60°. After ascending the  D. 92.54 feet
mountain one (1) mile to an 124. From the top of tower A, the
130 m, 180 m, and 190 m. the lot is  B. after 5.57 hours inclination of 30° to the horizon, and
 C. after 2.13 hours angle of elevation of the top of the
to be divided by a line bisecting the reaching a point C, an observer finds tower B is 46°. From the foot of
longest side and drawn from the  D. after 4.54 hours that the angle ACB is 135°.
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tower B the angle of elevation of the
top of tower A is 28°. Both towers
are on a level ground. If the height of
tower B is 120m, how high is tower
A in m?
 A. 38.6
 B. 42.3
 C. 44.1
 D. 40.7
125. Points A and B are 100 m apart
and are on the same elevation as the
foot of a building. The angles of
elevation of the top of the building
from points A and B are 21° and 32°,
respectively. How far is A from the
building in m?
 A. 271.6
 B. 265.4
 C. 259.2
 D. 277.9
126. A man finds the angle of
elevation of the top of a tower to be
30 degrees. He walks 85 m. nearer
the tower and finds its angle of
elevation to be 60 degrees. What is
the height of the tower?
 A. 76.31 meters
 B. 73.61 meters
 C. 73.31 meters
 D. 73.16 meters
127. The angle of elevation of a
point C from a pint B is 29°42’; the
angle of elevation of C from another
point A 31.2 m directly below B is
59°23’. How high is C from the
horizontal line through A?
 A. 47.1 meters
 B. 52.3 meters
 C. 35.1 meters
 D. 66.9 meters
128. A rectangular piece of land 40m
x 30m is to be crossed diagonally by
a 10-m wide roadway. If the land
cost P1,500.00 per square meter, the
cost of the roadway is:
 A. P401.10
 B. P60,165.00
 C. P601,650.00
 D. 651,500.00
129. A man improvises a temporary
shield from the sun using a triangular
piece of wood with dimensions of
1.4m, 1.5 m, and 1.3 m. with the
longer side lying horizontally on the
ground, he props up the other corner
of the triangle with a vertical pole
0.9m long. What would be the area
of the shadow on the ground when
the sun is vertically overhead?
 A. 0.5 m2
 B. 0.75 m2
 C. 0.84 m2
 D. 0.95 m2
130. A rectangular piece of wood 4
cm x 12 cm tall is titled at an angle
of 45°. Find the vertical distance
between the lower corner and the
upper corner.
 A. 4√2 cm
 B. 2√2 cm
 C. 8√2 cm
 D. 6√2 cm
131. A clock has a dial face 12
inches in radius. The minute hand is
9 inches long while the hour hand is
PLANE TRIGONOMETRY
6 inches long. The plane of rotation
of the minute hand is 2 inches above
the plane of rotation of the hour
hand. Find the distance between the
tips of the hands at 5:40 AM.
 A. 9.17 inches
 B. 8.23 inches
 C. 10.65 inches
 D. 11.25 inches
132. If the bearing of A from B is
40° W, then the bearing of B from A
is:
 A. N 40° E
 B. N 40° W
 C. N 50° E
 D. N 50° W
133. A plane hillside is inclined at an
angle of 28° with the horizontal. A
man wearing skis can climb this
hillside by following a straight path
inclined at an angle of 12° to the
horizontal, but one without skis must
follow a path inclined at an angle of
only 5° with the horizontal. Find the
angle between the directions of the
two paths.
 A. 13.21°
 B. 18.74°
 C. 15.56°
 D. 17.22°