Plane and Solid Trigonometry A. 196 miles B. 192 miles C. 198 miles D.

194 miles
13. Find the identity of sin3θ in terms of sinθ.
1. At a certain point, the angle of elevation of the top of a A. 3sinθ + 4sin3θ B. 4sinθ + 3sin3θ
flagpole, which stands on leveled ground 35 degrees. C. 4sinθ - 3sin θ D. 3sinθ - 4sin3θ
3

Seventy five feet nearer the pole, the angle of elevation is 14. 10. If sinθ – cosθ = -1/3, what is the value of
50 degrees. How high is the pole? sin2θ?
A. 110 ft B. 127 ft C. 60 ft D. 150 ft A. 1/3 B. 1/9 C. 8/9 D. 4/9
2. An airplane having a speed of 120 mph in a calm air is 15. A 6-foot spruce tree is planted 15 feet from a
pointed in a direction of 30 degrees east of south. A wind lighted streetlight whose lamp is 18 feet above the
having a velocity of 15 mph is blowing from the ground. How many feet long is the shadow of that
northwest. Find the speed of the airplane relative to the tree?
ground. A. 5.0 B. 7.5 C. 7.8 D. 9.6
A. 117 mph B. 149 mph C. 120 mph D. 135 mph 16. The lengths of side AB and side BC of a scalene
3. The captain of a ship views the top of a lighthouse at triangle ABC are 12 cm and 8 cm respectively. The
an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal at an elevation size of angle C is 590. Find the length of side AC.
of 6 meters above sea level. Five minutes later, the same A. 14 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17
captain of the ship views the top of the same lighthouse 17. From the top of a 200 meters high building, the
at an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal. Determine angle of depression to the bottom of a second
the speed of the ship if the lighthouse is known to be 50 building is 20 degrees. From the same point, the
meters above sea level. angle of elevation to the top of the second building is
A. 0.265m/sec B. 0.155m/sec 10 degrees. Calculate the height of the second
C. 0.169m/sec D. 0.021m/sec building.
4. From the top of a 200 meters high building, the angle A. 296.5m B. 269.89m C. 296.89m
of depression to the bottom of a second building is 20 D. 269.45m
degrees. From the same point, the angle of elevation to 18. City A and City B are located on the same
the top of the second building is 10 degrees. Calculate the meridian in the Northern hemisphere and that the
height of the second building. earth is a sphere of radius 4000mi. The latitudes of
A. 296.5m B. 269.89m C. 296.89m D. 269.45m City A and City B are 29054’21” and 18036’32”,
5. A ship started sailing S 42 035’W at the rate of 5kph. respectively. Find the distance between the two
After 2 hours, ship B started at the same port going cities.
N46020’W at the rate of 7kph. After how many hours will A. 785mi B. 786mi C. 787mi
D. 788mi
the second ship be exactly north of ship A?
19. Simplify the expression: ((sec2 + csc2) /
A. 3.68 B. 4.03 C. 5.12 D. 4.83
(seccsc )) - tan
6. The bearing of a buoy from a ship 8.7mi away is 64
A. cot B. tan C. sin D. cos
degrees. The ship is headed due north and the navigator
20. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevation
plans to change course when the buoy has a bearing of
of its top changes from 200 to 400 as the observer
154 degrees. How much farther will the ship travel before
advances 75ft toward its base.
a change of course is needed?
A. 46.5ft B. 48.21ft C. 49.34ft D. 51.23ft
A. 18.5mi B. 17.3mi C. 19.8miD. 20.4mi
21. An airplane is flying on a heading of 450 with an
7. Find the identity of sin3θ in terms of sinθ.
airspeed of 500mph and the wind is blowing on a
A. 3sinθ + 4sin3θ B. 4sinθ + 3sin3θ
heading of 3150 at a speed of 75mph. Find the drift
C. 4sinθ - 3sin3θ D. 3sinθ - 4sin3θ
angle and the groundspeed.
8. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane.
A. 7.50,480mph B. 6.50,500mph C. 8.50,506mph
The angles of depression of the top and bottom of the
D. 5.50,586mph
monument viewed from the top of the PLDT tower at 13
22. A tower 125 ft high is on a cliff on the bank of a
degrees and 35 degrees respectively. The height of the
river. From the top of the tower the angle of
tower is 50m find the height of the monument.
depression of a point on the opposite shore is 28 040’
A. 29.13m B. 30.11m C. 32.12m D. 33.51m
and from the base of the tower the angle of
9. What is the area, to the nearest acre, of a triangular
depression of the same point is 18020’. Find the
field that is 529ft on one side and 849 ft on another, if the
width of the river and the height of the cliff.
angle between these sides measures 102.7 degrees? A. 580ft,200ft B. 580ft,192ft C. 550ft,160ft
A. 7 B. 4 C. 6 D. 5 D. 550ft,190ft
10. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 15cm, BC = 23. A wheel, 5 ft in diameter, rolls up an incline of
18cm and CA = 24cm. Determine the distance from 18020’. What is the height of the center of the wheel
the point of intersection of the angular bisector to above the base of the incline when the wheel has
side AB. rolled up 5 ft up the incline?
A. 5.21cm B. 4.73cm C. 3.78cm D. 6.25cm A. 3 ft B. 4 ft C. 5 ft D. 6 ft
11. A woman hikes 503m, turns and jogs 415m, 24. If sin a = √2/2, tan b = -1, /2 < a <, and
turns again, and runs 365m returning to her starting 3/2 < b < 2, find the exact value of sin(a+b).
point. What is the area (in m 2) of the triangle formed A. 0 B. -2 C. 1 D. -1
by her path? 25. What is the area, to the nearest acre, of a
A. 77800 B. 75400 C. 76200 triangular field that is 529ft on one side and 849 ft
D. 74600 on another, if the angle between these sides
12. A space shuttle pilot flying toward the Suez measures 102.7 degrees?
Canal finds that the angle of depression to one end A. 7 B. 4 C. 6 D. 5
of the canal is 38.25 degrees and the angle of
depression to the other end is 52.75 degrees. If the
canal is 100.6 mi long, find the altitude of the space
shuttle.