URDANETA CITY UNIVERSITY

CIVIL ENGINEERING IN-HOUSE REVIEW

MEGAREVIEW AND TUTORIAL CENTER

Practice Problems – Trigonometry

1. A 20-m high mast is placed on the top of the cliff whose height 8. A wooden flagpole was imbedded in a concrete slab square in
above sea level is unknown. An observer at sea sees the top the section having a side of 800 m long. The wooden flagpole was
mast at an elevation of 46°42’, the foot at 38°23’. The height of the placed inside but not necessarily at the midpoint of the slab. The
cliff is closest to: angle of elevation of the tip of the flagpole as observed from one
A. 57 m corner of the slab is 30 degrees, while its angle of elevation as
B. 54 m observed in the midpoint along the edge of the slab is 45 degrees,
C. 51 m and when it was observed at the opposite corner of the slab at the
D. 59 m same edge, the angle of elevation of the tip of the flagpole is 60
degrees. Find the height of the flagpole.
2. A hot air balloon is observed from point A at 22.23° angle of
elevation and simultaneously from a point B 1500 from A at 48.11° A. 512.37 m
elevation. Find the height of the balloon. B. 458.78 m
C. 411.96 m
A. 968 m D. 489.9 m
B. 976 m
C. 981 m 9. The shorter leg of a right triangle is 3 centimeters less than the
D. 995 m other leg. Find the length of the two legs if the hypotenuse is 15
centimeters.
3. An observer at point A observed the angle of elevation of 27˚ to
the top of the pole. If he moves a horizontal distance x at B nearer A. 14 cm and 11 cm
to the pole, the angle of elevation of the pole at B is double than C. 10 cm and 8 cm
that of A. Find the height of the pole. B. 15 cm and 12 cm
D. 12 cm and 9 cm
A. x sin 54˚
B. x cos 54˚ 10. A girder to carry a bridge is in the form of a circular arc. The
C. xsin27°sin54° length of the span is 120 ft. and the height of the arch is 30 ft. Find
D. x tan 54˚ the angle at the center of the circle such that its sides intercept the
arc of the girder.
4. A man surveying a mine, measures a length AB = 1240 ft. due
east with a dip of 6° 15'; then a length BC = 3425 ft. due south with A. 126° 12.7'
a dip of 10° 45'. How much deeper is C than A? B. 112° 15.4'
C. 106° 15.7'
A. 793.47 ft. D. 115°25.7'
B. 773.84 ft.
C. 784.63 ft 11. Find the radius of the circle from the previous problem.
D. 814.37 ft.
A. 62 ft
5. A, B, and C are points on the same horizontal ground. PC is a B. 75 ft.
vertical building of height 100 m. Angle ACB = 90˚. The angle of C. 70 ft
elevations of P from A and B are 45˚ and 30˚ respectively. D is a D. 68 ft
point along the line AB such that CD is perpendicular to AB.
Determine the distance CD. 12. The perimeter of a triangle is 93 centimeters. If two sides are
equally long and the third side is 9 centimeters longer than the
A. 94 m. others, find the lengths of the three sides.
B. 67 m.
C. 78 m. A. 28cm, 28cm and 37 cm
D. 87 m. C. 38cm, 38cm and 47 cm
B. 48cm, 48cm and 57 cm
6. A man stands at C at a certain distance from a flagpole AB, D. 58cm, 58cm and 67 cm
which is 20 m. high. The angle of elevation of the top of AB at C is
45˚. The man then walks towards the pole at D. The angle of 13. The angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 3: 5: 7; and the
elevation of the top of the pole measured from D is 60˚. Find the longest side is 154 ft. Find the smallest angle.
distance he had walked.
A. 18 degrees
A. 6.9 B. 36 degrees
B. 7.3 C. 45 degrees
C. 8.5 D. 60 degrees
D. 9.4
14. From a point on a level plain the angle of elevation of the top of
7. ABC is an isosceles triangle having an angle A equal to 80˚. the hill is 23° 46'; and a tower 45 m high standing on top of the hill
Point D is a point inside the triangle. If BD and CD are bisectors of subtends an angle of 5° 16'. Find the height of the hill.
angle B and C respectively, find the angle BDC.
A. 172.7 m
A. 120˚ B. 187.4 m
B. 125˚ C. 196.7 m
C. 130˚ D. 247.1 m
D. 140˚
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CIVIL ENGINEERING IN-HOUSE REVIEW
MEGAREVIEW AND TUTORIAL CENTER

Practice Problems – Trigonometry

15. Compute the distance from Cebu (10.32°N, 123.89°E) to South 22. Determine the altitude of the trapezoid to the parallel sides
Korea (35.91°N, 127.77°E). Assume R = 6400 km. A. 296 m
B. 235 m
A. 2885 km C. 268.3 m
B. 1775 km D. 278 m
C. 3115 km
D. 2315 km 23. Find the larger area

16. From the top of the building A the angle of elevation of the top A. 89,870 m2
of the building B is 46°. From the foot of the building B the angle of B. 59,913 m2
elevation of the top of building A is 28°. Both buildings are on level C. 68,145 m2
ground. If the height of the building B is 150 m, how far apart are D. 36,485 m2
the buildings in m?

A. 95.7
B. 107.6
C. 114.6
D. 158.6

17. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower A from the foot of
tower B is twice the angle of elevation of the top of tower B from
the foot of tower A. At a point midway between the two towers, the
angles of elevations of the top of the towers are complimentary. If
the two towers are 120 m. apart, compute the angle of elevation of
the tower at B at a point midway between the two towers.

A. 28˚
B. 34˚
C. 30˚
D. 44˚

18. A triangular plot of land has sides α = 21.2 m, b = 24.6 m, and

c = 12.0 m. Find the measures of all three angles in decimal
degrees.

A. 90.3°; 55.5°, 26.2°

C. 91.3°; 59.5°, 23.2°
B. 91.3°; 59.5°, 29.2°
D. 90.3°; 59.5°, 29.2°

19. AB and CD are two buildings of height H and h, respectively.

The angle of elevation of A from C and D are respectively and
45˚. Find the height H.

A. H=h1−tanθ⁄ C. H = h (1 – tan )
B. H=h1+tanθ⁄ D. H = h tan

20. Given a triangle with C = 90°, c = 5, and a = 3. Find the

number of possible triangles formed.

A. NONE
B. ONE
C. TWO
D. INFINITE

A trapezoidal piece of ground is to be divided into two parts in the

ration of 2 is to 3 by a line parallel to the parallel sides, the larger
part to be adjacent to the smaller parallel side. The parallel sides
are 575 m and 437 m long respectively and the other sides are
300 m and 350 m long.

21. Determine the length of the dividing line

A. 524.18 m
B. 550.53 m
C. 496.14 m
D. 514.75 m