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1. An aero lift airplane can fly at an airspeed of 300 mph. If there is B. 12.5 ft D. 11.5 ft
a wind blowing towards the cast at 50 mph, what should be the 16. Determine the number of triangles possible withthe given parts:
plane’s compass heading in order for its course to be 30 degrees? A = 126 degrees; a = 20; b = 25.
A. 19.7 degrees C. 21.7 degrees A. 1 C. no solution
B. 20.1 degrees D. 22.3 degrees B. 2 D. 4
2. From the problem above, what will be the plane’s ground speed 17. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, 10 and
if it flies in this course? 100 degrees respectively, find the length of the shortest
A. 307.4 mph C. 321.8 mph diagonal.
B. 309.4 mph D. 319.2 mph A. 10.63 C. 10.73
3. A wire supporting a pole is fastened to it 20 feet from the ground B. 10.37 D. 10.23
and to the ground 15 feet from the pole. Determine the length 18. Solve for θ in the following equation: sin 2θ = cos θ.
of the wire A. 30 deg C. 45 deg
A. 24 ft C. 25 ft B. 60 deg D. 90 deg
B. 23 ft D. 22 ft 19. Determine the spherical excess of the spherical triangle ABC
4. From the problem above, determine the angle it makes with the given a = 56 degrees, b = 65 degrees and c = 78 degrees.
pole. A. 33°33′ C. 91°57′
A. 53.13° C. 33.87° B. 68°37′ D. 98°45′
B. 36.87° D. 55.13° 20. What is the spherical excess of a spherical triangle whose angles
5. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The are all right angles?
angles of depression of the top and bottom of the monument A. 45 degrees C. 60 degrees
viewed from the top of the PLDT tower are 13° and 35° B. 90 degrees D. 30 degrees
respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. Find the height of 21. The area of an isosceles triangle is 36 m2 with 30°as the included
the monument. angle of the two adjacent equal sides. Compute the perimeter
A. 33.51 m C. 47.3 m of the triangle.
B. 7.58 m D. 30.57 m A. 30.21 C. 24.57
6. Sin A cos B – cos A sin B is equivalent to: B. 33.12 D. 35.67
A. cos ( A – B) C. tan ( A – B) 22. To determine the width of a river a surveyor measures a line AB
B. sin ( A – B) D. cos ( A – B) 120 m long on one bank. To a point C on the other bank, he
7. The sides of a triangle are 8, 15, and 17 units. If each side is determines the angle BAC = 48°36’ and the angle ABC = 54°42’.
doubled, how many square units will the area of the new triangle Find the width of the river.
be? A. 55.7 C. 75.5
A. 240 C. 320 B. 70.3 D. 45.3
B. 420 D. 200 23. If an equilateral triangle is circumscribed about a circle of radius
8. The area of spherical triangle ABC whose parts are A = 93°40′, B 10 cm, determine the side of the triangle.
= 64°12′, C = 116°51′ and the radius of the sphere is 100 m is A. 34.64 cm C. 36.44 cm
A. 15613 sq. m C. 18645 sq. m B. 64.12 cm D. 32.10 cm
B. 16531 sq. m D. 25612 sq. m 24. A ship on a certain day is at latitude 20°𝑁 and longitude 140°𝐸.
9. Determine the angle of B of an isosceles spherical triangle ABC After sailing for 150 hours at a uniform speed along a great circle
whose given parts are b = c = 54°28′ and a = 92°30′. route, it reaches a point at latitude 10°𝑆 and longitude 170°𝐸. If
A. 89°45′ C. 84°25′ the radius of earth is 3959 miles, find the speed in miles per hour.
B. 55°45′ D. 41°45′ A. 17.4 C. 16.4
10. A ship started sailing 𝑆 42°35′ 𝑊 at the rate of 5 kph. After 2 B. 15.4 D. 19.4
hours, ship B started at the same port going 𝑁 46°20′𝑊 at the 25. Points A and B 1000 m apart are plotted on a straight highway
rate of 7 kph. After how many hours will the second ship by running east and west. From A, the bearing of a tower C is 32
exactly north of ship A? degrees W of N andfrom B the bearing of C is 26 degrees N of E.
A. 3.68 C. 5.12 Approximate the shortest distance of tower C tothe highway.
B. 4.03 D. 4.83 A. 364 m C. 394 m
11. Simplify {cos 𝐴/[sin 𝐴 + 1]} + tan 𝐴 B. 374 m D. 384 m
A. sec A C. sin A 26. Find the value of A between 270 deg and 360 degif 2𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝐴 − sin 𝐴
B. csc A D. cos A =1
12. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are of the same elevation as
A. 330 deg C. 300 deg
the foot of the tower. The angles of elevation of the top of the
B. 340 deg D. 320 deg
tower from the points A and B are 21 degrees and 32 degrees
respectively. How far is A from the tower in meters? 27. A pole cast a shadow 15 m. long when the angleof elevation of
the sum is 61 deg. If the pole haslean 15 deg from the vertical
A. 259.28 C. 271.62
directly towards thesun, what is the length of the pole?
B. 265.42 D. 277.92
A. 54.23 m C. 36.84 m
13. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm and 14 cm.Determine the
radius of the inscribed and circumscribing circle. B. 48.64 m D. 64.84 m
28. If A + B + C = 180 deg, then cos 2A + cos 2B + cos 2C is equal to
A. 2.45, 7.14 C. 3.02, 6.82
which of the following?
B. 2.72, 8.21 D. 3.26, 7.82
A. −1 + 4 sin 𝐴 sin 𝐵 sin 𝐶
14. The area of the inner triangle ABC is ¼ that of triangle ADE. AB =
B. 1 − 4 cos 𝐴 cos 𝐵 cos 𝐶
45 m., AD = 65 m., AE = 90 m.Point B is along line AD and point
C. 1 + 4 cos 𝐴 cos 𝐵 cos 𝐶
C is along line AE. Find the length of the segment CE.
D. −1 − 4 cos 𝐴 cos 𝐵 cos 𝐶
A. 62.4 C. 49.2
29. What is identically equal to (sec 𝐴 + tan 𝐴)?
B. 57.5 D. 71.8 1 2
15. The sides of a triangular garden lot is 13 ft, 18 ft and 9 ft. This A. C.
sec 𝐴−tan 𝐴 1−tan𝐴
lot is to be divided by a line bisecting the longest side and B. csc 𝐴 − 1 D. csc 𝐴 + 1
drawn from the opposite vertex. Find the length of the line.
A. 12.0 ft C. 13.8 ft
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30. Solve the remaining side of the spherical triangle whose given 45. The angle of elevation of the top of tower B fromthe top of the
parts are A = B = 80 degrees and a = b = 89 degrees. tower A is 28° and the angle of elevation of the top of tower A
A. 158°12′ C. 168°31′ from the base ofthe tower B is 46°. The two towers lie in the same
B. 162°21′ D. 172°12′ horizontal plane. If the height of the tower B is 120 m, find the
31. Solve for side b of a right spherical triangle ABC whose parts are height of tower A.
a = 46 degrees, c = 75 degrees and C = 90 degrees. A. 87.2 m C. 90.7 m
A. 74 degrees C. 48 degrees B. 79.3 m D. 66.3 m
B. 68 degrees D. 74 degrees 46. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one triangle is 3
32. An engineer left a point (point A) walking at 6.5 kps in a units more than its base and the altitude of the other triangle is
direction E 20° N (that is bearing of 70°).A cyclist leaves the 3 units less than its base. Find the altitudes, if the areas of the
same point at the same time in a direction E 40° S (that is triangles differ by 21 square units.
bearing 130°) traveling at a constant speed. Find the average A. 6 and 12 C. 5 and 11
speed of the cyclist if the engineer and the cyclistare 80 km apart B. 3 and 9 D. 4 and 10
after 5 hours. 47. Given a right spherical triangle whose given parts are a = 82
A. 18.23 kph C. 24.34 kph degrees, b = 62 degrees, and C = 90 degrees. What is the value
B. 13.45 kph D. 21.45 kph of the side opposite the right angle?
33. The vertical angle to the top of a flagpole from point A on the A. 83°30′ C. 86°15′
ground is observed to be 37°11’. The observer walks 17 m B. 84°45′ D. 85°15′
directly away frompoint A and the flagpole to point B and find 48. Which of the following is the value of 1 radian indegrees?
the new angle to be 25°43’. What is the approximateheight of the A. 89.55° C. 57.3°
flagpole? B. 60.3° D. 45.58°
A. 22 m C. 82 m 49. Solve the equation 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴 = 1 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴
B. 10 m D. 300 m A. 45 deg, 315 deg C. 45 deg, 135 deg
34. Given the sides of a triangle as 3 m and 5 m. Thethird side is B. 45 deg, 125 deg D. 45 deg, 225 deg
A. between 3 m and 8 m C. greater than 8 m 1
50. If sec 2𝐴 = , determine the angle A in degrees.
sin 13𝐴
B. from 3 m to 7 m D. from 2 m to 8 m
A. 5 degrees C. 3 degrees
35. Given the triangle ABC in which A = 30°30’ , b = 100 m and c =
B. 6 degrees D. 7 degrees
200 m. Find the length of the sidea.
51. The sides of a triangle are three consecutive natural numbers
A. 123.64 m C. 142.24 m and the largest angle is twice the smaller one. The smallest side
B. 130.50 m D. 103.00 m of the triangle is?
36. The two legs of a triangle are 300 and 150 m each, respectively. A. 4 C. 9
The angle opposite the 150 m side is 26 degrees. What is the B. 6 D. 7
third side? 52. Given a triangle with an angle C = 28.7°, side a = 132 units and
A. 197.49 m C. 341.78 m side b = 224 units. Solve for the side c.
B. 218.61 m D. 282.15 m A. 95 units C. 110 units
37. A spherical triangle has an area of 327.25 sq. km. What is the B. 125.4 units D. 90 units
radius of the sphere if its spherical excess is 30 degrees? 53. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of atower to be 30
A. 20 km C. 25 km degrees. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds its angle of
B. 22 km D. 28 km elevation to be 60 degrees. What is the height of the tower?
38. Three forces 20 N, 30 N and 40 N are in equilibrium. Find the A. 76.31 m C. 73.16 m
biggest angle formed by these forces. B. 73.31 m D. 73.61 m
A. 104.48 deg C. 101.42 deg 54. What is the angle whose tangent is 1 and whose sine is negative?
B. 102.36 deg D. 103.21 deg A. 225° + 𝑘360° where k is any integer
39. In the curve 𝑦 = tan 3𝑥, what is its period? B. 225° + 𝑘360° where k is zero
2𝜋
A. 3𝜋 C. C. 225° + 𝑘360° where k is negative integer
3
B.
𝜋
D. 𝜋 D. 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒
3
55. If the vertex of an isosceles triangle is 80 deg and the side along
40. Solve for angle A in the spherical triangle ABC, given a = 106°25′,
the opposite the vertex is 120 cm. What is the side of the
c = 42°16′, and B = 114°53′
triangle?
A. 45°54′ C. 97°09′
A. 93.3 C. 95.45
B. 80°42′ D. 72°43′
B. 90.66 D. 102.65
41. Solve for angle C of the oblique triangle ABC given a = 80 degrees, cos 2𝐴−cos 𝐴
56. Determine the simplified form a 𝑓(𝐴) = , 𝑖𝑓 𝑓(𝐴) = 1
c = 115 degrees and A = 72 degrees. sin 𝐴

A. 61 degrees C. 95 degrees A. cos 2𝐴 C. cos 𝐴

B. 85 degrees D. 119 degrees B. −sin 𝐴 D. sin 2𝐴
√3
42. An oblique triangle is inscribed in a circle. If one side of the 57. 𝐴𝑟𝑐 tan [2 cos (𝑎𝑟𝑐 sin )] is equal to:
2
triangle has a length of 5 cm and the angle subtended by the 𝜋 𝜋
A. C.
side is 15 deg., determine the area of the circle. 3 16
𝜋 𝜋
B. D.
A. 293.12 m2 C. 213.43 m2 4 2
B. 160.57 m2 D. 123.43 m2 58. A man, who can row 6 km/hr in still water, headsdirectly across
43. What is the sum of the squares of the sine andcosine of an the current of a river flowing at the rate of 4.5 km/hr. Find the
angle? actual rate and direction of his motion.
A. 0 C. √3 A. 7.5 km/hr @ 53.13° C. 4.5 km/hr @ 53.13°
B. 1 D. 2 B. 8.5 km/hr @ 54.14° D. 6.5 km/hr @ 54.14°
44. Two angles A and B whose sum and difference are 90° and 30° 59. If the sides of the triangle are 2𝑥 + 3, 𝑥2 + 3𝑥 and 𝑥2 + 2𝑥, find
respectively. Find the area of this triangle considering that the the greatest interior angle of the triangle.
side opposite the smallest angle is 20 cm. A. 100° C. 100°
A. 385.60 sq. cm. C. 430.2 sq. cm. B. 120° D. 60°
B. 243.97 sq. cm. D. 346.4 sq. cm.
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60. In the following illustration, angles 2 and 5 are 90°, AD = 15, DC A. 73.22 C. 75.44
= 20, and AC = 25. What are the lengths BC and BD, respectively? B. 74.33 D. 76.55
A. 12 and 16 C. 16 and 12 74. The radius of the circle whose arc of length 15 cmmakes an angle
B. 13 and 17 D. 18 and 13 of ¾ radian at the center is.
61. From the second-floor window of a building, the angle of A. 10 cm C. 20 cm
depression of an object on the ground is35°58’, while from a
B. 11.25 cm D. 22.5 cm
fifth-floor window, 9.75m above the first point of observation
75. If sin A = 2.511x, cos A = 3.06x and sin 2A =3.939x, find the value
the angle of depression is 58°35’. How far is the object from the
of x.
building?
A. 10.7 m C. 13.5 m A. 0.265 C. 0.562
B. 12.4 m D. 11.5 m B. 0.256 D. 0.625
62. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He 76. If the longitude of Tokyo is 139 degrees East and that of Manila
takes sight at the top of the tower from A and B, which are 50 is 121 degrees East, what is the time difference between Tokyo
ft apart at the same elevation on a direct line with the tower. and Manila?
The vertical angle at point A is 30 deg and at point B is 40 deg. A. 1 hour and 12 minutes C. 1 hour and 8 minutes
What is the height of the tower? B. 1 hour and 5 minutes D. 1 hour and 10 minutes
A. 85.60 ft C. 110.29 ft 77. One degree on the equator of the earth is equivalent to
B. 143.97 ft D. 92.54 ft A. 1 minute C. 30 minutes
63. From a point outside of an equilateral triangle, the distances to B. 4 minutes D. 1 hour
the vertices are 10 m, 18 m and10 m respectively. What is the 78. How many radians are there in the twosuccessive numbers
length of one sideof a triangle? on the face of a clock.
A. 11.23 or 19.95 C. 12.24 or 19.62 A. π/2 C. π/6
B. 10.94 or 18.64 D. 13.25 or 19.83 B. π/3 D. π/4
64. A surveyor’s transit set up 112.1 feet from the base of a 79. What is an equivalent expression for sin 2x?
vertical chimney reads 32°30’ with the cross hairs set on the 1
A. sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥 C. 2 sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥
top of the chimney. With the telescope level, the vertical rod 2
1 2 sin 𝑥
at the base of the chimney is 5.1 feet. Compute the height of B. 2 sin 𝑥 cos ( 𝑥) D.
2 sec 𝑥
the chimney? 80. The ratio of the angle is 3:4:5. Calculate thelongest side if the
A. 66.3 ft C. 76.5 ft side opposite the smallestangle is 14 cm.
B. 71.4 ft D. 170.9 ft A. 16.31 cm C. 12.16 cm
65. If tan (2D-3) = 1/(tan(5D-9)), determine D indegrees. B. 13.31 cm D. 19.12 cm
A. 14.57 deg C. 18.88 deg 81. Evaluate 𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑡 [2𝑐𝑜𝑠 (𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑠𝑖𝑛 0.5)].
B. 15.30 deg D. 16.97 deg A. 30 deg C. 60 deg
66. Given a triangle ABC, AB is 40 cm, BC is 60 cm andAC is 80 cm. B. 45 deg D. 90 deg
Calculate how far from A will the other end of the bisector of 82. Simplify 𝑠𝑖𝑛215° + 𝑠𝑖𝑛275°
angle B located alongthe line AC.
A. 0 C. 1
A. 40 cm C. 45 cm B. sin 30 deg D. sin 60 deg
B. 32 cm D. 30 cm 83. Find the radius of the circumcircle of the trianglefor which A =
67. Solve for x in the equation: arctan(𝑥 + 1) + arctan(𝑥 − 1) = 56°, B = 24° and a = 67.
arctan(12) A. 40.41 C. 34.56
A. 1.50 C. 1.20 B. 30.45 D. 43.57
B. 1.34 D. 1.25 1
84. If sec 2𝐴 = , determine the angle A in degrees.
68. The sides of a triangular grass plot are 20.4 m, 28.5 m and 32.6 sin 13𝐴

m, respectively. A goat is tethered to a stake within the plot. Find A. 5 degrees C. 3 degrees
theminimum length of the rope tied so the goat so that it can B. 6 degrees D. 7 degrees
graze over the entire plot. 85. At a point A south of a tower the angle of elevation of the top of
A. 12.54 C. 16.47 the tower is 50 deg. At another point B, 200 m east of A, the
B. 15.67 D. 17.27 angle of elevation is 22 deg. Find the height of the tower.
69. What is the value of x if arctan x = 2 arcsine x? A. 85.9 m C. 85.3 m
A. 0.645 C. 0.345 B. 98.6 m D. 78.4 m
86. If Greenwich mean time (GMT) is 6 A.M., what is the time at a
B. 0 D. 0.392
place located 30 degrees East longitude?
70. If tan x = ½, tan y = 1/3, what is the value of tan(x + y) ?
A. 7 AM C. 9 AM
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4 B. 8 AM D. 4 AM
87. The angle or inclination of ascend of a roadhaving 8.25% grade
71. An isosceles right triangle has a perimeter of 17.071.
is degrees?
Compute the area of the triangle insquare units.
A. 4.72 C. 5.12
A. 11.5 C. 15.5
B. 4.27 D. 1.86
B. 10.5 D. 12.5 2
88. If sin 𝐴 = , what is the value of 1 − cos 𝐴?
72. A man standing on 48.5-meter-high building, has an eyesight 5
height of 1.5 m from the top of the building, took a depression A. 0.083 C. 0.400
reading from the top of another nearby building and nearest B. 0.916 D. 0.614
wall, which are 50 degrees and 80 degrees respectively. Find the 89. If the coversed sin θ =0.134, what is the value of θ?
height of the nearby building in meters. The man is standing at A. 60° C. 45°
the edge of the building and both buildings lie on the same B. 30° D. 360°
horizontal plane.
A. 39.49 C. 30.74
B. 35.50 D. 42.55
73. A spherical triangle ABC has an angle C = 90 degrees and sides a
= 50 degrees and c = 80 degrees. Find the value of “b” in degrees.
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90. A and B are summits of two mountains rise froma horizontal
plain. B being 1200 m above the plain. Find the height of A, it
being given that its angle of elevation as seen from a point C in
the plain (in the same vertical plane with A and B) is 50 deg,
while the angle of depression of C viewedfrom B is 28°58’ and
the angle subtended at B byAC is 50 deg.
A. 2847.64 m C. 2989.42 m
B. 3200.20 m D. 3002.33 m
91. The angle or inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% grade
is ____ degrees?
A. 1.72 C. 5.12
B. 4.27 D. 4.72
92. A parcel of land in the form of a triangle has side312 m and 485
m long respectively. The includedangle is 81°30’. Find the area of
the land.
A. 74,824.11 sq. m. C. 80,543.02 sq. m.
B. 47,895.23 sq. m. D. 34, 456.07 sq. m.
93. How many degrees is 4800 mils?
A. 270 deg C. 180 deg
B. 90 deg D. 215 deg
94. Solve for x if tan 3x = 5 tan x
A. 20.705° C. 15.705°
B. 30.705° D. 35.705°
95. Simplify 4cos(𝑦) sin(𝑦) (1 − 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑦)
A. tan (4y) C. cos (4y)
B. sec (4y) D. sin (4y)
96. What value of F satisfy the equation tan(8𝐹 +1) = cot(17)
where all angles are in degrees?
A. 7 C. 8
B. 10 D. 9
97. A lighthouse is 10 units of length northwest of a dock. A ship
leaves the dock at 8:00 AM and travels west at 12 units of
length per hour. At what time will the ship be 8 units of length
fromthe lighthouse?
A. 8:17 AM C. 8:45 AM
B. 8:50 AM D. 8:25 AM
98. If twice the square of the diameter of a circle is equal to half the
sum of the squares of the sides of the inscribed triangle ABC,
then sin2 𝐴 + sin2 𝐵 + sin2 𝐶 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜
A. 2 C. 6
B. 4 D. 8
99. In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is four times as long as
the perpendicular to it from the opposite vertex, one of the
acute angles is?
A. 15 deg C. 22.5 deg
B. 30 deg D. 45 deg
100. An airplane having a speed of 120 miles an hour in calm air is
pointed in a direction 30 deg east of north. A wind having a
velocity of 15 miles an hour is blowing from the northwest. Find
the speed of the airplane to the ground.
A. 223 mph C. 117 mph
B. 175 mph D. 124 mph