College of Teacher Education

Peñaplata, Island Garden City of Samal

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Algebra and Trigonometry

I. Solve the following problems. Show your complete solution.

A. From the given figure, calculate the desired function values.

A a. sin B b. cos A c. tan B

a=9 c=?

C B
a = 12

B. Solve the oblique triangle.

a. A = 126⁰30’, b = 60.60, a = 88.70

C. Solve the following problems.

1. Find two consecutive odd positive integers whose squares differ by 64.
2. Willie is 4 times the age of his daughter Katrin. In 8 years, he will be eight-thirds of her
age. How old are they?
3. The length of a rectangle is 4 more than twice its width and its perimeter is 70 meters.
What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
4. Two data encoders can finish the job in 3 ¾ hours when working together. If one can do
encoding alone in 10 hours, how long it takes the other encoder to do the job alone?
5. How many gallons of 60% solution of nitric acid should be added to 10 gallons of 30%
solution to obtain a 50% solution?
6. Two men start at 8 AM from the same place, in opposite directions, at speeds of 45 miles
and 60 miles per hour, respectively. When will they be 240 miles apart?
7. The angle of elevation of the top of a monument is 3⁰30’. How far is the observer from
the monument when the monument is 100 meters high?
8. At an instant when a man 150 cm tall casts a shadow of 205 cm, a tree casts a shadow
1,205 cm. How tall is the tree?
9. Find the length of the horizontal shadow of a tree 95 ft. tall when the angle of elevation
of the sun is 73017’.
10. From a mountain 4000 ft. above a fort, its angle of depression is 15045’. Find the line-of-
sight distance from the mountain to the fort.
11. From the top of a cliff, the angle of depression of an approaching boat was found to be
30020’. After the boat had advanced 100 ft. toward the observer, the angle of
depression was found to have increased by 19018’. How high is the cliff above the water
surface?
12. The sum of the digits of the two-digit number is 12. If the tens digit is 2 more than the
units digit, find the number.
13. A piece of cloth 10 meters long is to be divided into two parts such that one part is ¼ that
of the other. Find the length of each part.
14. From a given position A, an observer notes that the angle of elevation of the rock is 45 0.
After walking at a point 100 ft. towards the rock, up a slope of 300, he finds that the angle
of elevation is 700. Find the vertical distance of the rock above each point of observation.