TRIGONOMETRY AND GEOMETRY

1. If sinxcosx+sin2x =1, what are the values of x in degrees?

A. 32.2,69.3 B. -32.2, 69.3 C. 20.9, 61.9 D. 20.9, -61.9 13. An engineer desires to measure the height of a tower by
observing a vertical angle at A. He then moves 54m further
2. If coversed Sin  0.134 , find the value of versed Sin . towards the tower at B and observes the vertical angle to be
A. 0.8 B. 0.3 C. 0.5 D. 0.2 twice that of A. He again proceed to move further towards the
tower at C still on the same line at a distance of 21m. The
3. A tree broken over by the wind forms a right triangle with the observed vertical angle of the tower at this point is three times
ground. If the broken part makes an angle of 50° with the that at A. Determine the angle of elevation of the tower at B.
ground and the top of the tree is now 20 ft from its base, how A. 42°16’ B. 24°35’ C. 38°11’ D. 26°76’
tall was the tree?
A. 55 ft B. 64 ft C. 45 ft D. 36 ft 14. From a point O on the ground of a square courtyard of area
160,000 sq.ft., the angles of elevation of three flagstaffs of
4. A piece of wire of length 52 cm. is cut into two unequal parts. equal heights at three consecutive corners of the yard at A,B
Each part is then bent to form a square. It is found that the and C are 45°, 60°, and 60° respectively. Find the height of
total area of the two squares is 97 cm2. Find the difference the each flagstaff in meters.
between the sides of each square. A. 133.11m C. 215.45m
A. 3 B. 5 C. 4 D. 9 B. 162.46m D. 114.31m

5. A vertical pole consists of two parts, each one half of the 15. The sum of the sides of a triangle is equal to 100 cm. If the
whole pole. At a point in the horizontal plane which passes angles of the triangle are in the continued proportions of
through the foot of the pole and 36 m from it, the upper half 1:2:4. Compute the shortest side of the triangle.
of the pole subtend an angle whose tangent is 1/3. How high A. 17.545 C. 18.525
is the pole? B. 19.806 D. 14.507
A. 72 B. 25 C. 46 D. 16
16. Cebu Pacific Airways flies at a speed of 400 nautical miles
6. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point A is per hour from Cebu to Manila on a direction of N32°W, with
2330' . From another point B, the angle of elevation of the the wind blowing at a speed of 30 nautical miles per hour on
top of the tower is 5530' . The points A and B are 217.45 m a direction due West. What is the speed of the plane relative
to the ground?
apart and on the same horizontal plane as the foot of the
A. 457.74 C. 378.47
tower. The horizontal angle subtended by A and B at the foot
B. 631.62 D. 416.68
of the tower is 90 degrees. Find the height of the tower.
A. 90.6 m C. 89.5 m
17. A point within an equilateral triangle has a distance of 3m, 4m
B. 86.7 m D. 55.9 m
and 5m respectively from the vertices. Determine the
perimeter of the triangle.
7. If the sides of the triangle are 2x+3, x2+3x+3, and x2+2x, find
A. 20.13m C. 22.16m
the greatest angle.
B. 20.31m D. 22.61m
A. 100 deg. C. 120 deg.
B. 130 deg. D. 110 deg
18. A triangular lot has a frontage on the sea of 100 yards. The
boundary lines running from the beach make on the inner side
8. The two sides of a triangle are 40 m. and 50 m. respectively
of the lot angles of 60° and 50° respectively with the shore
which is inscribed in a circle having a radius of 12 m. If the
line. Determine the distance of the dividing line from the
area of the triangle is 2500 m2, compute the third side.
vertex of the triangle to the opposite side along the shore line
A. 60 B. 65 C. 72 D. 83
to divide the lots into two equal areas.
A. 83.27 B. 71.19 C. 86.45 D. 68.54
9. In triangle ABC, angle A=80 deg. and point D is inside the
triangle. If BD and CD are bisectors of angle B and C, solve
19. Triangle ABC have sides AB= 42cm, BC= 64cm, and CA=
for the angle BDC.
84cm. At what distance from A along line AC will the other
A. 100 deg. C. 120 deg.
end of the bisector of angle B located.
B. 130 deg. D. 140 deg.
A. 56.82 B. 45.67 C. 33.28 D. 51.77
10. The area and perimeter of a triangle is 2310 sq.cm. and 220
20. A cyclic quadrilateral is circumscribing a circle. The sides of
cm. respectively. A circle is escribed outside the triangle
the cyclic quadrilateral are as follows: a=48, c=54, d=38 and
having a radius of 55 cm. is tangent to one of the sides of the
diagonals are 61.42m and 62m respectively. Compute the
triangle. Compute the length of this side.
missing side b.
A. 68 B. 70 C. 74 D. 85
A. 32 B. 28 C. 35 D.45
11. The area of a triangle is 8346 sq.m. and two of its interior
21. The ratio of corresponding sides of two similar polygons is
angles are 37°25’ and 56°17’. What is the perimeter of the
2:4. Determine the ratio of the area to the perimeter of the
triangle?
biggest polygon if the smallest polygon has a perimeter of
A. 181.54 C. 389.45
24 cm. and an area of 36 sq. cm.
B. 278.56 D. 443.40
A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
12. Triangles xyz has base angles x= 52° and z= 60°. Distance
xz= 400m long. A line AB which is 200m long is laid out 22. Seven regular hexagons, each with 6 cm. sides are
parallel to xz. Compute the area of ABXZ. arranged so that they share the same sides and the centers
A. 58883m2 C. 44162m2 of the six hexagons are equidistant from the seventh central
B. 68763m2 D. 58883m2 hexagon. Determine the ratio of the total area of the
 hexagons to the total outer perimeter enclosing the 33. The tallest inhabited building in the world is the Sears Tower
hexagons. in Chicago. If the observation tower is 1450 feet above
A. 8.06 B. 6.06 C. 9.06 D. 7.06 ground level, how far can a person standing in the
observation tower see (with the aid of a telescope)? Use
23. A farmer has 1500 feet of farming in his barn. He wishes to 3960 miles for the radius of Earth.
enclose a rectangular pen, subdivided into two regions by a Note: 1 mile = 5280 feet.
section of fence down the middle, parallel to one side of the A. 46.64 mi C. 36.26 mi.
rectangle. Express the area enclosed by the pen as a B. 35.58 mi. D. 53.48 mi
function of its width x.
A.750x – 3x2/2 C. 1500x-3x2 34. The width of a rectangle is four feet less than the length.
B. 450x-3x2 D. 2/3x2-1500x3 The
perimeter is 16 ft. Find the width.
24. A piece of wire 12 inches long is to be used to form a A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
square
and/or a circle. Determine a function that expresses the 35. The length of a rectangular box is 3 less than 3 times the
combined area of both figures. width. The perimeter is 74 ft. Find the length of the box.
A. 4x2+6x+2 C. x2 + (6 – 2x)2 A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20
B. 36-4x-2 D. y+2y+4x2
36. One angle of a triangle is three times another. The third
25. A chord is 36 cm. long and its mid point is 36 cm. from the angle is 45 degrees greater than the smallest. Find the
midpoint of the longer arc. Find the radius of the circle measure of the smallest angle.
A. 22.5 B. 12.5 C. 14.5 D. 20.5 A. 13 B. 72 C. 25 D. 27

26. A circular play area is being laid out in a field. The point P,R 37. Suppose that a box has a base with a width of x, a length of
and Q have been found such that PS=24 m., PQ=66 m., x+1 and a height of 2 inches. It is cut from a rectangular
and RS=12 m. If T is to be another point on the circle, how sheet of material with an area of 166 inches2 find the
far from R will it lie? dimension of the box.
A. 84 B. 90 C. 96 D. 78 A. 8 x 7 B. 10 x 9 C. 9 x 8 D. 11 x 10

27. Two secants AC and AE have lengths of 80 m. and 100 m. 38. The dimensions of a garden are in whole numbers. If the
respectively are drawn from point A outside a circle and length is reduced by 3 and the width reduced by 1 then the
intersects the circle at points C,B, D and E. If the angle area is reduced by half. What is area of the original
between the two secants is 25o, and AB is equal to 40 m. rectangle?
compute the length of AD. A. 30 B. 42 C. 36 D. 38
A. 32 B. 36 C. 40 D. 44
39. One of the angles of a triangle is equal to the sum of the
28. An engineer places his transit along the line tangent to the other two angles. If the ratio of the other two angles is 4:5,
circle at point A such that PA = 200 m. He locates another find the smallest angle of the triangle.
point B on the circle and finds PB = 80 m. If a third point C, A. 50 B. 30 C. 45 D. 40
on the circle lies along PB, how far from point B will it be?
A. 420 B. 500 C. 320 D. 300 40. Given that twice the complement is three-fifths the
supplement. Find the measure of the angle.
29. A circle having a center at point O has a radius of 20 m. A A. 60 B. 51.43 C. 65.34 D. 71.55
triangle ABC is inscribe in a circle. If the angle BCA = 30o
and BAC = 50o compute the area of the triangle. 41. Given the sum of two numbers is thirty and that twice the
A. 301.73 m2 C. 140.37 m2 first number is 3 more than the second, find the largest
B. 217.63 m 2 D. 323.33 m2 number.
A. 11 B. 19 C. 21 D. 15
30. The central circle has 10 cm. radius. Six equal smaller
circles are to be arranged so that they are externally tangent 42. If 1 gallon of paint covers 400 square feet, about how many
to the central circle and each tangent to the adjacent small gallons of paint are needed to paint the outside of a
circle. What should be the radius in cm. of each small spherical tank of diameter 20 feet?
circle? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
A. 6.79 B. 10 C. 8.79 D. 9
43. A sector is bent to form a cone. If the angle of a sector is 30
31. The distance between the center of the circles which are degrees and radius of 6 cm. what is the altitude of the cone?
mutually tangent to each other externally are 10,12 and 14 A. 5.98 cm C. 7.33 cm
units, The area of the largest circle is: B. 6.67 cm D. 4.89 cm
A. 8 pi B. 6 pi C. 64 pi D. 32 pi
44. Find the volume of a cone to be constructed from a sector
32. The area of a circular sector is 800 m2. If the radius is equal having a diameter of 72 cm. and a central angle of 150o.
to 16 m, compute for the length of arc A. 7465.9 cc C. 7711.8 cc
A. 112 m B. 72 m C. 120 m D. 100 m B. 7419.7 cc D. 4176.5 cc
45. The lateral area of a right circular cone is 40  sq.m. The B. 4.55 cm D. 4.05 cm
base radius is 4 m. What is the slant height?
A. 10 m C. 8.02 m 56. If equal spheres are piled in a form of a complete pyramid
B. 6.67 m D. 13.33 m with a rectangular base, find the total number of spheres in
the pile if the number of spheres in the long side is 6 and
46. The ratio of the volume to the lateral area of a right circular that of the short side is 4 until the top layer consist of a
cone is 2:1. if the altitude is 15 cm., what is the ratio of the single row of 3 spheres.
slant height to the radius. A. 33 B. 40 C. 50 D. 60
A. 2:1 B. 5:2 C. 4:1 D. 5:3
57. A piece of wire of length 36π is cut into two unequal parts.
47. Given a solid right circular cone having a height of 8 cm. has Each part is then bent to form a circle. It is found that the
a volume equal to 4 times the volume of the smaller cone total area of the two circle is 80π. Find the diff. in radius of
that could be cut from the same cone having the same axis. two circles.
Compute the height of the smaller cone. A. 12 B. 11 C. 8 D. 6
A. 4.05 cm C. 8.08 cm
B. 5.04 cm D. 6.06 cm 58. When two plan intersect with each other, the amount of
divergence between the two planes is expressed by
measuring the
48. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m. is divided into 2
A. Plane angle C. Polyhedral angle
segments having the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is 6
m., find the ratio of the volume of small cone to the big cone. B. Reflex angel D. Dihedral angle
A. 0.1089 C. 0.2963
B. 0.4356 D.0.3567 59. A reversed curve on a railroad track consists of two circular
arcs. The central angle of one side is 20 degrees with radius
2500 ft, and the central angle of the other is 25 degrees with
49. The height of a right circular cone is “h”. If it contains oil and
radius of 3000 ft. Find the total length of the two arcs.
water at equal depth of h/2, what is the ratio of the volume
A. 2912 ft C. 2821 ft
of the volume of oil to that of the water.
A. 4 B. 6 C. 7 D. 4.5 B. 2218 ft D. 2182 ft

50. A plane is passed parallel to the base of a triangular 60. A rectangle ABCD which measures 18 x 24 cm is folded
pyramid of altitude of 9 m. such that the area of the base is once, perpendicular to diagonal AC, so that the opposite
9 times the area of the triangle of intersection. How far from vertices A and C coincide. Find the length of the fold.
the vertex does the plane intersect the altitude? A. 22.5 cm C. 21.5 cm
A. 2.72 m C. 1.41 m B. 18.75 cm D. 19.5 cm
B. 2.27 m D. 3 m
61. A reservoir is shaped like a square prism. If the area of its
51. The volume of a cone having an inclined axis at an angle of base is 225 sq. cm, how many liters of water will it hold?
60o with the base is equal to 1884.96 cu.m., find the length A. 337.5 C. 3375
of the axis of the cone, if the radius at the base is 10 m. B. 3.375 D. 33.75
A. 20.78 m C. 21.11 m
B. 18.67 m D. 23.34 m 62. A circle with radius 6 has half its area removed by cutting off
a border of uniform width. Find the width of the border.
52. The radius of the base of a cone of revolution is 32 inches A. 2.2 B. 1.86 C. 2.75 D. 1.76
and its altitude is 54 inches. What is the altitude of a cylinder
of the same volume whose diameter of the base is 48 63. The volume of the sphere is 36 pi cu. m. The surface area of
inches? this sphere is sq. m is
A. 48 in B. 32 in C. 45 in D. 40 in A. 36 pi B. 24 pi C. 18 pi D. 12 pi

53. A pyramid has a triangular base whose sides are 10 cm., 14 64. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one triangle
cm. and 18 cm. respectively. Compute the volume of the is 3 units more than its base and the altitude of the other is 3
inscribed cone if it has an altitude of 28 cm. units less than its base. Find the altitudes if the areas of the
A. 223.3 cc C. 96.65 cc triangles differ by 21 square units
B. 323.2 cc D. 169.5 cc A. 5 and 11 C. 6 and 12
B. 4 and 10 D. 3 and 9
54. A solid gold in the form of a frustum of a pyramid has
smaller base area of 20cm2 and a bigger base area of 60 65. The cost of manufacture x baseballs is C(x) = 0.05x2 + 0.5x
cm2 . It has an altitude of 24 cm. If the gold is melted to form + 50. How much will it cost to produce the 101st base ball?
a 9 spherical balls, find the radius of each balls. A. 10.6 B. 11.6 C. 11.5 D. 10.55
A. 3.60 cm C. 2.90 cm
B. 4.20 cm D. 5.40 cm 66. A piece of wire is shaped to enclose a square whose area is
169 cm^2. It is then reshaped to enclose a rectangle whose
55. The bases of a right prism is a hexagon with one of each length is 15 cm. The area of the rectangle is
side equal to 6 cm. If the volume of the right prism is 500 cu. A. 225 cm^2 C. 175 cm^2
cm. find the distance between the bases. B. 165 cm^2 D. 156 cm^2
A. 5.35 cm C. 6.15 cm
67. Find the radius of the circle circumscribing an isosceles right
triangle having an area of 162 sq. cm.? 79. Three identical circles are tangent to each other externally.
A. 11.23 C. 12.73 If the area of the curvilinear triangle enclosed between the
B. 10.63 D. 15.27 points of tangency of the 3 circles is 16.13., compute the
radius of each circle.
68. A solid has a circular base of radius 20 cm. Find the volume A. 10 cm C. 9 cm
of the solid if every plane section perpendicular to a certain B.13 cm D. 15 cm
diameter is an equilateral triangle.
A. 18, 475.21 cm3 C. 12,775.21 cm3 80. Two men A and B starting at the same point at the same
3
B. 20,475.31 cm D. 21,475.21 cm3 circumference of a circle, walked at the same rate of 60
m/min. if A walks towards the center and B walks around the
69. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is circumference and the radius of the circle is 800 m., find the
the surface area increased? distance between the two men A and B after 5 minutes.
A. 30% B. 21% C. 69% D. 33% A. 283.67 m C. 321.50 m
B. 412.56 m D. 281.60 m
70. If sin3x=cos6y then:
A. x – 2y = 30 C. x + 2y = 30 81. Given a solid right circular cone having a height of 8 cm. has
B. x + y = 180 D. x + y = 90 a volume equal to 4 times the volume of the smaller cone
that could be cut from the same cone having the same axis.
Compute the height of the smaller cone.
71. A hut has a parabolic cross-section whose height is 30 m A. 5.04 cm C. 4.45 cm
and whose base is 60 m wide. If a ceiling 40 m wide is to be
B. 3.25 cm D. 2.32 cm
placed inside the hut, how high will it be above the base?
A. 16.67 m C. 14.47 m
B. 15.48 m D. 19.85 m 82. The diameter of a sphere and the base of a cone are equal.
What percentage of that diameter must the cones height be
so that both volumes are equal.
72. An ellipse has an eccentricity of 1/3. Compute the distance A. 100% C. 50%
between directrices if the distance between foci is 4.
B. 200% D. 400%
A. 18 B. 36 C. 32 D. 38

83. The volume of a regular pyramid whose base is a regular

73. The area of an isosceles triangle is 36 m2 with the smallest
hexagon is 156 m3. If the altitude of the pyramid is 5 m., find
angle equal to one third of the other angle. Find the length
the sides of the base.
of the shortest side.
A. 4m B. 8m C. 6m D. 3m
A. 12.98 m C. 4.57 m
B. 5.73 m D. 6.84 m
84. The base of a cylinder is a hexagon inscribed in a circle. If
the difference in the circumference of the circle and the
74. Compute the area of bi-rectangular spherical triangle having perimeter of the hexagon is 4 cm., find the volume of the
an angle of 60O and a radius of 8 m. cylinder if it has an altitude of 20 cm.
A. 76.56 m2 C. 56.34 m2 A. 10367 cm3 C. 10123 cm3
B. 45.65 m2 D. 67.02 m2 B. 12239 cm3 D. 11231 cm3

75. Two balls, one 6 cm in diameter and the other 4 cm in 85. A solid has a circular base of diameter 40 cm. Find the
diameter are placed in a cylindrical jar 9 cm in diameter. volume of the solid if every section perpendicular to a fixed
Find the volume of water necessary to cover them. diameter is an isosceles right triangle.
A. 234.44 cm3 C. 362.33 cm3 A. 32223.56 C. 10666.67
3
B. 257.22 cm D. 262.22 cm3 B. 12555.60 D. 12044.48

76. The tangent and a secant to a circle are from the same 86. A sphere is inscribed in a cube. What is the ratio of the volume
external point. If the tangent is 6 inches and the external of the sphere to the volume of the cube?
segment of the secant is 3 inches, compute the length of the A. 0.79 : 1 C. 0.52 : 1
secant. B. 0.24 : 1 D. 1:2
A. 10 B. 13 C. 12 D. 14
87. The volume of a truncated prism with an equilateral triangle
77. Two circles with radii 8 and 3 are tangent to each other as its horizontal base is equal to 3600 cm3. The vertical
externally. What is the distance between the points of edges at each corners are 4, 6, and 8 cm., respectively.
tangency of one of their common external tangents? Find one side of the base.
A. 7.8 m C. 10.7 m A. 22.37 C. 37.22
B. 9.8 m D. 6.7 m B. 25.43 D. 17.89

78. The diameters of the two circles that are tangent internally 88. Find the area of a pentagonal spherical pyramid the angles
are 18 and 8, respectively. What is the length of the tangent of whose base are 105o, 126o, 134o, 146o and 158o on the
segment from the center of the larger circle to the smaller sphere of radius 12 m.
circle? A. 324.21 C. 222.34
A. 2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 5 B. 343.56 D. 433.67
89. A right circular cone whose base radius is 4 is inscribed in a
sphere of radius 5. What is the ratio of the volume of the cone
to the volume of the sphere?
A. 0.222/1 C. 0.256/1
B. 0.333/1 D. 0.288/1

90. How many edges are there in a regular octahedron?

A. 8 B. 20 C. 12 D. 30

91. Philippine Air Lines flew from Tokyo whose latitude is

14O36’N and longitude of 121O05’E on a course S30OW and
maintaining a uniform altitude. What will be its course at the
point where it crosses the equator?
A. S28O36’W C. S31O12’W
B. S25 15’W
O D. S32O05’W

92. Find the area in square centimeter of the largest square that
can be cut from a sector of a circle radius 8 cm and central
angle 120o.
A. 21.9 C. 33.5
B. 45.2 D. 54.8

93. The center of two circles with radii of 3 m and 5 m,

respectively are 4 m apart. Find the area of the portion of
smaller circle outside the larger circle.
A. 11.25 m^2 C. 9.75 m^2
B. 12.15 m^2 D. 10.05 m^2

94. A central angle of two concentric circles is 3π/14. The area of

the large sector is twice the area of the small sector. What is
the ratio of the lengths of the radii of the two circles?
A. 0.71 : 1 C. 1:1
B. 0.25 : 1 D. 0.50 : 1

95. A cylinder has a base radius of 2 and a height of 9. To the

nearest whole number, by how much does the lateral area
exceed the sum of the areas of the two bases?
A. 101 B. 96 C. 88 D. 81

96. A cylinder whose radius is 3 and is inscribed in a sphere of

radius 5. What is the difference between the volume of the
sphere and the volume of the cylinder?
A. 88 B. 354 C. 297 D. 448

97. A cylindrical bar metal has a base radius of 2 and a height of

9. It is melted down and reformed into a cube. What is the
side of the cube?
A. 2.32 B. 4.84 C. 3.84 D. 97.21

98. What is the volume of the region between two concentric

spheres of radii 2 and 5?
A. 113 B. 368 C. 66 D. 490

99. If the volume of a right circular cone is reduced by 15% by

reducing its height by 5%, by what percent must the radius of
the base be reduced?
A. 5.4% B. 6.2% C. 4.5% D. 3.8%

100. A truncated prism has a square horizontal base. The vertical

edges at each corner are 4, 5, 6, and 7 m. respectively. If the
volume of the truncated prism is 8800 cu. m., compute one
side of the base.
A. 33.5 m C. 35 m
B. 40 m D. 22.5 m