MECORREL1 – TRIGONOMETRY

Instruction: Solve the following problem

18. Given the triangle ABC in which A = 30 030’, b = 100 m and

1. Convert 100 grads to degree. c = 200 m. Find the length of the side a.
A. 90 C. 30 A. 124.64 C. 142.24
B. 60 D. 45 B. 130.50 D. 103.35
2. If the supplement of an angle is 5/2 of its complement, find 19. A pole cast a shadow 15 m long when the angle of elevation
the value of the angle. of the sun is 61 deg. If the pole is leaned 15 deg from the
A. 90 C. 30 vertical directly towards the sun, determine the length of the
B. 60 D. 45 pole.
3. Find the value of x if log 12 x=2.
A. 45.67 C. 64.33
A. 144 C. 524 B. 54.22 D. none of the above
B. 414 D. 425 20. To determine the width of a river, a surveyor measures a line
4. ln7.18xy equals AB 120 m long on one bank. To a point C on the other bank
A. 1.97xy C. 0.86xy he determines the angle BAC = 48o36’ and the angle ABC =
B. xy D. 7.18xy 54o42’. Find the width of the river.
5. If log of 2 to the base 2 plus log of x to the base 2 is equal 2, A. 55.7 C. 75.5
then the value of x is B. 70.3 D. 45.3
A. 4 C. 2 21. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower B from the top
B. -2 D. -1 of the tower A is 28o and the angle of elevation of the top of
6. 38.5 to the x power = 6.5 to the x-2 power, solve for x using tower A from the base of the tower B is 46o. The two towers
logarithms. lie in the same horizontal plane. If the height of the tower B
A. 2.70 C. 2.10 is 120 m, find the height of tower A.
B. -2.10 D. -2.02 A. 87.2 C. 79.3
7. A vertical pole 8 ft tall cast a shadow 5 ft long on level B. 90.7 D. 66.3
ground. Find the angle which the rays of the sun make with 22. An engineer left a point walking at 6.5 kph in a direction
the horizontal. E20oN. A cyclist leaves the same point at the same time in a
A. 32 C. 42 direction E40oS traveling at a constant speed. Find the
B. 58 D. 48 average speed of the cyclist if the engineer and the cyclist are
8. A boat which can travel at the rate of 4 mph in still water and 80 km apart after 5 hours.
pointed directly across a stream having a current of 3 mph. A. 18.23 kph C. 13.45 kph
What will be the actual speed of the boat? B. 24.34 kph D. 21.45 kph
A. 5 C. 2 23. Find the area of a circle circumscribing an equilateral
B. 7 D. 4 triangle having each side measuring 10 cm.
9. At certain point, the angle of elevation of the top of a A. 105 C. 120
flagpole, which stands on level ground is 35 deg. Seventy- B. 100 D. 115
five feet nearer the pole, the angle of elevation is 50 deg. 24. The sides of a triangular grass plot are 20.4 m, 28.5 m and
How high is the pole? 32.6 m, respectively. A goat is tethered to a stake within the
A. 127.32 C. 126.43 plot. Find the minimum length of the rope tied so the goat
B. 137.63 D. none of the above can graze over the entire plot.
10. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on level plane. The A. 12.54 C. 16.47
angles of depression of the top and bottom of the monument B. 15.67 D. 17.27
viewed from the top of the PLDT tower are 13o and 35o, 25. Find the area of the largest circular garden which can be
respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. Find the height made from a triangular lot measuring 5, 7 and 10 m,
of the monument. respectively.
A. 33.51 C. 7.58 A. 6.85 C. 8.85
B. 47.3 D. 30.57 B. 7.85 D. 9.85
11. In which quadrant will angle A terminates if sec A is positive 26. An isosceles right triangle has a perimeter of 17.071.
and csc A is negative? Compute the area of the triangle in square units.
A. QI C. QIII A. 11.5 C. 15.5
B. QII D. QIV B. 10.5 D. 12.5
12. If sin A = 3/5 and A is in the second quadrant while cos B = 27. The area of an isosceles triangle is 36 m2 with 30o as the
7/25 and B is in the first quadrant, find sin(A+B). included angle of the two adjacent equal sides. Compute the
A. 3/5 C. 4/5 perimeter of the triangle.
B. -3/5 D. none of the above A. 30.21 C. 24.57
13. If sinA – 2.511x, cosA = 3.06x and sin2A = 3.939x, find the B. 33.12 D. 35.67
value of x. 28. An oblique isosceles triangle inscribed in a circle. If one side
A. 0.265 C. 0.526 of the triangle has a length of 5 cm and the angle subtended
B. 0.562 D. 0.256 by the side is 15 deg, determine the area of the circle.
14. If tanx = 1/2, tany = 1/3, what is the value of tan(x+y)? A. 20 C. 16
A. 1 C. 3 B. 14 D. 18
B. 2 D. 4 29. Solve the other sided c of the spherical triangle whose given
15. If sec2A = 1/sin13A, determine the angle A parts are a= 72 deg 27 min; b = 61 deg 49 min and C 90 deg.
A. 5 C. 3 A. 81.81 C. 51.51
B. 6 D. 7 B. 71.71 D. 61.61
16. In the curve y = tan3x, what is the period? 30. Manila is situated at 14o36’N, 121o05’E and San Francisco is
at 37o48’ N, 122o24’W. Compute the distance between them
A. 3 π C. 2 π /3
considering that 1 minute is equivalent to 1 nautical mile.
B. π /3 D. π A. 6570 C. 6046
17. Two cities 270 km apart lie on the same meridian. Find their B. 7550 D. 5450
difference in latitude if the earth’s radius is 3,960 km.
A. 15/44 rad C. 9/44 rad
B. 3/44 rad D. 21/44 rad
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