Angeles University FOUNDATION

College of Engineering and Architecture

Topic : Plane and Spherical Trigonmetry
Instruction: Shade the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.
1. Sin (B-A) is equal to _________, when B = 270 degress and A is an acute angle.
a. cos A
b. cos A
c. sin A
d. sin A
2. If sec2A is 5/2, the quantity 1-sin2A is equivalent to
a. 2.5
b. 1.5
c. 0.4

d. 0.6

3.(cos A)4 (sin A)4 is equal to __________.

a. cos 4A
b. cos 2A

d. sin 4A

c. sin 2A

4. Of what quadrants is A, if sec A is positive and csc A is negative?

a. IV
b. II
c. III
d. I
5. csc 520 deg is equal to
a. cos 20
b. csc 20
c. tan 45
6. Solve for in the following equation: sin 2 = cos
a. 30
b. 45
c. 60
7. If sin 3A = cos 6B, then
a. A + B = 90
b. A + 2B= 30
these
8. Solve for x, if tan 3x = 5tanx
a. 20.705 deg
b. 30.705 deg

d. sin 20
d. 15

c. A + B = 180

d.

c. 35.705 deg

none

of

d. 15.705 deg

9. If sin x cos x + sin 2x = 1, what are the values of x?

a. 32.2 deg, 69.3 deg
b. -20.67 deg, 69.3 deg
c. 20.90 deg, 69.1 deg
d. -32.2 deg, 69.3 deg
10. Solve for G is csc (11G 16 degrees) = sec(5G + 26 degrees).
a. 7 degrees
b. 5 degrees
c. 6 degrees

d. 4 degrees

11. If cos 65 + cos 55 = cos, find in radians.

a. 0.765
b. 0.087
c. 1.213

d. 1.421

12. Find the value of sin (arc cos 15/17)

a. 8/11
b. 8/19

d. 8/17

c. 8/15

13. The sin of a certain angle is 0.6, calculate the cotangent of the angle
a. 4/3
b. 5/4
c. 4/5
d. 3/4
14. Find the value of y in the given: y= (1+cos 2) tan.
a. sin
b. cos
c. sin 2

d. cos 2

15. The altitude of the sides of a triangle intersects at the point known as _____.
a. incenter
b. orthocenter
c. circumcenter
d. centroid
16. Which of the following is true?
a. sin (-) = sin
b. tan(-) = tan

c. cos(-) = cos

d. csc(-) = csc

17. cos4 A sin4 A is equa to

a. cos 2A
b. sin 2A

c. 2 tanA

d. sec A

18. Find the value of x in the following equations: csc x + cot x = 3. Express the answer
in radians.
a. /2
b. /3
c. /4
d. /5
19. If tan 25 = m, find [tan155 tan115] / [1+tan115 tan155].
a. (1+m2)/ 2m
b. (1-m2)/ 2m
c. (1-m2)/ m

d. (1-m)/ 2m

20. Three times the sine of a certain angle is twice the square of the cosine of the same
angle. Find the angle.
a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 35
21. Solve for x in the equation: Arctan2x + Arctanx = /2
a. 0.182
b. 0.821
c. 0.218

-45.

d. 0.281

Angeles University FOUNDATION

22. Two sides of triangle measures 5 and 7. The third side must be between what
numbers?
a. 2 and 6
b. 5 and 8
c. 2 and 12
d. >12
23. One leg of a right triangle is 20 cm and the hypotenuse is 10 cm longer than the
other leg. Find the length of the unknown leg.
a. 5 cm
b. 10 cm
c. 15 cm
d. 20 cm
24. When the angle of elevation of the sun is 64, a telegraph pole that is tilted at an
angle of 9 directly away from the sun casts a shadow 21 feet long on the level
ground. Find the length of the pole.
a. 30 feet
b. 31 feet
c. 32 feet
d. 33 feet
25. Solve angle A of an oblique triangle with vertices ABC, if a=25, b=16, and C=94
degrees and 6 minutes.
a. 5130
b. 5230
c. 5330
d. 5430
26. Triangle ABC has angle A=42, B=97 and side b=46 inches. Find the length of the
bisector of angle C.
a. 26.12 inches
b. 27.16 inches
c. 28.14 inches
d. 29.13 inches
27.If an equilateral triangle is circumscribed about a circle of radius 10 cm, determine
the side of the triangle.
a. 32.891 cm
b. 33.287 cm
c. 34.642 cm
d. 35.680 cm
28. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 6.6824. Its area is:
a. 4.312
b. 2.210
c. 1.915

d. 3.112

29. Find the area of a spherical triangle ABC whose given parts are A=6318, B=7214,
C=8516 and the radius of sphere R=10m.
a. 65.23 sq.m.
b. 68.43 sq.m.
c. 70.12 sq.m.
d.
71.21
sq.m.
30. What is the value of the side a of a spherical triangle whose given parts are
A=5230,B=7015 and C=12015?
a. 4954
b. 5212
c. 5532
d. 5721