TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES
MANILA
TRIGONOMETRY COMPETENCY EXAM SET B
NAME:_____________________ DATE: JULY 17, 2019
INSTRUCTIONS: DRAW THE CORRECT FIGURE AND
GIVE THE GENERAL EQUATION. NONE OF THIS =NO
CREDIT
1. An airplane is approaching point A along a straight line and
at a constant altitude h. At 10:00 am, the angle of elevation of
the airplane is 20o and at 10:01 it is 60o. What is the altitude h
of the airplane if the speed of the airplane is constant and equal
to 600 miles/hour? 4.60 miles
2. You are stationed at a radar base and observed an unidentified
plane at an altitude 6000 m flying towards your radar base at an
angle of elevation of 30 . After exactly one minute, your radar
sweep revealed that the plane is now at an angle of elevation of
60 , maintaining the same altitude. What is the speed (in m/s) of
the plane? V= DE / 60 = 38.49 m/s
3. When the top T of a mountain is viewed from point A, 2000
m from ground, the angle of depression a is equal to 15o and
when it is viewed from point B on the ground the angle of
elevation b is equal to 10o. If points A and B are on the same
vertical line, find the height h of the mountain. 793.8 meters
4. Two gears are interconnected. The smaller gear has a radius
of 4 inches, and the larger gear has a radius of 10 inches. The
smaller gear rotates 890 degrees in 4 seconds. What is the
angular speed, in degrees per minute, of the larger rotate? 5340
/ min
5. A man stands 60m from the base of a tall building. A
flagpoles, whose base is near the edge of the building, stands at
the top of the building. From the man’s position, the angle of
elevation to the top of the flagpole and the top of the building
are 33°10’ and 28°15’, respectively. Find the height of the
building and the height of the flagpole. 𝟔.𝟗𝟕 𝒎
6. When the top T of a mountain is viewed from point A, 2100
m from ground, the angle of depression a is 47 degrees. When it
is viewed from point B on the ground, the angle of elevation b is
32 degrees. If points A and B are on the same vertical line, find
the height h of the mountain. h = 773.15 m
7. A helicopter is hovering 880 feet above a road. A truck driver
observes the helicopter at a thirty three degree angle. Twenty
two seconds later, the truck driver notices the angle of the
helicopter is now at sixty six degrees. How fast is the truck
moving? = 81.19 m/s
8. An airplane is flying at an altitude of 40,000 ft. On the
ground, an observer sights the plane at an angle of elevation of
70o. After one minute, the observer at the same position finds
the angle of elevation is decreased to 40o. Assuming the airplane
is flying at the same altitude, find the speed of the airplane.
speed of the airplane = 551.85 ft/s ≈ 376 mph
9. The angle of elevation from the top of the small building to
the top of a nearby tall building is 47 degrees. And the angle of
depression from the top of the small building to the bottom of
the tall building is 15 degrees. If the smaller building is 30 feet
high, determine the height of the tall building. 150.06 ft
10. A tower 150m high is located at the top of the hill. At point
650m down the hill the angle between the surface of the hill and
the line of sight to the top of the tower is 12°30’. Find the
inclination of the hill to a horizontal plane.
𝜽 = 𝟕. 𝟕𝟗𝟕𝟒 → 𝟕°𝟒𝟕′𝟓𝟎′′
11. Two equilateral triangles, whose sides are equal to 12cm,
overlap each other and form a 6 point Star of David. Find the
value of the overlapping area.
𝑨𝑶𝑳 = 𝟒𝟏. 𝟓𝟕𝒄𝒎𝟐
12. The area of a circle circumscribed about an equilateral
triangle is 254.47cm^2.What is the area of the triangle?
105.22 cm2
13. A man look on the top of the mountain with an angle of
elevation of 30°, then he walks 1500ft towards the mountain and
the angle of elevation is now 35°. What is the height of the
mountain? x=4935.79ft
14. As Juliet looked out of her balcony, she discovered that the
angle of elevation to the top of Romeo's building is
approximately 24 degrees, while the angle of depression to the
bottom of the building is approximately 31 degrees. If Romeo's
building is 200 feet away from Juliet's balcony, how tall is the
building? 209.22 feet
15. Two cables are attached to the pole 16ft above the ground.
The combined length of the cables is 50ft. If one cable is
attached to the ground 12ft from the base of the pole, what is the
measure of the angle x, x=32.23°
16. A ladder, with its foot in the street, makes an angle of 30˚
with the street when its top rest on a building on one side of the
street and makes an angle of 40˚ with the street when its top rest
on the other side of the street. If the ladder is 50 feet long, how
wide is the street? Ans. 81.6 feet
17. A clock has a dial face of 12 in. radius. The minute hand is 9
in. while the hour hand is 6 in. The plane of rotation of the hour
hand is 2in. above the plane of rotation of the minute hand. Find
the distance between the tips of the minute hand and the hour
hand at 5:40 a.m.. Ans. 9.17 inches
18. From a helicopter flying at 30,000 feet, the angles of
depression of two cities are 28˚ and 55˚. How far apart are the
two cities? Ans. 35,415.57 feet
19. A vertical pole consists of two parts, each one half of the
whole pole. At a point in the horizontal plane which passes
through the foot of the pole and 36m from it, the upper part of
the pole subtends an angle whose tangent is 1/3. How high is the
pole? Ans. 36
20. Titanic leaves the port with a bearing of N63 W. After
travelling 25 miles, the ship then turns 90 degrees and travels on
a bearing of S27 W for 24 miles. At that time, what is the
bearing of the ship from port? 𝐒 𝟕𝟑. 𝟏𝟖° 𝐖
The area of the triangle is 3×12r2sin120o

=32r23√2

=33√4r2

Since the area of the circle is πr2=254.47

r2=254.47π

So the area of the triangle is 33√4254.47π=105.22m2