TRIGONOMETRY AND CALCULUS EXERCISES

Prepared by: Anthony P. Anies

2𝜋
1. Between 59o and 7
radian arc, which is a faster route for Sonic to travel assuming
he travels at a constant speed? (A: 59o)
2. The reference angle of angle 𝛽 exceeds the reference angle of angle 𝛼 by 15o.
Suppose angle 𝛼 terminates at the third quadrant, and angle 𝛽 is in fourth
quadrant, and that angle 𝛽 is 10o more than twice angle 𝛼, what is the measure
of angle 𝛼? (A: 173o)
3. TRUE or FALSE: The reference angle can always be a coterminal angle. But the
coterminal angle may not always be a reference angle. (A: TRUE)
4. TRUE or FALSE: 0o and 90o can be reference angles. (A: FALSE)
5. In the figure below, calculate for the area of the shaded region given that the
length of the arc formed opposite to the angle given below is 6π radians. (A:
324-81 π sq. units)

120o

For items 6-8, refer to the given information below.

Anthony, the ant, traversed the base perimeter of his anthill for his daily exercise.
Suppose he travels at a constant speed of 2 cycles per hour. Due to lack of
stamina, he was only able to traverse a part of the track for 45 minutes which
makes a central angle of 150o.
 𝟑𝟐𝟒
6. What will be the area the base of the anthill? (A: 𝝅 sq units)
𝟐𝟓
7. Suppose the steepness of the ant hill measures 60o. What is the height of the
𝟏𝟖√𝟑
anthill? (A: 𝟓
units)
8. The next day, Anthony the ant decides to intensify his training by traversing the
anthill from base to top. Before doing so, he consumes about 0.2 mL of water in
every 1 unit of length in his uphill trek. Using the information given in items 6 and
7, how many liters of water, in total, did he consume after reaching the top? (A:
1.44mL)

36 √𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏
9. If tan 𝜃 = 25
, and 𝜃 is in the third quadrant, what is the value of sec 𝜃? (A: 𝟐𝟓
)
10. Find the value of x in the following figure

60o 15o

13 cm

𝟑𝟗√𝟐 −𝟏𝟑√𝟔
(A: 𝟒
𝒄𝒎)

11. Refer to the given figure below. If ̅̅̅̅ 𝐸𝐶 , twice ̅̅̅̅

𝐵𝐶 = ̅̅̅̅ 𝐴𝐶 is thrice ̅̅̅̅
𝐷𝐶 , and the area of
𝟒𝟎
triangle ABC is 20, what is the area of triangle CDE? (A: 𝟑
)

D
C

E
12. TRUE or FALSE: The diameter of a unit circle is 1 unit. (A: FALSE)
13. Find the value of x in the following figure given that arc AB(smaller arc) measures
4π radians, angle ACD measures 120o and 𝐶𝐷 ̅̅̅̅. (A: 𝟑√𝟕 units)
̅̅̅̅ = 𝐷𝐵

x
\
X
B
C D

16
14. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 = 49
, and csc 𝜃 = 7 and 𝜃 is in the first quadrant, what is the value of
𝑠𝑒𝑐 3 𝜃? (A: 64)

For items 15-17, refer to the given information below.

Jon and Daenerys decided to measure the speed of a balloon when released to
the atmosphere. At the instant Jon releases the balloon, Daenerys is 50 m from
him. Daenerys observes that after 10 s, the angle of elevation of the balloon is
30o. After another 20s from the 30o point, the angle of elevation is 60o.
15. What is the speed of the balloon? Assuming that it is constant regardless of the
𝟓√𝟑 𝒎
height. (A: )
𝟑 𝒔
16. At what time is the 45o angle of elevation reached? (A: 𝟏𝟎√𝟑 s)
17. What is the distance between Daenerys and the balloon at the 45o mark? (A:
𝟓𝟎√𝟐m)

For items 18-20, refer to the given information below.

The shadow of the Eiffel tower at 6:00 am in the morning makes an angle of
elevation of 30o and the distance between the tip of the tower to the tip of the
shadow is 600 m. At 10:00 am, the distance between the tip of the shadow and
the tip of the tower is 300√2 m.

18. What is the height of the Eiffel Tower? (A: 300m)

19. What is the angle of elevation of the tip of the shadow at 10:00 am? (A: 45o)
𝑚
20. What is the rate of disappearance of the shadow from 6:00 am to 10:00 am in ?
𝑠
√𝟑−𝟏 𝒎
(A: 𝟒𝟖 𝒔
)

For items 21-22, refer to the given information below.

Tom and Jerry decides to play catch the ball on the respective rooftops of their
buildings. Tom, on the shorter building, and Jerry on the taller building. Jerry sees
Tom at an angle of depression of 30o while Tom sees the base of Jerry’s building
at an angle of depression of 45o. Tom’s building is 20 m high.

𝟐𝟎√𝟑
21. How is high is Jerry’s building? (A: 𝟑
m)
22. If Jerry tosses the ball at a perfectly circular arc trajectory with radius of curvature
half that of the distance between the two buildings, and subtends an angle of
𝟐𝟎𝝅
120o, what is the length of the trajectory? (A: 𝟑
m)
 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠
23. The wheel of fortune has an angular velocity of 3 . For how long will it take
𝑠
𝟒𝝅
cover two revolutions? (A: 𝟑
s)

24. Two planes leave the station at the same time. Plane A travels at a speed of 200
km/hr, in the direction 60o East of North while Plane B travels at 250 km/hr, in the
direction 75o South of West. After 1 hour of departure, how far are the two planes
apart? (A: 𝟏𝟎√𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟓 + 𝟓𝟎𝟎√𝟐km)

25. Evaluate: tan 345 (A: √𝟑 − 𝟐)

26. Find the solution set of the equation: 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 − √3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 = 0 where 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 360°. (A:
30o, 90o, 270o, 330o)

27. For what values of 𝜃 will make the equation 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 − 2 = 0 true where 𝜃 can
𝟑𝝅
be a value from 0 to 2π. (A: 𝟐
)

28. Solve for the value of 𝛽: 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝛽 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝛽 where 0 ≤ 𝛽 ≤ 360°. (A: 60o, 180o,
300o)

29. Find the solution set: sin 𝛼 + cos 𝛼 = 1 where 0 ≤ 𝛼 ≤ 180° (A: 0o, 90o)

30. Solve for 𝜃: 3𝑡𝑎𝑛3 𝜃 − 3𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 + 1 = 0 where 0° ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 180° (A: 30o, 45o, 150o)

For items 31-33, refer to the given information below.

The Strawhat Pirates decide to take a trip with the Thousand Sunny ship to the
Grand Line. They first took a trip to Logue Town to stock some supplies which is
located 6 miles (bearing of 135o) from their starting position. After which, they
ventured to the Red Line which is 8 miles from Logue town with a bearing of 45o.
 31. After reaching the Red Line, how far are they from their starting position? (A: 10
miles)
32. The Red Line is a very massive mountain which divides the seas of One Piece.
Three miles before reaching the foot of the mountain, Captain Luffy sees the top
of the mountain at an angle of elevation of 60o. From the foot to the top of Red
𝟗+𝟔√𝟑
Line, the steepness is 75o. How high is the Red Line? (A: 𝟐
miles)
33. To finally reach the Grand Line, they must ride the upward current to reach the
top of the Red Line. At what time will they reach the top if the speed of the
current is 0.5 miles/min? (A: 𝟑√𝟔 + 𝟗√𝟐 minutes)

−5 𝟏𝟐
34. Evaluate: sin [𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 13 ] (A: 𝟏𝟑)

𝜋 𝝅
35. Evaluate: 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 [sin 3 ] (A: 𝟔 )

7 −4 −𝟑𝟐
36. Evaluate: {tan [𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 25]} × {tan [𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 5
]} (A: 𝟕
)

For items 37-39, refer to the given figure below

15 ft

z ft

12 ft

A B
5 ft 4 ft
 𝟐𝟒√𝟓
37. What is the value of z? (A: 𝟓
ft)
−𝟗√𝟓
38. What is the value cos(𝐴 + 𝐵)? (A: 𝟐𝟓
)
𝟐√𝟓𝟓
39. What is the value sin(𝐴 + 𝐵)? (A: )
𝟐𝟓

For items 40-41, refer to the given figure below.

4 6

𝟑𝟓𝟗𝟔
40. What is the value of x? (A: √ 𝟓𝟗
units)

41. What is the area of the inscribed quadrilateral? (A: 𝟐√𝟐𝟏𝟎sq units)
42. Evaluate: lim (𝑦 + 3)2018 (A: 1)
𝑦→−4
𝑢4 −1 𝟒
43. Evaluate: lim 𝑢3 −1 (A: 𝟑)
𝑢→1
4𝑥−𝑥 2
44. Evaluate: lim 2− 𝑥 (A: 16)
𝑥→4 √

√𝑥−5 −𝟏
45. Evaluate: lim 25𝑥−𝑥 2 (A: 𝟐𝟓𝟎)
𝑥→25

1
46. What is the derivative of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2018 − 𝑥 2018 at x = 1? (A: 4036)

47. What is the equation of the tangent line to the equation 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2018 ln 𝑥 2018 at x
= 1? (A: 𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖𝒙 − 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖)

1 𝟏 𝟏
48. Find the derivative of 𝑟(𝜃) = 2 ( + √𝜃). (A: − 𝜽√𝜽)
√𝜃 √𝜽

2𝑥+5 −𝟏𝟗
49. Find the derivative of 𝑦 = 3𝑥−2
. (A: (𝟑𝒙−𝟐)𝟐)

𝑥−8 4√𝑥
50. Find the derivative of 𝑓(𝑥) =
𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥−3𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑥