TRIGONOMETRY

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. The sum of the sides of a triangle is equal to 100 cm. If the
angles of the triangle are in the continued proportions of
4. A piece of wire of length 52 cm. is cut into two unequal parts. 1:2:4. Compute the shortest side of the triangle.
Each part is then bent to form a square. It is found that the A. 17.545 C. 18.525
total area of the two squares is 97 cm 2. Find the difference B. 19.806 D. 14.507
between the sides of each square.
A. 3 B. 5 C. 4 D. 9 15. Cebu Pacific Airways flies at a speed of 400 nautical miles
per hour from Cebu to Manila on a direction of N32°W, with
5. A vertical pole consists of two parts, each one half of the the wind blowing at a speed of 30 nautical miles per hour on
whole pole. At a point in the horizontal plane which passes a direction due West. What is the speed of the plane relative
through the foot of the pole and 36 m from it, the upper half to the ground?
of the pole subtend an angle whose tangent is 1/3. How high A. 457.74 C. 378.47
is the pole? B. 631.62 D. 416.68
A. 72 B. 25 C. 46 D. 16
16. A point within an equilateral triangle has a distance of 3m, 4m
6. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point A is and 5m respectively from the vertices. Determine the
2330' . From another point B, the angle of elevation of the perimeter of the triangle.
top of the tower is 5530' . The points A and B are 217.45 m A. 20.13m C. 22.16m
B. 20.31m D. 22.61m
apart and on the same horizontal plane as the foot of the
tower. The horizontal angle subtended by A and B at the foot
17. A triangular lot has a frontage on the sea of 100 yards. The
of the tower is 90 degrees. Find the height of the tower.
boundary lines running from the beach make on the inner side
A. 90.6 m C. 89.5 m
of the lot angles of 60° and 50° respectively with the shore
B. 86.7 m D. 55.9 m
line. Determine the distance of the dividing line from the
vertex of the triangle to the opposite side along the shore line
7. If the sides of the triangle are 2x+3, x2+3x+3, and x2+2x, find
to divide the lots into two equal areas.
the greatest angle.
A. 83.27 B. 71.19 C. 86.45 D. 68.54
A. 100 deg. C. 120 deg.
B. 130 deg. D. 110 deg
18. Triangle ABC have sides AB= 42cm, BC= 64cm, and CA=
84cm. At what distance from A along line AC will the other
8. The two sides of a triangle are 40 m. and 50 m. respectively
end of the bisector of angle B located.
which is inscribed in a circle having a radius of 12 m. If the
A. 56.82 B. 45.67 C. 33.28 D. 51.77
area of the triangle is 2500 m2, compute the third side.
A. 60 B. 65 C. 72 D. 83
19. A circle having a center at point O has a radius of 20 m. A
9. In triangle ABC, angle A=80 deg. and point D is inside the triangle ABC is inscribe in a circle. If the angle BCA = 30o
triangle. If BD and CD are bisectors of angle B and C, solve and BAC = 50o compute the area of the triangle.
for the angle BDC. A. 301.73 m2 C. 140.37 m2
B. 217.63 m 2 D. 323.33 m2
A. 100 deg. C. 120 deg.
B. 130 deg. D. 140 deg.
20. The tallest inhabited building in the world is the Sears Tower
10. The area and perimeter of a triangle is 2310 sq.cm. and 220 in Chicago. If the observation tower is 1450 feet above
cm. respectively. A circle is escribed outside the triangle ground level, how far can a person standing in the
having a radius of 55 cm. is tangent to one of the sides of the observation tower see (with the aid of a telescope)? Use
triangle. Compute the length of this side. 3960 miles for the radius of Earth.
A. 68 B. 70 C. 74 D. 85 Note: 1 mile = 5280 feet.
A. 46.64 mi C. 36.26 mi.
11. The area of a triangle is 8346 sq.m. and two of its interior B. 35.58 mi. D. 53.48 mi
angles are 37°25’ and 56°17’. What is the perimeter of the
triangle?
A. 181.54 C. 389.45 21. One angle of a triangle is three times another. The third
B. 278.56 D. 443.40 angle is 45 degrees greater than the smallest. Find the
measure of the smallest angle.
12. Triangles xyz has base angles x= 52° and z= 60°. Distance A. 13 B. 72 C. 25 D. 27
xz= 400m long. A line AB which is 200m long is laid out
parallel to xz. Compute the area of ABXZ. 22. One of the angles of a triangle is equal to the sum of the
A. 58883m2 C. 44162m2 other two angles. If the ratio of the other two angles is 4:5,
B. 68763m2 D. 58883m2 find the smallest angle of the triangle.
 A. 50 B. 30 C. 45 D. 40

23. Given that twice the complement is three-fifths the

supplement. Find the measure of the angle.
A. 60 B. 51.43 C. 65.34 D. 71.55

24. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one triangle
is 3 units more than its base and the altitude of the other is 3
units less than its base. Find the altitudes if the areas of the
triangles differ by 21 square units
A. 5 and 11 C. 6 and 12
B. 4 and 10 D. 3 and 9

25. The cost of manufacture x baseballs is C(x) = 0.05x 2 + 0.5x

+ 50. How much will it cost to produce the 101st base ball?
A. 10.6 B. 11.6 C. 11.5 D. 10.55

26. If sin3x=cos6y then:

A. x – 2y = 30 C. x + 2y = 30
B. x + y = 180 D. x + y = 90

27. The area of an isosceles triangle is 36 m 2 with the smallest

angle equal to one third of the other angle. Find the length
of the shortest side.
A. 12.98 m C. 4.57 m
B. 5.73 m D. 6.84 m

28. 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. S25O15’W D. S32O05’W