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Refresher March 14, 2023

Subject: Plane, Solid and Analytic Geometry 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.

1. A hexagon is circumscribed about a circle of radius 5. If the perimeter of the hexagon is 38, what is the area of the hexagon?
a. 75 b. 65 c. 85 d. 95
2. The circumferences of two circles are 6π and 10π. What is the ratio of their areas?
a. 9/25 b. 8/25 c. 7/25 d. 6/25
3. If a regular polygon has 54 diagonals, then it has how many sides?
a. 10 b. 11 c. 14 d. 12
4. Find the area of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle whose radius is 10 cm.
a. 822.8 cm2 b. 282.8 cm2 c. 828.2 cm2 c. 228.8 cm2
5. An isosceles trapezoid has two base angles of 45 and its bases are 6 and 10. Find its area.
a. 12 b. 14 c. 16 d. 18
6. The minute hand of a large clock is 2 m long. Find the distance traveled by the tip of the minute hand is 5 minutes.
a. pi/4 b. pi/2 c. pi/6 d. pi/3
7. The diagonals of a rhombus are 6 cm and 8 cm long. Find the perimeter of the rhombus.
a. 20 cm b. 24 cm c. 22 cm d. 26 cm
8. A circle whose radius is 10 cm is inscribed in a regular hexagon. The area of the hexagon is
a. 346.4 cm2 b. 634.4 cm2 c. 364.4 cm2 d. 436.6 cm2
9. The area of a parabolic segment having a base width of 10 cm and a height of 27 cm is
a. 270 cm2 b. 150 cm2 c. 210 cm2 d. 180 cm2
10. The diagonals of a quadrilateral are 34 and 56 intersecting at an angle of 67 degrees. Find its area.
a. 837.62 b. 863.72 c. 826.37 d. 976.32
11. Find the radius of a circle in which is inscribed a regular nonagon whose perimeter is 417.6 cm.
a. 68.37 cm b. 67.83 cm c. 63.87 cm d. 68.73 cm
12. Find the common area of two intersecting circles of radii 12 and 18 respectively if their common chord is 14 long.
a. 34.19 b. 35.29 c. 36.39 d. 37.49
13. Find the area of the annulus bounded by the inscribed and circumscribed circles of an equilateral triangle with a side of length 6.
a. 11 π b. 8 π c. 10 π d. 9 π
14. Find the volume of the frustum of a right circular cone whose altitude is 6 and whose base radii are 2 and 3.
a. 35 π b. 36 π c. 37 π d. 38 π
15. A hemispherical bowl of radius 10 cm is filled with water to a depth of 5 cm. Find the volume of the water.
a. 615 π /3 cm3 b. 620 π /3 cm3 c. 625 π /3 cm3 d. 630 π /3 cm3
16. Find the slant height of a regular pyramid each of whose faces is enclosed by an equilateral triangle with side 8.
a. 6.73 b. 6.93 c. 6.83 d. 6.63
17. The radius of a sphere that is inscribed in a regular hexahedron of edge e is equal to ____.
a. e/2 b. e/3 c. e/4 d. e/5
18. A concrete pedestal is in the form of a frustum of a regular square pyramid whose altitude is 1.2 m and base edges 0.40 m and 0.70 m
respectively. Find the volume of the pedestal.
a. 0.372 m3 b. 0.327 m3 c. 0.273 m3 d. 0.723 m3
19. Find the volume of a spherical wedge whose angle is 36 on a sphere of radius 6 cm.
a. 28.8 π cm3 b. 27.7 π cm3 c. 26.6 π cm3 d. 25.5 π cm3
20. A conical tank is 10.5 m deep and its circular top has a radius of 5 cm. How many liters of water will it hold?
a. 260,500 π b. 261,500 π c. 262,500 π d. 263,500 π
21. The diagonal of a cube is 2 3 . Find its volume.
a. 9 b. 7 c. 8 d. 6
22. Find the approximate change in the volume of a cube if each edge x of the cube is increased by one percent.
a. 0.02 x3 b. 0.03 x3 c. 0.04 x3 d. 0.05 x3
23. The lateral area of a regular pyramid is 2,048 and the perimeter of the base is 128. Find the slant height.
a. 42 b. 22 c. 32 d. 52
24. The distance between the center of the three circles which are mutually tangent to each other externally RE 10, 12 and 14 units. Find
the area of the largest circle.
a. 72π b. 64π c. 52π d. 36π
25. The intersection of two faces of a pyramid is called the
a. lateral edge b. slant height c. altitude d. hypotenuse
26. It is a polyhedron of which one face is a polygon and the other faces are triangles which have a common vertex.
a. prism b. pyramid c. cone d. prismatoid
27. The altitude of any of the lateral faces of a regular pyramid is called the
a. lateral edge b. altitude c. median d. slant height
28. It is a polyhedron whose faces are all squares.
a. tetrahedron b. hexahedron c. octahedron d. dodecahedron

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29. The dihedral angle is the angle between two intersecting

a. lines b. arcs c. planes d. chords

30. Which of the regular polyhedrons has faces that are regular pentagon?
a. tetrahedron b. dodecahedron c. octahedron d. icosahedron
31. If the base of a solid is a circle and every section perpendicular to the base is an isosceles triangle, the solid is called
a. conicoid b. prismoid c. conoid d. astroid
32. The radius of a sphere that is inscribed in a regular hexahedron of edge e is equal to
a. e/2 b. e/3 c. e/4 d. e/5
33. It is a polyhedron of which two faces are equal polygon in parallel plane and the other faces are parallelogram.
a. tetrahedron b. prism c. pyramid d. prismoid
34. A spherical wooden ball 15 cm in diameter sinks to a depth of 12 cm in a certain liquid. The area exposed above the liquid is
a. 53 pi cm2 b. 15 pi cm2 c. 45 pi cm2 d. 35 pi cm2
35. If the length of a side of a square is increased by 100%, its perimeter is increased by
a. 100% b. 150% c. 200% d. 259%
36. The side of a regular hexagon measures 10 cm. The radius of the circumscribing circle is
a. 8 cm b. 10 cm c. 12 cm d. 14 cm
37. The median of a trapezoid is 8 and one base is 5. How long is the other base?
a. 13 b. 12 c. 11 d. 10
38. It is a quadrilateral two and only of whose sides are parallel
a. rectangle b. rhombus c. trapezoid d. parallelogram
39. It is a quadrilateral whose four sides are equal and with no angle equal to a right angle.
a. rectangle b. rhombus c. square d. parallelogram
40. The area of a circle is 6 times its circumference. What is its radius?
a. 12 b. 11 c. 10 d. 13
41. The angle inscribed in a semicircle is
a. an obtuse angle b. an acute angle c. a straight angle d. a right angle
42. Which of the following points is equidistant from the vertices of a triangle?
a. incenter b. centroid c. orthocenter d. circumcenter
43. The point of intersection of the altitudes of a triangle is called the
a. incenter b. centroid c. orthocenter d. circumcenter
44. The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle is called the
a. incenter b. centroid c. orthocenter d. circumcenter
45. The point inside a triangle that is equidistant from its sides is called the
a. incenter b. centroid c. orthocenter d. circumcenter
46. The point of intersection of the medians of a triangle is called
a. incenter b. centroid c. orthocenter d. circumcenter
47. The line segment which joins the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and is what part of the third side?
a. one half b. one third c. one fourth d. two thirds
48. The sum of the interior angles of a convex polygon of n sides is equal to how many right angles?
a. 2(n - 1) b. 2(n – 2) c. 2(n – 3) d. 2(n – 4)
49. A convex polygon is a polygon each interior angle of which is less than
a. 45 b. 60 c. 180 d. 90
50. A circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle. If the circumference of the circle is 3, find the perimeter of the equilateral triangle.
a. 9.246 b. 6.294 c. 2.946 d. 4.962
51. The sides of the triangle ABC are a = 14, b = 12 and c = 10. Find the length of the median from vertex A to side a.
a. 8.34 b. 8.44 c. 8.54 d. 8.64
52. The minute hand of a large clock is 2 m long. Find the distance traveled by the tip of the minute hand in 5 minutes.
a. pi/4 b. pi/2 c. pi/6 d. pi/3
53. Find the area of a parallelogram whose sides are 128 and 217 if an included angle is 136 degrees.
a. 16,942.38 b. 17,492.83 c. 19,294.83 d. 18,249.38
54. The area of the sector of a circle, having a central angle of 60 degrees is 24 pi. Find the radius of the circle.
a. 11 b. 12 c. 13 d. 14
55. Find the area of the annulus bounded by the inscribed and circumscribed circles of an equilateral triangle with a side of length 6.
a. 11 π b. 8 π c. 10 π d. 9 π
56. Find the area of a rectangular octagon inscribed in a circle whose radius is 10 cm.
a. 822.8cm2 b. 282.8 cm2 c. 828.2 cm2 d. 228.8 cm2
57. Two sides of a parallelogram are 20 and 30 and the included angle is 36 degrees. Find the length of the longer diagonal.
a. 74.65 b. 64.75 c. 57.46 d. 47.65
58. The area of the circle is 6 times its circumference. What is its radius?
a. 12 b. 11 c. 10 d. 13
59. In a circle of radius 6, a sector has an area of 15 pi. What is the length of the arc of the sector?
a. 3 pi b. 4 pi c. 5 pi d. 6 pi
60. If the length of a side of a square is increased by 100%, its perimeter is increased by
a. 100% b. 150% c. 200% d. 250%
61. The side of a regular hexagon measures 10 cm. The radius of the circumscribing circle is
a. 8 cm b. 10 cm c. 12 cm d. 14 cm

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62. The median of a trapezoid is 8 an one base is 5. How long is the other base?
a. 13 b. 12 c. 11 d. 10
63. The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle is 40 sq. cm. and the radius of the circumscribed circle is 7 cm. If two sides of the
triangle are 8 cm and 10 cm, find the third side.
a. 10 cm b. 12 cm c. 13 cm d. 14 cm
64. The altitude of an equilateral triangle is 4. Find the length of each side.
a. 3.62 b. 4.62 c. 5.62 d. 6.62
65. Find the side of a square whose area is equal to that of a rectangle with sides 32 and 18 cm.
a. 21 cm b. 22 cm c. 23 cm d. 24 cm
66. A railroad curve is to be laid out on a circle. What radius should be used if the tract is to change direction by 25 degrees in
distance of 36 m?
a. 82.51 cm b. 81.52 cm c. 85.21 cm d. 81.25 cm
67. Find the area of a rhombus whose diagonals are 32 cm and 40 cm.
a. 540 cm2 b. 340 cm2 c. 640 cm2 d. 440 cm2
68. The altitude of a triangle is half the base. Find the base if the area is 64.
a. 15 b. 16 c. 17 d. 18
69. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 9, 12, and 15.
a. 54 b. 53 c. 52 d. 51
70. An isosceles trapezoid has two base angles of 45o and its bases are 6 and 10. Find its area.
a. 12 b. 14 c. 16 d. 18
71. Find the altitude of a trapezoid of area 180 cm2 if the bases are 16 and 14 cm.
a. 11 cm b. 12 cm c. 13 cm d. 14 cm
72. Find the area of a sector of a circle of radius 10 cm and whose central angle is 15 degrees.
a. 193.32 cm2 b. 194.33 cm2 c. 195.34 cm2 d. 196.35 cm2
73. Find the length of an arc of a circle of radius 20 which subtends a central angle of 30 degrees.
a. 10 pi/3 b. 11 pi/3 c. 13 pi/3 d. 14 pi/3
74. Find the length of a chord which is 2 units from the center of a circle of radius 6 units.
a. 6√2 b. 7√2 c. 8√2 d. 9√2
75. How many sides has a convex polygon if the sum of the measures of its angles is 1,080 degrees.
a. 8 b. 7 c. 6 d. 5
76. What is the measure of each interior angle of a regular pentagon?
a. 106o b. 109o c. 107o d. 108o
77. What is the radius of a circle if its circumference is equal to its area?
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1
78. The diagonals of a rhombus are 6 cm and 8 cm long. Find the perimeter of the rhombus.
a. 20 cm b. 24 cm c. 22 cm d. 26 cm
79. The angles between the diagonals of a rectangle is 30o and each diagonal is 12 cm long. Find the area of the rectangle?
a. 26 cm2 b. 36 cm2 c. 46 cm2 d. 56 cm2
80. A bridge across a river is in the form of an arc of a circle. If the span is 40 ft and the midpoint of the arc is to be 8 ft higher than
the ends, what is the radius of the circle?
a. 27 ft b. 28 ft c. 29 ft d. 30 ft
81. Find the angle formed by the secant and tangent to a circle if one intercepted arc is 30 degrees more than the other and the secant
passes through the center of the circle.
a. 15o b. 16o c. 17o d. 18o
82. Find the radius of a circle whose area is equal to the area of the annulus formed by two consecutive circles with the radii 5 ad 13.
a. 10 b.11 c. 12 d.13
83. What is the percent increase in volume is achieved for a sphere whose diameter increase from 3 cm to 4 cm?
a. 137% b. 234% c. 123% d. 87%
84. What is the percent increase in surface area is achieved for a sphere whose diameter increase from 3 m to 4 m?
a. 78% b. 86% c. 43 % d. 98%
85. If the volume of the sphere is 345 cm.3, solve for its diameter.
a. 8.02 cm. b. 9.81 cm. c. 8.70 cm. d. 9.42 cm.
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86. A spherical water tank is filled with 10 m of water. If the water level of tank is 80 cm from the bottom, determine the tank
radius.
a. 5.24 m b. 6.25 m. c. 7.84 m d. 9.95 m
87. If the value of the discriminant B – 4AC is negative, then the second –degree equation Ax2 +Bxy +Cy2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0
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represents either an ellipse or

a. a pair of parallel lines b. two intersecting lines c. a point d. a line
88. Identify the locus of the curve whose parametric equations are x = 3sinθ, y = 2cosθ.
a circle b. a parabola c. an ellipse d. a hyperbola
89. If the eccentricity of a conic is infinity, then it is
a straight line b. a circle c. a parabola d. a hyperbola
90. If the slopes of two lines are equal and their y-intercepts are different, then the lines are
a. Intersecting b. parallel c. coincident d. perpendicular

91. A line with an inclination between 00 and 900 has

a. zero slope b. no slope c. positive slope d. negative slope

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92. The parabola x2 – 4x + 2y – 6 = 0 opens
a. downward b. upward c. to the right d. to the left
93. If the eccentricity of a conic is 3/5, then it is
a. an ellipse b. a circle c. a parabola d. a hyperbola
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94. The graph of the equation 4y = 8 –x is
a. circle b. an ellipse c. a parabola d. a hyperbola
95. It is the locus of a point which moves in a plane so that the sum of its distance from two fixed points is constant.
a. a circle b. a parabola c. an ellipse d. a hyperbola
96. It is the locus of a point which moves in a plane so that the difference of its distance from two fixed points is constant.
a. a circle b. a parabola c. an ellipse d. a hyperbola
97. If the eccentricity of a conic is greater than one, then it is
a. an ellipse b. a circle c. a parabola d. a hyperbola
98. If the eccentricity of a conic is less than one, then it is
a. an ellipse b. a circle c. a parabola d. a hyperbola
99. If the equation is unchanged by the substitution of y for x, its curve is symmetric with respect to the
a. origin b. x-axis c. y-axis d. line 450 with the axis
100. At the minimum point, the slope of the tangent line is _______.
a. infinite b. negative c. positive d. zero