Trigonometry and Solid Mensuration Additional Exercises
Trigonometry and Solid Mensuration Additional Exercises
48. sin A cos B – cos A sin B is equivalent to : 54. One of the angles of a triangle measures 31. An 60. A tower 150 m high is situated at the top of a hill. At
A. cos ( A – B ) C. tan ( A – B ) adjacent side measures 40 cm and the opposite side a point 650 m down the hill the angle between the
B. sin ( A – B ) D. cos ( A is twice as long as the other adjacent side. What are surface of the hill and the line of sight to the top of
–B) the measures of the other two angles? the tower is 1230’. Find the inclination of the hill to
A. 13 and 136 C. 14 and 135 the horizontal plane.
49. A parcel of land in the form of a triangle has sides A. 554’ C. 612’
B. 16 and 133 D. 15 and 134
312 m and 485 m long, respectively. The included B. 710’ D. 750’
angle is 81 30’. Determine the perimeter of the land.
A. 1243.22 m C. 1333.5 m 55. A space-shuttle pilot flying toward the Suez Canal
B. 1354.76 m D. 1426.3 m finds that the angle of depression to one end of the
canal is 38.25 and the angle of depression to the
61. Find the length of the altitude of angle A to side a for 68. Solve for A (0⁰ A 2 A) in the equation 2sin A 74. If A + B + C = 180⁰ and tan A + tan B + tan C = x,
a triangle whose sides are a = 16, b = 14, and c = cos A – sin A – 2cos A + 1 = 0. find the value of (tan A)(tan B)(tan C).
20. A. A/6 C. A/4 A. 1.50x C. 2.0x
A. 14 C. 13 B. A/3 D. 2 A/3 B. 0.50x D. x
B. 15 D. 12
69. In the system of equations below, find the average 75. The explement of an angle is 5 times its supplement.
62. Two forces of 17.5 and 22.5 lb act on a body. If their of x and y. Find the angle.
directions make an angle of 5010’ with each other, sin x + sin y = a ; cos x + cos y = b A. 135⁰ C. 45⁰
find the magnitude of their resultant. A. Arcsin (a/b) C. Arctan (a/b) B. 150⁰ D. 90⁰
A. 36.3 lb C. 35.6 lb Arccot ((a2 +
B. Arccos(a/b) D.
B. 38.6 lb D. 37.3 lb b2)/2) 76. Find the value of sin2 0⁰ + sin2 1⁰ +…+ sin2 89⁰ + sin2
90⁰.
63. A pole casts a shadow of 25 ft at one time and a 70. Two chords AB = 8 cm and BC = 12 cm of a circle A. 44.5 C. 46.5
shadow of 10 ft at a later time when the angle of form an angle of 120⁰. Find the radius of the circle. B. 45.5 D. 47.5
elevation is twice as large. Find the height of the A. 14 cm C. 12 cm
pole. B. 16 cm D. 10 cm 77. Of what quadrant is A if sec A is positive and csc A
A. 10 ft C. 11 ft is negative?
B. 12 ft D. 13 ft 71. A quadrilateral ABCD is to be inscribed in a A. III C. IV
semicircle in such a way that AD will be along the B. I D. II
64. Simplify: sin2 x 1 cot 2 x . diameter. If AB = 10 cm, BC = 20 cm, and CD = 30
cm, determine the diameter of the semicircle. 78. If cos 4x = cos 6y, which of the following is correct?
A. sin2 x C.1
A. 41.1309 cm C. 41.1903 cm A. 2x + 3y = 90⁰ C. 2x + 3y = 180⁰
B. sec2 x sin x D. tan2 x
B. 41.1039 cm D. 41.1093 cm B. 2x + 3y = 270⁰ D. 2x + 3y = 360⁰
65. What is the area, to the nearest acre, of a triangular 72. At a point A south of a tower, the angle of elevation 79. In what direction should an airplane fly in order to fly
field that is 529 ft on one side and 849 ft on another, of the top of the tower is 30⁰. From A, 1000 meters due north at 320 kph if the wind is blowing due west
if the angle between these sides measures 102.7 ? east, at point B, the angle of elevation of the top of at 50 kph
A. 7 C. 6 the tower is 15⁰. Find the height of the tower. A. N 8⁰53’ W C. S 8⁰53’ W
B. 4 D. 5 A. 320.05 m C. 230.50 m B. S 8⁰53’ E D. N 8⁰53’ E
B. 302.50 m D. 203.05 m
66. Find the identity of sin3θ in terms of sinθ. 80. A baseball diamond is a square 27 m on a side, and
A. 3 sin 4 sin3 C. 4 sin 3 sin3 73. Two towers 120 meters apart are on the same the pitcher’s mound is 18 m from the homeplate.
B. 4 sin 3 sin3 D. 3 sin 4 sin3 horizontal plane. An observer standing successively How far is the mound from the first base?
at the bases of the towers observes that the angle of A. 19.12 m C. 27.00 m
67. A parcel of land has sides measuring 175 ft, 234 ft, elevation of the taller is twice that of the smaller. At B. 20.13 m D. 24.75 m
295 ft and 415 ft and the angle between the sides of the midway point, he observes that the angles of
length 234 ft and 295 ft has measure 137.1. What elevation of the tops of the towers are 81. Find the angle between the diagonal of a cube and
is the measure of the angle opposite this angle? complementary. Find the height of the smaller tower. the diagonal of a face of the cube. Both diagonals
A. 110 C. 108 A. 90 m C. 40 m are drawn from the same vertex.
B. 104 D. 106 B. 80m D. 30 m A. 45.00⁰ C. 53.13⁰
B. 35.26⁰ D. 36.87⁰
82. A wheel 3.2 ft. in diameter rolls up an incline of 16⁰. 86. The bisector of the right angle of a right triangle B. 48 D. 18
When the point of the contact of the wheel with the divides the hypotenuse into two segments, 431.9 cm 93. ABDE is a square section and BDC is an equilateral
incline is 4.5 feet from the base of the incline, how and 523.8 cm respectively. Find the one of the acute triangle with C outside the square. Compute the
far is the center of the wheel from the horizontal angles of the given triangle. angle of ACE.
base? A. 42.7⁰ C. 39.5⁰ A. 45⁰ C. 60⁰
A. 3.67 ft C. 2.78 ft B. 63.8⁰ D. 25.1⁰ B. 30⁰ D. 90⁰
B. 4.98 ft D. 2.37 ft 87. An airplane is above a straight road on which are two 94. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a
observers 1640 m apart. At a given signal the point A is 23⁰ 30’. From another point B, the angle of
83. A vertical pole stands on a plane inclined at an angle observers take the angles of elevation of the elevation of the top of the tower is 55⁰ 30’. The points
of 12⁰ with the horizontal. At the base of the incline airplane, finding them to be 58⁰ and 63⁰, A and B are 217.45 m apart and on the same
the pole subtends an angle of 30⁰. At a point from respectively. Find the height of the plane. horizontal plane as the foot of the tower. The
the base and 6.2 meters up the incline, the pole A. 1378 m C. 1298 m horizontal angle subtended by A and B at the foot of
subtends an angle of 53⁰. Find the height of the pole. B. 1503 m D. 1443 m the tower is 90⁰. Find the height of the tower.
A. 5.61 m C. 7.89 m 88. Three times the sine of a certain angle is equal to A. 92.15 m C. 90.59 m
B. 9.34 m D. 6.48 m twice the square of the cosine of the same angle. B. 86.34 m D. 84.36 m
What is the tangent of the angle?
84. An existing road (AT) is just passing along the A. – 0.58 C. – 0.92 95. A tree broken over by the wind forms a right triangle
circumference of a circular lake where point T is the B. – 0.39 D. – 0.85 with the ground. If the broken part makes an angle
point of tangency. A proposed road (AC) is to cross 89. Two men A and B are 357 meters apart on a straight of 50⁰ with the ground and the top of the tree is now
the lake which requires a bridge (BC) and a detour shore of a lake and are looking at a tree T on the 20 feet from its base, how tall was the tree?
road (AB) to be constructed over the lake. If AT = 2.5 opposite shore How wide is the lake if angle ABT is A. C.
km and AB = 2.15 km, determine the length of the 32⁰ 20’ and angle BAT is 41⁰ 30’? B. D. 54.95 m
bridge. A. 182 m C. 165 m 96. A certain road has a grade of 40%. What is its angle
B. 132 m D. 109 m of inclination in mils?
A. 0.76 km C. 0.61 m A. 388 C. 384
B. 1.22 km D. 0.53 m 90. From the top of a tower 36 m high, the angles of B. 390 D. 396
depression of the top and bottom of another tower
85. In the figure shown, determine the area of the standing on the same horizontal plane are found to
quadrilateral ABCD. be 28⁰ 56’ and 53⁰ 41’, respectively. Find the
C distance between the summits of the two towers. 97. A cyclic quadrilateral has the sides AB = 8, BC = 10,
B A. 25.9 m C. 30.2 m CD = 12 cm, respectively. The fourth side DA is the
B. 24.3 m D. 39.6 m diameter of the circle. Find the area of the circle.
A. 319.21 cm2 C. 321.34 cm2
91. Simplify the equation sin x (1 + cot 2 x).
2
P B. 314.16 cm 2
D. 308.76 cm2
A. sin x C. cot x
B. cos x D. 1 98. The vertices A and B of a quadrilateral lie on a circle
D A
and are collinear with an external point P. A secant
92. A vertical pole consists of two parts, each one half of is drawn to the circle intersecting at C and D. Angle
PB = 50 m, PC = 90 m, PA = 45 m, A = 15⁰ the whole pole. At a point in the horizontal plane BPC = 30 degrees. If secants PA and PD have
which passes through the foot of the pole and 36 m lengths of 100 m and 90 m, respectively and the
A. 981 m2 C. 672 m2 from it, the upper half of the pole subtends an angle external segment PB is 50 m, determine the area of
B. 874 m2 D. 701 m2 whose tangent is 1/3. How high is the pole? the quadrilateral ABCD.
A. 36 C. 24 A. 1565.65 m2 C. 1666.67 m2
B. 1656.56 m2 D. 1555.56 m2 B. 14.22 cm D. 14.23 cm length of the tangent segment from the center of the
larger circle to the smaller circle?
99. A border is formed by two concentric circles of 107. Find the length of the side of a regular pentagon A. 2 C. 3
different radii. If the length of the chord of the larger inscribed in a circle of a radius 10 cm. B. 4 D. 5
circle that is tangent to the smaller circle is 40, find A. 10.34 cm C.11.76cm
the area of the border. B. 12.42 cm D. 35.22 cm 115. A regular 5 pointed star is inscribed in a circle
A. 1,471.23 C. 1,256.6 with a diameter of 10 m. What is the area of the
B. 628.32 D. 859.31 108. The interior angles of a polygon are in arithmetic
progression. The least angle is 1200 and the region inside the circle not covered by the star
100. Find the area of a regular pentagon whose side common deference is 50. Find the numbers of sides. A. 50.46 m2 C. 65.34 m2
is 25 cm and apothem is 7.2 cm. A. 8 C. 9 B. 40.56 m2 D. 57.83 m2
A. 1075 C. 1142 B. 11 D. 10 116. A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner
B. 1010 D. 1067 pentagon with sides of 10 cm is inside and
109. One side of a parallelogram is 10 cm and its
101. Find the sum of the interior angles of the diagonals are 16 cm and 24 cm respectively. Find its concentric to the larger pentagon. Determine the
pentagram (star). area. area inside the larger pentagon but outside of the
A. 180 C. 540 A. 143.2 cm 2 C. 112.4cm2 smaller pentagon.
B. 360 D.720 B. 150.5cm 2
D. 158.74 cm2 A. 515.76 C. 416.57
B. 637.15 D. 218.96
102. A circle with radius 6 has half its area removed 110. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 540
by cutting of a border of uniform width. Find the width degrees. Find the number of sides. 117. A quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle having a
of the border. A. 5 C. 8 radius of 10 cm. One of the sides of the quadrilateral
A. 2.20 C. 1.86 B. 6 D.11 is the diameter and the other two sides adjacent to
B. 1.76 D. 2.75 the diameter are 8 cm and 12 cm respectively.
111. The lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are 3 Determine the length of the fourth side.
103. What is the measure of the interior angle of the cm and 4 cm, respectively. Find the perimeter of the A. 8.63 cm C. 10.33 cm
regular 2000-gon? rhombus. B. 9.86 cm D. 9.42 cm
A. 1800 C. 2000 A. 9 B. 10 C. 11 D. 12
B. 2200
D. 1780 118. Which plane figure has the highest ratio of
112. The ratio of the area of regular polygon inscribed perimeter to area?
104. For a regular polygon of heptagon sides, find the in a circle to the area of the circumscribing regular A. circle C. regular hexagon
number of the degrees contained in each central polygon of the same number of side is 3:4. Find the B. equilateral triangle D. square
angle. number of the sides.
A. 51.43 0 C. 600 A. 6 B. 8 C. 7 D. 9 119. A goat is tethered to a corner of a 4 m. by 5 m.
B. 400 0
D. 32.730 shed by a 6 m. rope. What is the maximum area the
113. A rectangular ABCD which measures 18 by24 goat can cover? (ans. in square meters)
105. Determine the area of a rhombus if each side units is folded once, perpendicular to diagonal AC, A. 88.75 C. 67.87
measure 2cm. so that the opposite vertices A and C coincide. Find B. 98.76 D. 56.48
A. 2 2 C. 3 3 the length of the fold.
A. 45/2 C. 7/2 120. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included
B. 2 3 D. 3 2
B. 2 D. 54/2 angle are 6, 10, and 100 degrees respectively, find
106. The area of a rhombus is 168m2. If one of its the length of the shorter diagonal.
diagonal is12m, find the length of the sides of a 114. The diameters of the two circles that are tangent A.10.63 C. 10.73
rhombus. internally are 18 and 8, respectively. What is the B.10.37 D. 10.23
A. 15.23 cm C.10.42cm
121. The sides of a parallelogram are 84 cm and 63 B. 78.31 D. 186.71 134. A regular triangular pyramid has an altitude of 9
cm respectively. If one of its diagonal is 48 cm long, m and a volume of 187.06 cu. m. What is the base
compute the smallest interior angle of the 128. How many diagonals can be drawn from a 12 edge in meters?
parallelogram. sided polygon? A. 10 C. 12
A. 50.64° C. 45.43° A. 66 C. 54 B. 11 D. 13
B. 36.42° D. 34.51° B. 48 D. 36
129. The tangent and a secant are to a circle from the 135. Two cylinders of equal radius 3 m have their
122. The sum of the sides of two polygons is 9 and same external point. If the tangent is 6 inches and axes at right angles. Find the volume of the common
the sum of its diagonals is 7. Find the number of the external segment of the secant is 3 inches, part.
sides of each polygon. compute the length of the secant. A. 122 cu. cm. C. 154 cu. cm.
A. 5 & 4 C. 7 & 2 A. 10 C. 12 B. 144 cu. cm. D. 134 cu. cm.
B. 6 & 3 D. 4 & 8 B. 13 D. 14
136. A solid has a circular base of radius 20 cm. Find
123. Tangents are drawn to a circle of radius 10 cm 130. Two circles with radii 8 and 3 m are tangent to the volume of the solid if every plane section
from a point 25 cm from its center. Find the length of each other externally. What is the distance between perpendicular to a certain diameter is an equilateral
the tangents. the points of tangency of one of their common triangle.
A. 22.913 cm C. 24.302 cm external tangents? A. 18,475.21 cm3 C. 12,775.21 cm3
B. 20.633 cm D. 27.439 cm A. 7.8 m C. 10.7 m B. 20,475.31 cm D. 21,475.21 cm3
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162. The volume of the cube is reduced to _______ 169. The volume of a right prism is 234 cu. m. with an 176. In a regular square pyramid, the length of each
If all the sides are halved. altitude of 15 m. If the base of the prism is an side of the square base is 12 in and the length of
A. 1/2 B. 1/8 C. ¼ D. 1/16 equilateral triangle, find the length of the base edge. the altitude is 8 in. Find the length of the lateral edge.
A. 5 C. 6 A. 11.66 in C.12.34in
B. 7 D. 8 D. 10.34 in D. 15.21 in
163. If the edge of the cube is decreased by 10%, by
what percent is the surface area decreases?
170. The surface area of a zone of a spherical cone 177. The space diagonal of a cube is 6. Find the
A. 19% C. 89%
having an altitude of zone of 2 cm. is equal to 201.06 surface area of the cube.
B. 81% D. 10%
sq. cm. Compute the volume of the spherical cone. A. 12 B. 56
A. 1072.32 cm3 C. 1263.21 cm3 C. 72 D. 36
164. If the surface area of a sphere is increased by B. 2152.21 cm3 D. 1143.21 cm3
30%, by what percent is the volume of the sphere
178. The height of the circular cone with circular base
increased? 171. What is the area of a lune whose angle is 85ْ on is h. If it contains water to a depth of 2 3 h, what is
A. 51.8% C.61.7% a sphere of radius 30 cm.
B. 48.2% D. 30% the ratio of the volume of the water to that of the
A. 1,670.45 cm2 C. 2,570.53 cm2 cone?
B.2,670.35 cm2 D. 1,670.35 cm2 A. 1:27 B. 8:27
165. The lateral faces of a square pyramid make an
angle 60ْ with the base. If the height of the pyramid C. 26:27 D. 24:27
172. Find the area of a spherical triangle ABC,
is 5 3 m, find its lateral area. A=125°, B=73°,C=84° in a sphere of radius 30 cm.
A. 200 m2 C. 320 m2 A. 1562.4 cm2 C. 1602.2 cm2 179. A right circular cone has an altitude of 18 in and
2
B. 120 m D. 220 m2 B.1567.3 cm 2
D. 1652.2 cm2 a radius of 8 in and is 1 4 filled with water. Solve the
height of the water.
166. Find the volume of a cone to be constructed from 173. A lune has an area of 30 square meters. If the of A. 10.33 in C.11.62in
a sector 50 cm in diameter and a central angle of the lune is 90 degrees. What is the area of the B. 11.34 in D.10.67 in
130ْ . sphere?
A. 1,990.43 cm3 C.1990.43 cm3 A. 110 sq. m. C. 120 sq. m. 180. A wooden pyramid is to be cut into 2 parts of
B. 1,490.34 cm3 D.1,670.26 cm3 B. 90 sq. m. D. 150 sq. m. equal weights by a plane parallel to its base. Find
the ratio of the heights of the two parts.
167. A cone is inscribed in a hemisphere of radius r. A. 3.85 C. 4.65
If the cone and the hemisphere share bases, find the B. 2.15 D. 3.12
C. 3.44m D. 3.54m
181. If the edge of the cube is increased by 20 %, find 194. Find the lateral area and the total surface area of
the percentage increase in volume? 187. A right prism has a square base and a lateral a right circular cylinder if the radius of its base
A. 72.8% C. 83.2 % edge 10 cm. Find the volume if the lateral area is 120 measures 5 in. and its altitude measures 8 in.
B. 76.3% D. 63.3% cm2. A. 110 pi C. 130pi
A. 60 cm3 C. 80 cm3 B. 120 pi D. 140pi
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182. A metal cube of side 4 cm is melted and recast B. 70 cm D. 90 cm3
into a rectangular block of dimensions 8 cm x 4 cm 195. A room is 12 ft wide, 15 ft. long, and 8 ft high. If
x 2 cm. Find the percentage increase in the total 188. A right section of an oblique prism is a hexagon an air conditioner changes the air once every five
surface area. whose sides are 3cm, 4 cm, 4cm, 5cm, 6 cm and 7 minutes, how many cubic feet of air does it change
A. 12% C.18.33% cm. The measure of one lateral edge is 7 cm. Find per hour?
B. 16.67% D. 21% the lateral area. 203 m2 A. 17280 ft3/hr C. 16690 ft3/hr
A. 203 cm2 C. 205 cm3 3
B. 15460 ft /hr D. 18720 ft3/hr
183. To what height above the earth’s surface must a B. 207 cm 2
D. 209 cm3
man be raised for him to see 1/4 of the earth’s 196. The base of a right prism, is an equilateral
surface? 189. A solid cylinder of radius 10” is inscribed in a triangle, each of whose sides measures 4 units. The
A. H = R C. H = 2R prism with equilateral triangular bases. Find the altitude of the prism measures 5 units. Find the
B. H = 1/2 R D. H =3R volume of the portion of the prism that is outside the volume of the prism.
cylinder if their common height is 100 inches. A. 45.45 C. 54.45
184. A certain volcanic eruption expelled 36 cubic A. 10454 in3 C. 20545 in3 B. 34.64 D. 63.36
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miles of lava into the atmosphere, losing 4,100 ft of B. 32655 in D. 40475 in3
its original altitude. Assume the original volcano to 197. Find the volume of a regular square pyramid if
be a circular cone and the final volcano to be a 190. A sphere whose diameter is 12 feet is illuminated each edge of the base measures 10 in., and the slant
frustum. I f the material lost from the top of the by a point source of light 18 feet from the center of height of the pyramid measures 13 in.
mountain contained 1 % of the erupted material, find the sphere. Find the area of the portion of the sphere A. 200 C. 800
the angle of inclination of the volcano which is illuminated. B. 600 D. 400
A. 50.78ْ C. 37.8ْ A. 48pi C. 72pi
B. 49.5ْ D. 43.6ْ B. 60pi D. 84 pi 198. Find the volume of a sphere whose radius
measures 7 in.
185. A metal sphere is melted and recast into a hollow 191. A right circular cylinder has a base whose A. 1236.56 C. 1536.87
spherical shell whose outer radius is 277 cm. The diameter is 7 and height is 10. What is the surface B. 1436.76 D. 1736.35
radius of the hollow interior of the shell is equal to area of the cylinder, not including the bases?
the radius of the original sphere. Find the original A. 30pi C. 70 pi 199. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder of
sphere. B. 50 pi D. 90 pi height 6 if it has the same lateral surface area as a
A. 200 cm B. 225 cm cube of edge 3.
C. 220 cm D. 240 cm 192. What are the dimensions of a solid cube whose
A. 36pi C. 18pi
surface area is numerically equal to its volume?
B. 54pi D. 72pi
186. A sphere of radius 10 m and a right circular cone A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
of base radius 10 m and height 15 m stands on a 200. Find the volume of a solid right circular cone
table. At what height from the table should the two 193. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral in which
whose height is 4 ft and whose base has radius 3 ft.
solids be cut in order to have equal circular sections? opposite sides are parallel and equal. A plane
A. 24pi C. 64pi
A. 3.14m B. 3.24m figure with four straight sides.
B. 12pi D. 48pi
manufactured by melting 1000 glass paper weights
201. What is the slant height of a solid right circular each in the form of a cube 2 in. on an edge?
cone whose height is 4 ft and whose base has radius A. 945 C. 1546
3 ft. B. 1043 D. 1873
A. 5 C. 7
C. 6 D. 8