Bicol University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Electrical Engineering
Legazpi City
Set: A

Worksheet - Plane & Spherical Trigonometry

1. A man on the deck of a ship id 15 ft 5. Sin (B – A) is equal to ______. When B =

above sea level. He observes that the 270 degrees and A is an acute angle.
angle of elevation of the top of a cliff is
70° and the angle of depression of its
base at sea level is 50°. Find the height
of the cliff and its distance from the ship.

2. The angle of elevation of the top of a tree 6. If Sec2 A is 5/2, the quantity 1 – sin2 A is
is 30° from a point 28 ft away from the equivalent to
foot of the tree. Find the height of the
tree rounded to the nearest feet.

3. From the top of a spire of height of 50ft, 7. A man standing on a 48.5 meter building
the angles of depression of two cars on a high, has an eyesight height of 1.5m
straight road at the same level as that of from the top of the building, took a
the base of the spire and on the same depression reading from the top of
side of it are 25° and 40°. Calculate the another nearby building and nearest
distance between the two cars. wall, which are 50° and 80° respectively.
Find the height of the nearby building in
meters. The man is standing at the edge
of the building and both buildings lie on
the same horizontal plane.

4. The areas of two similar triangles are in 8.

the ratio of 4:1. If the length of the side of
the smaller triangle is 5 units, what is the
length of the corresponding side of the
larger triangle?
9. From the top of a building of height 1 1
13. Evaluate +
1- sin θ 1+ sin θ
h=meters in a street, the angles of
elevation and depression of the top and
the foot of another building on the
opposite side of the street are ° and °
respectively. Find the height of the
opposite building. [Given h = 70, ° = 35,
and ° = 50.]

14. From a point A, the angle of elevation to

10. The angle of elevation of an unfinished
the top of a tree is 38°. From a point B 25
tower from a point 120 m away from its
ft closer to the tree, the angle of
base is 25°. How much higher the tower
elevation to the top is 48°. How high is
be raised so that its angle of elevation
the tree?
from the same point will be 40°?

15. A flagpole stands on the edge of the

11. Tom and Sam are on the opposite side
bank of a river. From a point on the
of a tower of 160 meters height. They
opposite bank directly across from the
measure the angle of elevation of the top
flagpole, the measure of the angle of
of the tower as 40° and 55° respectively.
elevation to the top of the pole is 25°.
Find the distance between Tom and Sam.
From a point 200 ft further away and in
line with the pole and the first point, the
measure of the angle of elevation to the
top of the pole is 21°. Find the distance
across the river.

12. A man on the deck of a ship is 13 ft 16. One of the angles of a triangle measures
above water level. He observes that the 31°. An adjacent side measures 40 cm
angle of elevation of the top of a cliff is and the opposite side is twice as long as
40° and the angle of depression of the the other adjacent side. What are the
base is 20°. Find the distance of the cliff measures of the other two angles?
from the ship and the height of the cliff if
the base of the cliff is at sea level.
17. An airplane has an air speed of 450mi/hr 21. If the vertex of an isosceles triangle is
and a heading of 60 degrees. A wind is 80° and the side opposite the vertex
blowing from the north at 42 mi/hr. find measures 12 cm, determine the
the plane’s ground velocity. perimeter of the triangle.

18. Two triangles have equal bases. The

altitude of one triangle is 3 units more 22. The sides of a scalene triangle are 5, 7
than its base and the altitude of the other and 10 cm respectively. Determine the
triangle is 3 units less than its base. Find radius of the inscribed circle.
the altitudes, if the areas of the triangles
differ by 21 square units.

23. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB =

19. A ship started sailing S 42°35’ W at the 15cm, BC = 18 cm and CA = 24 cm.
rate of 5 kph. After 2 hours, ship B determine the distance from the point of
started at the same port going N 46°20’ intersection of the angular bisector to
W at the rate of 7 kph. After how many side AB.
hours will the second ship be exactly
north to ship A?

20. An aero lift airplane can fly at an 24. A ladder 5 m long leans on a wall and
airspeed of 300 mph. if there is a wind makes an angle of 30° with the
blowing towards the cast of 50 mph, horizontal. Find the vertical height from
what should be the plane’s compass the top to the ground.
heading in order for its course to be 30°?
What will be the plane’s ground speed if
it flies in this course?
 29. If sin θ - cos θ = -1/3, what is the value of
25. If sin 3A = cos 6B, then: sin2θ ?

30. Determine the simplified form of 2/(1-

26. The sides of a triangle are 14 cm, 15 cm cos2C).
and 13 cm respectively. Find the area of
the circumscribing circle.

31. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are

27. The two legs of a triangle are 300 and of the same elevation of the top of the
150 m each, respectively. The angle building from points A and B are 21° and
opposite the 150 m side is 26°. What is 32° respectively. How far is A from the
the third side? building in meters?

32. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on

28. If sin A = 4/5 and A is in the first a level plane. The angles of depression
quadrant, find tan A + sec A. of the top and the bottom of the
monument viewed from the top of the
PLDT tower at 13° and 35° respectively.
The height of the tower is 50 m. find the
height of the monument.
33. The captain of a ship views the top of a 37. csc 520° is equal to
lighthouse at an angle of 60° with the
horizontal at an elevation of 6 meters
above sea level. Five minutes later, the
same captain of the ship views the top of
the same lighthouse at an angle of 30°
with the horizontal. Determine the speed
of the ship if the lighthouse is known to
be in 50 meters above sea level.

34. If an equilateral triangle is circumscribed 38. Find the value of A between 270° and
about a circle of radius 10 cm, determine 360° if 2 sin2 A=1
the side of the triangle.

39. If cos 65° + cos 55° =cos 𝜽 , find 𝜽 in

35. A wheel, 5 ft in diameter, rolls up an radians
incline of 18°20’. What is the height of
the center of the wheel above the base of
the incline when the wheel has rolled up
5 ft up the incline?

40. The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle

having a radius 9 cm. is equal to 43.23
sq.cm. If one of the sides of the triangle
36. (cos A)4 – (sin A)4 is equal to ______. is 18 cm., find one of the other sides
41. Find the value of y in the given:
y=(1+cos2 𝜽 ) tan𝜽

46. A man finds the angle of elevation of the

top of a tower to be 30º. He walks 85 m
42. Simplify the expression sec2 𝜽 (1+cot2 𝜽 nearer to the tower and finds its angle of
) elevation to be 60º. What is the height of
the tower?

47. Solve for x in the equation: sin2x =

43. Simplify the expression sec 𝜽 - (sec 𝜽 ) 2cosx.
sin2 θ

48. If sin40º + sin20º =sin 𝜽 , find the value of

𝜽 in degrees
44. Evaluate arc cot [2 cos(arc sin 0.5)]

45. Solve for the x in the given equation: arc 49. From A, a pilot flies 125km in the
tan (2x) + arc tan(x) = 𝝅/ 4 direction of N38º40’W and turns back.
 Through an error, the pilot then flies 53. Given the 3 sides of a triangle :2,3,4.
125km in the direction of S51º40’E. In What is the angle in radians opposite the
what direction must the pilot now fly to side with length 3
reach the intended destination A?

50. Evaluate: sec (arc csc 5/2)

54. In triangle DEF, DE = 18m and EF = 6cm.
Side FD maybe

51. A pole is erected on the top of a building

20m high. The angles of elevation of the
foot and the top of the pole from a point
on the ground are 30º and 40º 55. Given an equilateral triangle. What is the
respectively. Find the height if the pole. ratio of the are of a circle inscribed to the
area of a circle circumscribed about the
triangle?

52. The angle or inclination of ascend of a

road having 8.25% grade is____
degrees? 56. In the triangle ABC, AB= 36 cm,
BC=24cm and CA=18cm. Find the length
of the median from vertex C to the line
AB.
57. In an oblique triangle, a=25, b=16, angle 61. A flagpole stands on the edge of the bank
C=94º06’. Find the measure of angle A. of a river. From a point on the opposite
bank directly across from the flagpole,
the measure of the angle of elevation to
the top of the pole is 25º. From a point
200ft further away and in line with the
pole and the first point, the measure of
the angle of elevation to the top of the
pole is 21º. Find the distance across the
river.

58. Sin A cosB- cosA sinB is equivalent to:

62. The bearing of buoy from a ship 8.7 mi

away is 64º. The ship is headed due north
and the navigator plans to change course
when the buoy has a bearing of 154º. How
much farther will the ship travel before a
change of course is needed?

59. A parcel of land in the form of a triangle

has sides 312m and 485m long,
respectively. The included angle is
81º30’. Determine the perimeter of the
land.

63. Find the exact values cos (a+ß) if sin a =

3/5, tan ß = -5/12, 0<a< 𝝅/2 and 𝝅/2<ß< 𝝅.

64. One of the angles of a triangle measures

60. The angle of elevation of a tower at place 31º . An adjacent side measures 40 cm
A south of it is 30º and at B west of A and the opposite side is twice as long as
and a distance of 50 m from it the angle the other adjacent side. What are the
of elevation is 18º, determine the height measures of the other two angles?
of the tower
65. A space-shuttle pilot flying toward the
Suez Canal fins that the angle of
depression to one end of the canal is 69.
38.25º and the angle of depression to the
other end is 52.75º. If the canal is 100.6
mi long, find the altitude of the space
shuttle.

66. Three circles with centers A, B and C 70. A tower 150m high situated at the top of
have respective radii 50, 30 and 20 in and a hill. At a point 650m down the hill the
are tangent to each other externally. Find angle berween the surface of the hill and
the are (in in2) of the curvilinear triangle the line of sight the top of the tower is
formed by the three circles. 12º30’. Find the inclination of the hill to
the horizontal plane.

67. Three circles of radii 115, 150 and 225m, 71. Find the length of the altitude of angle A
respectively, are tangent to each other to side a for triangle whose sides are
externally. Find the smallest angle of the a=16, b=14, and c=20.
triangle formed by joining the centers of
the circles.

68. A woman hikes 503m, turns and jogs

415m, turns again, and runs 365 m 72. Two forces of 17.5 and 22.5 lb act on a
returning to her starting point. What is body. If their directions make an angle of
the area (in m2) of the triangle formed by 50º10’ with each other, find the
her path? magnitude of their resultant.
73. A pole casts a shadow of 25ft at a later 77. Two ships sails towards Europe on a 54º
time when the angle of elevation is twice course at a constant rate 36mi/hr. The
as large. Find the highest of the pole. second ship, with a tropical destination,
sails on a 144º course at a constant
speed of 42 mi/hr. find the distance
between the ships at 11 AM.

74. Simplify: sin^2 x(1+cot^2 x).

78.

75. A parcel of land has sides measuring

175ft, 234 ft, 295 ft and 415 ft and the
angle between the sides of the length
234 ft and 295 ft has measure 137.1º.
What is the measure of the angle
opposite this angle?
79. Solve 2cos2 x + sin x + 1=0, where 0
x<360º.

80. A surveyor wishes to calculate the

76. A space-shuttle pilot flying toward the distance between two signs. The
Suez Canal fins that the angle of distance from the surveyor to the first
depression to one end of the canal is sign is 70 m and the distance to the
38.25º and the angle of depression to the second sign is 100m. the angle between
other end is 52.75º. If the canal is 100.6 the two lines of sight measures 56º. Find
mi long, find the altitude of the space the distance between the two signs.
shuttle.
81. Two adjacent parallelograms are 3473 85. A river flows due south at 125 ft/min. A
and 4822 ft, respectively and the angle motorboat, moving at 475 ft/min in still
between them is 72.23º. Find the length water, is headed due east across the
of the longer diagonal. river. Find the direction in which the boat
moves.

82. Three circles of radii 115,150 and 225m,

respectively, are tangent to each other
externally. Find the smallest angle of the
triangle formed by joining the centers of 86. Two cars pass each other at 4:00 PM at
the circles. an overpass. One car headed north at an
average speed of 60 kph and the other is
headed east at an average speed of 50
kph. At what time will the cars be 104km
apart?

83. Three circle with radii 3.0, 5.0 and 9.0 cm

are externally tangent. What is the area
(in cm^2) of the triangle formed by
joining their centers?

87.

84. Three circles with centers A, B, and C 88. Find the height of a tree if the angle of
have respective radii 50, 30 and 20 in and elevation of its top changes from 20º to
are tangent to each other externally. Find 40º as the observer advances 75ft
the are (in in2) of the curvilinear triangle towards its base.
forms by the three circles.
89. The bearing of a buoy from a ship 8.7 mi 93.
away is 64º. The ship is headed due
north and the navigator plans is to
change course when the buoy has a
bearing of 154º. How much farther will
the ship travel before a change of course
is needed?

94.

90. What is the area, to the nearest acre, of a

triangular field that is 529 ft on one side
and 849 ft on another, if the angle
between these sides measures 102.7º?

95. From A a pilot flies 125km in the

direction of N38º40’W and turns back.
Through an error, the pilot then flies
125km in the direction of S51º40’E. In
what direction must the pilot now fly to
reach the intended destination A?

91. Find the area of the triangle with sides 23

cm and 31 cm to the nearest ten square
centimeters.

96. From A a pilot flies 125km in the

direction of N38º40’W and turns back.
92. A pilot wants to maintain a course of 40º Through an error, the pilot then flies
and a ground speed of 300 mi/hr against 125km in the direction of S51º40’E. In
a 45 mi/hr wind from 20º west north. what direction must the pilot now fly to
What should be his air speed? reach the intended destination A?
97. 101.

98.
102.

99. Two forces of 17.5 and 22.5 lb act on a

body. If their direction makes an angle of
50º10’ with each other, find the 103.
magnitude of their resultant

100. A tower 150m high is situated at the top 104. A woman hikes 503m, turns and jogs
of a hill. At a point 650 m down the hill 415m, turns agian, and runs 365m
the angle between the surface of the hill returning to her starting point. What is
and the line of sight to the top of the the area (in m2) of the triangle formed by
tower is 12º30’. Find the inclination of the her path?
hill to the horizontal plane.
105. An artist wishes to make a sign in the 109. Find the area (to the nearest hundred
shape of an isosceles triangle with 42º sq. cm.) of trapezoid ABCD, if it has base
vertex angle and a base of 18m. What is angle of 70º and 45º and bases of 110 cm
the area (in m2) of the sign? and 80 cm.

106.
110.

107. Find the length of the altitude of angle A

111. To find the area of triangular lot, the
to side a for a triangle whose sides are
owner starts at one corner and walks due
a=16, b=14, and c=20.
east 215m to a second corner. After
turning through an angle of 78.4º, the
owner walks 314 m to the third corner.
What is the area of the lot in m2?

108.

112.
 118.
113.

114.
119.

115. 120. The area of a triangle with vertex angles

A = 69.159°, B = 34.246° and C = 84.595°
is 680.8 sq. m. The longest side will be.

121. Find the area of a decagon that can be

116. inscribed in a circle of radius 10 cm.

117.
122. The radius of the circle inscribed in a
polygon is called as
123. Find the area of a regular 5-pointed star
that can be inscribed in a circle of radius
10cm.

128.

124. Find the area of the largest circle that

can be inscribed in a triangle with sides
a = 8 cm, b = 15 cm,

129. Three Circ1es of radii 2, 4 and 6cm are

externally tangent to each other. What is
the radius of the fourth circle containing
the three centers on it?

125. Find the radius of the smallest circle

that can be circumscribe the triangle in
the previous problem.

130. Find CD.

126.

127.
 135. The internal angle of a polygon is 150o
131. Find the sum of the interior angles of a greater than its external angle. How
15-sided polygon, not necessarily a many sides has the polygon?
regular polygon.

136. The 60° angle of a 30°-60°-90° right

132. What is the perimeter of an 18-sided triangle is bisected. Find the ratio at
polygon inscribed in a 10 cm. radius which the opposite side is divided.
circle?

137. Six lines are situated in a plane so that

no two are parallel and no three are
133. In a circle with 20 cm. diameter, a congruent. How many points of
triangle is drawn such that one of its intersection are there?
sides is 5 cm distant to the center of the
circle. What is the area of the triangle?

138. Let D be the set of vertices of a reguiar

dodecagon (12-sided plane polygon).
134. The sum of the interior angles of a How many triangles may be constructed
polygon is 540 degrees. Find the number having D as its vertices?
of sides.
139. A polygon with 12 sides is called as 144. Two equilateral triangles, each with 12-
cm sides, overlap each other to form a 6-
point “Star of David”. Determine the
overlapping area in sq. cm.

140. One side of a regular polygon is 2. Find

the area of the polygon.

145. Given a triangle whose sides are 24 cm,

141. Two circles of radius 4 and 6.93 are 30 cm, and 36 cm. Find the radius of a
placed 1n a plane so that their circle which tangent to the shortest and
circumferences intersect at right angles. longest side of the triangle, and whose
Find the area of the interlapping region. center lies on the third side.

142.

146. The diagonals of rhombus have length 4

and 6 inches. Find the area of the region
inside the rhombus but outside the circle
that is inscribed inside the rhombus.

143.
 158. A circle is said to be________ to a
polygon having the same perimeter with
147. The bisectors of the 3 angles of a that of the circle
triangle meet at common point called the
_______.

159. The intersection of the sphere and the

plane through the center is the
148. A part of a circle is often called as.

160. Points that lie on the same plane are

149. An angle whose vertex is a point on the said to be.
circle and whose sides are chords is
known as

161. A certain angle has a supplement 5

times the compliment. Find the angle.
150. Two angles whose sum is 360 degrees
are said to be.

151. All circles having the same center but

with unequal radii are called as.

162. Find the supplement of an angle whose

compliment is 62 degrees.

152. A circle is _________ outside the

triangle if it is tangent to one side and
the other two sides prolonged.

153. A statement the truth of which is

admitted without proof is. 163. A triangle inscribed in a circle such that
one side of the triangle is a diameter of
the circle. If one of the acute angles of
the triangle has a measure of 60 degrees
and the opposite side of that angle has a
length of 12 cm. the nearest value of the
154. The part of the theorem which is radius of the circle is ______.
assumed to be true is the.

155. In Geometry the construction or

drawing of lines and figures, the
possibility of which is admitted without
proof is called the:

156. A statement the truth of which follows

with little or no proof from the theorem
is.

164. A circle of radius 6 has half its area

removed by cutting off a border of
uniform width. Find the width of the
border.
157. A polygon is ________ when no side,
when extended, will pass through the
interior of the polygon
165. A circle is inscribed in a 3-4-5 right 169. The diagonal of a cube is 15 cm, Find its
triangle. How long is the line segment volume.
joining the points of tangency of the "3-
side" and the "5-side"?

170. How many lines can be drawn using the

8 distinct points as starting and end
points?

166. One side of a parallelogram is 10m and

its diagonals are 16m and 24m,
respectively. Its area is.

171.

167. A circle is cut into 2 parts by a cord,

3cm away from the center. Find the area
of the smallest part, in cm square. If the
circle has an area of 201 cm square.

172. In a circle with 20 cm. diameter, an

isosceles triangle is drawn such that one
of its sides is 5 cm distant to the center
of the circle. What is the area of the
168. What is the perimeter of an 18 sided
triangle?
polygon inscribed in a 10 cm. radius
circle?
173. The number of diagonals that can be 177. An existing road is just passing along
made in an octagon. the circumference of a circular lake. A
proposed is to cross the lake as shown
which requires a bridge to be
constructed over the lake. If AT = 2.5 km
and AB = 2.15, determine the length of
the bridge.

174. A circle is cut into 2 parts by a cord, 3

cm away from the center. Find the area
of the smaller part, in cm square. If the
circle has an area of 201 cm square.
178. A regular dodecagon (12- sided plane
polygon) is inscribed in a circle of radius
24. Find the perimeter of the dodecagon.
Express your answer to the nearest
hundredth.

175. The smallest interior angle of a 179. The point B divides the line segment AC
particular convex P has a measure of in the ratio m:n. Find the length of the
l20° angle and moving clockwise around segment AB if AC=a.
the polygon, each successive angle is 5°
larger than its predecessor. How many
sides does this polygon has?

180. Given three circles of radius a, b and c

units. The centers of the three circles are
collinear. The 2 srnaller circles are
tangent externally but both are tangent
internally to the biggest circle. A chord
of the biggest circle is drawn passing
throu the given point of tangency to the
two smaller circles and tangent to the
176. An isosceles trapezoid ABCD, AB = 5, two small circles and found to be four
BC= AD = 3 and CD = 8. Find the length units long. Find the resulting area when
of the diagonals. we subtract the area of the two small
circles to the area of the largest circle.
181. The bases of a trapezoid 18 cm and 32 185. A regular quadrilateral is inscibed in a
cm long. Determine the length of the line circle and a regular triangle is
segment which is parallel to the bases circumscribed about it, the difference
and divides the given trapezoids into two between these sides of the polygons is
similar trapezoids. equal to 10 cm. Determine the area of the
circle.

186. In a trapezoid the ratio of the lateral

182. In an acute triangle ABC, the altitudes sides and one of the bases is 72:93: 115.
AD and CE are drawn. Find the length of If the base angles are equal to 42
the line segment DE if AB = 15 cm, BC= degrees and 62 degrees, find the ratio of
18 cm and AD= 10 cm the length of the diagonals.

187. A segment intersects another segment

183. In a right triangle the bisector of the and cut it into 2 segments 2 and 3 meters
right triangle divides the hypotenuse in long. If the first segment is 6 meters, find
the ratio 1:2. ln what ratio is the the diameter of a convex quadrilateral
hypotenuse divided by the altitude having these chords as the diagonals if
dropped from the vertex of the right the angle of the diagonals is 83 degrees.
angle?

188. In a triangle ABC, the sides BC and AC

184. In a 30-60-90 right triangle the bisector are equal to 3 cm and 4.4 cm,
of the 60 degrees ang1e divides its respectively and the angle between them
opposite in the ratio is 73° 28'. Find the smaller segment of
the side BA of the triangle into which it is
divided by the bisector of the angle C.
 193. Point P which is 10m distance from the
189. The perimeter of the triangle ABC is vertices of a triangle with sides 4, 5 and
equal to 8 m. sin A: sin B: sin C = 3 : 4 : 6. Find the distance from point P to the
5. Find the smallest side. plane of the triangle.

194. Point O is 10 m distance form all sides

190. In a triangle ABC: b-a= 22 cm., sinB : of a rhombus. Whose diagonals are 15 m
sinC ; sinA = 63: 25: 52. Find the smallest and 20 meters.
side of this triangle.

191. A unique three-legged table has a right 195. Find the distance from point O to the
triangular top. If the distance of the foot plane of the rhombus.
of the leg attached to the corner
containing the right angle of the
triangular top form the hypotenuse is 1.5
and from its midpoint is 1.8 and if that
leg which is vertical is 1m long, find the
area of the top.

196. Triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle.

192. A 5m perpendicular line is erected on Angle A measures 50°. If point O is the
one of the vertices of a regular octagon center of the circle, find the measure of
with area 100 cm 2 . Find the distance the angle BOC (in degrees)
from the top of the perpendicular to the
vertex next to the succeeding vertex.
197. The lateral side of an isosceles triangle
is 40 cm. If point O is 5 cm distance from
each side of the triangle and OQ is 4, find
the length of the base. Note: Point Q is a
point on the plane of triangle directly
below O.

198. Find the angle between the diagonal of

a cube and its face.

199. The sides of the cyclic quadrilateral

measures 2, 3, 4 and 5 units respectively.
(2 and 4 are opposite). Find the product
of the diagonals.

199. Find the angle between adjacent

faces of a regular octahedron.