Plane Geom Exam
Plane Geom Exam
1. In a triangle, one angle is equal to 60°. Find the obtuse angle formed by angle
bisectors of the other two. *
140°
150°
120°
135°
2. For the triangle ABC, with A = 30°, B = 70°, c = 20m. determine the length of the
altitude from vertex A. *
16.2 m
17.4 m
19.5 m
18.8 m
3. The medians of a right triangle which are drawn from the vertices of acute angles
are 5 and √40. What is the length of hypotenuse? *
7.21
5.65
9.12
8.46
4. For the triangle ABC with A = 60°, b = 15 cm, c = 13 cm. Determine the
perpendicular distance of orthocenter to side AB. *
3.18 cm
4.76 cm
5.74 cm
6.13 cm
7.11 m
6.93 m
8.63 m
9.02 m
6. Determine the distance between the incenter of the right triangle with legs 3 m
and 4 m to the vertex of triangle with right angle. *
√2
√3
√5
4.53 m
8.79 m
6.87 m
9.92 m
8. A certain triangle has sides 18 cm, 15 cm, and 20 cm. Determine the distance of
centroid from vertex B. *
11.66 cm
10.47 cm
14.95 cm
8.8 cm
3√2
2√5
4√3
10. Determine the radius of incircle of s triangle with sides 10 m, 20 m, and 25 m. *
6.47 m
4.18 m
5.79 m
3.45 m
11. Determine the radius of nine-point circle of the triangle with sides 12 m, 15 m,
and 10 m. *
5.05 m
3.76 m
6.72 m
5.53 m
12. Determine the radius of the excircle – tangent to 12 units-side of the triangle
with sides 12 m, 15 m, and 10 m. *
8.88 m
7.48 m
9.20 m
8.13 m
13. Given the triangle with medians, mA = 10 cm, mB = 12 cm, and mC = 18 cm.
Determine the three sides. *
8.79 m
6.87 m
9.92 m
4.53 m
60°
45°
75°
95°
16. Let ABC be a triangle with incenter I and AB = 1400, AC = 1800, BC = 2014.
The circle centered at I passing through A intersects line BC at two points X and Y.
Compute the length XY. *
1248.44
1185.94
1048.79
1547.34
17. Triangle AEF is a right triangle with AE = 4 and EF = 3. The triangle is inscribed
inside square ABCD as shown. What is the area of the square? *
225/64
169/16
18
256/17
18. Square ABCD has side length 13 and points E and F are exterior to the square
such that BE = DF = 5 and AE = CF = 12. Find EF^2. *
543
535
550
578
19. In trapezoid ABCD with BC || AD, let BC = 1000, and AD = 2008. Let ∠A = 37°,
∠D = 53° and M and N be the midpoints of BC and AD, respectively. Find the
length MN. *
504
663
604
563
7.486
7.895
6.708
21. Circle C has its center O lying on circle C2. The two circles meet at X and Y.
Point Z in the exterior of C1 lies on circle C2 and XZ = 13, OZ = 11, and YZ = 7.
What is the radius of circle C1? *
√35
√29
√23
√30
22. Two circles intersect at A and B and the measure of the common chord AB is
10. The line joining the centers cuts the circle in P and Q. If PQ = 3 and the
measure of the radius of one circle is 13, find the radius of the other circle. *
55/7
53/9
51/4
57/11
23. ABC is right triangle, (right angled at B) with incircle touches the sides AB, BC
and AC, at F, E and D respectively. If BD is perpendicular to AC, find the ratio of
AF to FB. *
2.978
2.4142
3.341
2.783
24. The corresponding edges of two regular tetrahedrons are 1 cm and 3 cm. If the
sum of the weights of the two tetrahedrons is 100 grams and both solids are made
up of the same material, find the weight of the bigger solid. *
93.25 grams
88.02 grams
96.43 grams
79.35 grams
25. Find the volume of a regular tetrahedron whose altitude measures 10 cm. *
344.95 cm^3
433.49 cm^3
503.63 cm^3
216.51 cm^3
26. A flower vase, in the form of a hexagonal prism, is to be filled with 512 cubic
inches of water. Find the height of the water if the wet portion of the flower vase
and its volume are numerically equal. *
12.70 inches
2.38 inches
1.22 inches
34.86 inches
27. In a regular hexagonal prism, the ratio of an edge of the base to the height of
the prism is 1:5. Find the volume of the prism if the lateral area is 270 cm^2. *
233.83 cm^3
210.44 cm^3
175.37 cm^3
350.74 cm^3
28. Find the edge of a cube if its surface area is numerically equal to its volume. *
4 units
6 units
5 units
3 units
29. The base of a rectangular solid is 4 ft. long and 3 ft. wide. Find the volume of
the solid if its diagonal is √41 ft. *
43.20 ft^3
48.00 ft^3
80.00 ft^3
72.00 ft^3
30. The size of a brick is 25 cm × 12 cm × 55 cm and its density are 1.8 × 103
kg/m3. How many trips must a 3-ton dumper carry out to transport 15,000 bricks to
a construction site? (Hint: 1 metric ton is equivalent to 1,000 kg.) *
149 trips
155 trips
165 trips
160 trips
31. A cylindrical tank of height equal to twice the diameter of its base can hold 10
liters (1 L = 1,000 cm3) of water. Another cylindrical container with the same
capacity has its height equal to three times the diameter of its base. Find the ratio
of the amount of aluminum required for making the two containers, including
covers. *
0.693
0.963
0.936
0.396
32. A closed cylindrical tank measures 12 ft. long and 5 ft. in diameter. It has to
contain water with a depth of 3 feet when the tank is lying in horizontal position.
Find the height of water when the tank is in its vertical position. *
7.96 ft.
8.56 ft.
7.52 ft.
6.98 ft.
33. A regular pentagonal pyramid has an altitude of 20 cm and a slant height which
measures 25 cm. Find the volume of the pyramid. *
1783.57 cm^3
4458.92 cm^3
3566.46 cm^3
4191.78 cm^3
34. Find the volume of the pyramid bounded by the plane defined by 2x + 3y + z =
6 and the coordinate planes. *
8 cubic units
10 cubic units
4 cubic units
6 cubic units
35. A right circular cone is inscribed in a cube having a diagonal which measures
10 √3 cm. Find the volume of the cone. *
560/9 π cm^3
250/3 π cm^3
640/9 π cm^3
175/3 π cm^3
36. Two similar cones have volumes 81π/2 in3 and 12π in3, and the slant height of
the bigger cone is 7.5 in. Find the integral solution to the slant height of the smaller
cone. *
7 in
4 in
5 in
6 in
37. A steel cylinder has 4-inch diameter base and a height of 6 inches. A hole in
the form of a right circular cone with its base coincident with the base of the
cylinder and axis coincident with the axis of the cylinder is filled with lead. The
diameter of the base of the cone is 2 inches and its height is 1 inch. If the steel
weighs 490 lb/ft3 and the lead weighs 710 lb/ft3, find the total weight of the
composite solid. *
18.66 lbs
28.91 lbs
21.51 lbs
30.67 lbs
38. The volume of a frustum of a right circular cone is 52π ft3. Its altitude is 3 ft.,
and the measure of its lower radius is three times the measure of its upper radius.
Find the lateral area of the frustum. *
1322.77 ft^3
1017.72 ft^3
1277.62 ft^3
982.59 ft^3
39. The base edges of a frustum of a regular pentagonal pyramid are 4 in and 8 in,
and its altitude is 10 in. Find the volume of the frustum. *
555.55 in^3
642.31 in^3
789.52 in^3
788.24 in^3
40. The volume of a truncated right triangular prism if 72 ft3. The lengths of the two
perpendicular edges of the base are 3 ft. and 4 ft., and two of the lateral edges
measure 14 ft. and 12 ft. Find the measure of the third lateral edge. *
8.60 ft.
16.54 ft.
10.00 ft.
15.22 ft.
41. In a truncated right circular cylinder, the top plane makes an angle of 60° with
the horizontal, and the shortest and longest elements are 4 and 10 units,
respectively. Find the volume of the solid. *
21 π cubic units
42 π cubic units
42. Suppose two cylindrical tubes with the same diameter intersect at right angles.
If the diameter of each tube is 6 cm, find the volume of the common part between
the tubes. *
144 π cm^3
36 π cm^3
72 π cm^3
108 π cm^3
4.962
6.294
9.246
2.946
44. Two concentric circles each contain an inscribed square. The larger square is
also circumscribed about the smaller circle. If the circumference of the larger circle
is 12 pi, what is the circumference of the smaller circle? *
3√2 pi
5√2 pi
6√2 pi
4√2 pi
45. The quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle and its diagonal AC in drawn so
that angle DAC = 34 degrees, angle CAB = 38 degrees and angle DBA = 65
degrees. Find are AB. *
86°
96°
76°
66°
46. PQRS is a quadrilateral that is inscribed in a circle. If angle SQR = 280 and the
angle between the side SP and the tangent line through the point P is 640, find
angle PSR. *
87 deg
86 deg
89 deg
88 deg
47. The line TA and TB are tangent to a circle at points A and B respectively. If
angle T = 42 degrees and P is a point on the major arc AB, find angle APB. *
69 deg
66 deg
67 deg
68 deg
132 deg
131 deg
130 deg
129 deg
49. Compute the difference between the perimeters of a regular pentagon and a
regular hexagon if the area of each is 12. *
0.21
0.31
0.51
0.41
50. The area of the sector of a circle having a central angle of 60 degrees is 24 .
Find the perimeter of the sector. *
36.6
34.4
35.5
37.7
51. Find the common area of two intersecting circles of radii 12 and 18 respectively
if their common chord is 14 long. *
37.49
34.19
36.39
35.29
52. In a parallelogram ABCD, the diagonal AC makes with the angle 27010’ and
32043’ respectively. If side AB is 2.8 m long, what is the area of the
parallelogram? *
4.7 m^2
6.7 m^2
8.7 m^2
5.7 m^2
53. The sum of the sides of a triangle is 100. The angle at A double that of B and
the angle at B is double that of C. Find side C. *
43.5
44.5
42.5
41.5
54. A diagonal of a parallelogram is 56.38 ft long and makes an angle of 27°13' and
16°24' respectively with the sides. Find the area of the parallelogram *
595 ft^2
575 ft^2
585 ft^2
565 ft^2
55. Find the area of a regular five pointed star that is inscribed in a circle of the
radius 10. *
112.26
126.21
122.16
121.62
56. What is the difference in the areas between an inscribed and a circumscribed
regular octagon if the radius of the circle is 6? *
17.47
16.37
18.57
15.27
57. A regular five pointed star is inscribed in a circle of radius b cm. Find the area
between the circle and the star. *
2.02 b^2
3.03 b^2
4.04 b^2
1.01 b^2
58. From a point outside of an equilateral triangle, the distances of the vertices are
12, 20 and 12 respectively. Find the length of each side of the triangle. *
21.78
20.68
22.85
23.95
59. Assuming that the earth is a perfect sphere of radius 6, 370 kilometers, a
person at a point T on top of a tower 60 meters high looks at a point P on the
surface of the earth. What is the approximate distance of P from T? *
25.4 km
24.3 km
26.5 km
27.6 km
60. The diameter of one solid ball is 3 times the diameter of another ball of the
same material. If the weight of the smaller ball is 250 pounds, what is the weight of
the larger ball? *
6, 570 lb
6, 507 lb
6, 750 lb
6, 057 lb
61. The lateral area of a regular pyramid is 514.5 and the slant height is 42. Find
the perimeter of the base. *
28.5
24.5
22.5
26.5
62. A wedge is cut from a circular tree whose diameter is 2 m by a horizontal plane
up to the vertical axis and another cutting plane which is inclined at 45 degree from
the previous plane. The volume of the wedge is *
1/2
2/3
3/4
1/4
63. The zone of a spherical cone has an altitude of 2 cm and a radius of 4 cm. Find
the volume of the spherical cone. *
110π/3 cm^3
105π/3 cm^3
100π/3 cm^3
115π/3 cm^3
64. The base of a prism is the triangle ABC with A = 35 degrees, B = 68 degrees
and c = 25. If the altitude of the prism is 10, find the volume of the prism *
1, 507.6
1, 607.5
1, 705.6
1, 076.5
65. The capacities of two hemispherical tanks are in the ratio 64:125. If 4.8 kg of
paint is required to paint the outer surface of the smaller tank, then how many kg of
paint would be needed to paint the outer surface of the larger tank? *
7.5 kg
6.5 kg
9.5 kg
8.5 kg
66. Find the volume of a sphere that is circumscribed about a cube of edge 4. *
30√3 π
36√3 π
32√3 π
34√3 π
67. A sphere is inscribed in a right circular cone. The slant height of the cone is
equal to the diameter of its base. If the altitude of the cone is 15, find the surface
area of the sphere. *
125π
110π
100π
120π
68. The base of tetrahedron is a triangle whose sides are 10, 24 and 26. If the
altitude of the tetrahedron is 20, find the area of a cross section whose distance
from the base is 15. *
7.5
8.5
6.5
9.5
69. If the length of each edge of a cube is increased by 3 cm, its volume is
increased by 387 cu cm. Find the length of each edge of the original cube. *
5 cm
8 cm
6 cm
7 cm
70. The lateral area of a regular pyramid is 2 048 and the perimeter of the base is
128. It is base is a regular octagon, find the altitude of the pyramid. *
25.5
27.5
26.5
24.5
71. Find the area illuminated by a candle h meters from the surface of a ball r
meters in radius. *
(2π r^2h)/(r-h)
(2π r^2h)/(r+h)
(2π rh^2)/(r-h)
(2π rh^2)/(r+h)
72. Find the volume of the frustum of a pyramid whose bases are regular hexagons
with base edges 5 cm and 10 cm respectively and the altitude is 15 cm. *
2, 713.32 cm^3
2, 171.33 cm^3
2, 273.31 cm^3
2, 327.13 cm^3
73. What is the volume of a cube if the number of cubic units in its volume is twice
the number of square units in its total surface area? *
1, 827
1, 728
1, 287
1, 872
74. Find the lateral area of regular hexagonal pyramid whose lateral edges are
each 13 cm and whose base has sides 10 cm each. *
380
360
370
350
75. The ratio of the volumes of two spheres is 8:27. What is the ratio of their
surface areas *
5/9
7/9
4/9
2/9