FNDMATH Problem Set 3

1. Express each angle measure in radians. Give answers in terms of 𝝅.

a. 60° b. -330° c. 315° d. 780°

2. Express each angle measure in degrees.

𝟑𝝅 𝟕𝝅 𝟏𝟏𝝅
a) b. - c. d. 𝟗𝝅
𝟒 𝟒𝟐 𝟗

3. Determine the angle of the smallest possible positive measure that is coterminal with each of the
given angles.
a) 𝟒𝟎𝟓° c) 9𝟔𝟎°
b) -1𝟑𝟓° d) 1350°

4. Draw the right triangle whose sides have the following values, and find the six trigonometric
functions of the acute angle A:
a) 𝒂 = 𝟖, 𝒃 = 𝟏𝟓
b) 𝒃 = 𝟐𝟏, 𝒄 = 𝟐𝟗
c) 𝒂 = 𝟐, 𝒃 = √𝟑

5. The point (5, 12) is the endpoint of the terminal side of an angle in standard position. Determine the
exact value of the six trigonometric functions of the angle.

6. Find the other five trigonometric functions of the acute angle A, given that:
𝟐
a) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨 = 𝟑
b) 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨 = 𝟐
𝟐𝒎𝒏
c) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨 = 𝒎𝟐 *𝒏𝟐

7. Express each of the following in terms of its cofunction:

a) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟕𝟑°
b) 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝟐𝟎° + 𝑨)
c) 𝐜𝐨𝐭(𝟔𝟎° − 𝜷)
d) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟒𝟔°𝟑𝟓+ 𝟐𝟑"

8. Determine the value of 𝜷 that will satisfy the ff.:

a) 𝐭𝐚𝐧(𝟐𝜷 + 𝟏𝟎°) = 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟑𝜷
𝟏
b) 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟓𝜷 − 𝟏𝟎°) = 𝐬𝐞𝐜(𝟑𝜷*𝟒°)

9. Evaluate each of the following :

a) 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟑𝟎° − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟔𝟎° − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟑𝟎°
b) 𝒄𝒐𝒕𝟐 𝟒𝟓° + 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝟔𝟎° − 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝟒𝟓°

10. Solve each triangle ABC, in which 𝑪 = 𝟗𝟎°.

a) 𝑨 = 𝟑𝟐°, 𝒄 = 𝟏𝟐 𝒇𝒕
b) 𝒂 = 𝟒𝟐. 𝟓 𝒇𝒕, 𝒃 = 𝟐𝟖. 𝟕 𝒇𝒕
c) 𝑩 = 𝟑𝟗°𝟑𝟓+ , 𝒃 = 𝟔. 𝟑 𝒎
d) 𝑨 = 𝟓𝟎. 𝟏°, 𝒃 = 𝟒 𝒄𝒎
 11. Consider the following diagram and compute 𝐭𝐚𝐧(𝟗𝟎° − 𝑨).
7

2
A
12. Consider the following diagram. Determine x and y.

2A 1
A x

3x
13. A surveyor wishes to find the width of a stream without crossing it. He measures a line CB along the
bank, C being directly opposite a point A on the farther bank (i.e., angle 𝑨𝑪𝑩 = 𝟗𝟎°). The line CB is
measured to be 98.25 feet, and angle ABC to be 𝟓𝟓°𝟓𝟔′. How wide is the stream?

14. A flagpole broken over by the wind forms a right triangle with the ground. If the angle which the
broken part makes with the ground is 𝟓𝟎°, and the distance from the tip of the pole to the foot is 55
feet, how tall was the pole?

15. A closed-circuit television camera is mounted on a wall 7.4 ft above the security desk in an office
building. It is used to view an entrance door 9.3 ft from the desk. Find the angle of depression from
the camera lens to the entrance door.

16. A building is 16.3 meters from a television tower. From the top of the building, the angle of depression
to the base of the tower is 𝟒𝟑. 𝟓°, and the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 𝟐𝟑. 𝟖°. Find the
height of the tower.

17. An engineer determines that the angle of elevation from her position to the top of a tower is 𝟓𝟐°. She
measures the angle of elevation again from a point 47 meters farther from the tower and finds it to
be 𝟑𝟏°. Both positions are due east of the town. Find the height of the tower.
18. Suppose that you are on a salvage ship in the Gulf of Mexico. Your sonar system has located a sunken
Spanish galleon at a slant distance of 68.3 meters from your ship, with an angle of depression of
𝟐𝟕°𝟓𝟐′.
a) How deep is the water at the galleon’s location?
b) How far must you sail to be directly above the galleon?
c) You sail directly toward the spot over the galleon. When you have gone 520 meters, what should
the angle of depression be?

19. A boat is 23 miles due west of lighthouse A. Lighthouse B is 14 miles due north of lighthouse A. find
the bearing of lighthouse B from the boat and the distance from lighthouse B to the boat.

20. A jet flew 140 miles on a course of 𝟏𝟗𝟔° and then 120 miles on a course of 𝟏𝟎𝟔°. Then the jet
returned to its starting point via the shortest route possible. Find the total distance that the jet
traveled.

21. The bearing from Puerto Princesa to Naga is 𝐍 𝟒𝟐°𝑬. The bearing from Naga to Davao is 𝐒 𝟒𝟖°𝑬. A
small plane traveling at 60 miles per hour, takes 1 hour to go from Puerto Princesa to Naga and 1.8
hours to go from Naga to Davao. Find the distance from Puerto Princesa to Davao.

22. Determine the quadrant where the terminal side of each angle lie when it is in standard position.
𝟕𝝅
a) − 𝟔 b) 𝟐𝟓𝟕° c) −𝟏𝟖𝟕°

23. Determine the sign of the following trigonometric functions without the aid of calculator.
𝟐𝝅
a) 𝐜𝐨𝐬 b) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟏𝟓° c) 𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝟏𝟗𝟖°
𝟑

24. If the terminal side of an angle 𝜽 in standard position passes through 𝑷S−√𝟑, √𝟐T, calculate the
values of the six trigonometric functions for angle 𝜽.

25. Find the exact values of the other five trigonometric functions for an angle 𝜽 in standard position
lying in the given quadrant.
√𝟏𝟏
a) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 = − ; 𝑰𝑰𝑰 b) 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 = −𝟐; 𝑰𝑰
𝟔

26. Give the measure of the reference angle 𝜶 for each of the angle 𝜽 in standard position.
a) 𝟐𝟖𝟒° b) 𝟏𝟕𝟓° c) 𝟖𝟑° d) 𝟐𝟒°

27. Evaluate each expression, if possible:

a) 𝐬𝐢𝐧(−𝟐𝟕𝟎°) + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟒𝟓𝟎°
b) 𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟎° + 𝐬𝐞𝐜(−𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟎°)
c) 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟓𝟒𝟎° + 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟕𝟐𝟎°
𝝅 𝟓𝝅 𝟓𝝅
d) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟔 + 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝟒

28. Determine the amplitude, period, phase shift and vertical shift of each function. Sketch the graph.
a. 𝒚 = 𝟐𝐬𝐢 𝐧(𝟐𝒙 + 𝝅) + 𝟏
𝝅
b. 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔 Z𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐 [ − 𝟑
𝝅
c. 𝒚 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏 Z𝒙 − 𝟐 [ + 𝟐
 𝝅
d. 𝒚 = 𝟐 − 𝒄𝒐𝒕 Z𝒙 − 𝟒 [
𝝅
e. 𝒚 = 𝒔𝒆𝒄 Z𝒙 + 𝟐[ − 𝟐
𝝅
f. 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒄𝒔𝒄 Z𝒙 + 𝟒 [ + 𝟑

29. Verify the following identities:

𝟏 𝟏
1. 𝟐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽 = 𝟏6𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 + 𝟏*𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽
𝟏*𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
2. 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
= 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 + 𝟏
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
3. 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽*𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽
= 𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽
𝟏
4. 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽*𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝜽 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
5. 𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜽 − 𝟏 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟒 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒 𝜽
6. 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝒙 + 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝒙 = 𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝒙 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝒙
7. (𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽)𝟐 = (𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝜽)(𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 − 𝟏)𝟐
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝟐
8. 𝟏*𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 + 𝟏6𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
9. (𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽)𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 + 𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜽
10. (𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽)(𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽) = −𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
11. 𝟏6𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜽
+
𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽6𝟏
= (𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽)(𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟑 𝜽 + 𝒄𝒐𝒕𝜽)
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝒙*𝟏*𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 𝟏*𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙
12. 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝒙*𝟑
= 𝟐*𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙

30. Find the exact value for each trigonometric expression.

𝝅
a) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟐 b) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟎𝟓° c) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟔𝟓°

31. Write each expression as a single trigonometric function.

a) 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟐𝒙) 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟑𝒙) + 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝟐𝒙) 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝟑𝒙)
b) 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝝅 − 𝒙) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝝅 − 𝒙) 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟒𝟗°*𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟑°
c) 𝟏6𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟒𝟗° 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟑°

𝟑 𝟏
32. Find the exact value of a) 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝜶 − 𝜷) and b) 𝒕𝒂𝒏(𝜶 + 𝜷) if 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜶 = − 𝟓 and 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜷 = 𝟓 ; the
terminal side of 𝜶 lies in Q3 and the terminal side of 𝜷 lies in Q1.

𝝅 𝝅
33. Verify: 𝐬𝐢𝐧 Z𝒙 − 𝟐 [ = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 Z𝒙 + 𝟐[

𝟓
34. If 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙 = 𝟏𝟑 and 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 < 𝟎, find a) 𝐭𝐚𝐧(𝟐𝒙) b) 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝟐𝒙)

𝟑𝝅
35. If 𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝒙 = −𝟐√𝟓 and 𝝅 < 𝒙 < 𝟐
, find 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝒙.

36. Simplify each expression and evaluate the resulting expression exactly, if possible.
𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟓°
a) 𝟏6𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝟏𝟓° b) 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 (𝒙 + 𝟐) − 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 (𝒙 + 𝟐)

37. Verify each identity.

a) (𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙)𝟐 = 𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟐𝒙)
b) 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟑𝒙) = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙(𝟒𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝒙 − 𝟏)
38. Use half-angle identities to find the exact values of the following:
𝟕𝝅
a) 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝟐. 𝟓° b) 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟖 c) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟕𝟓°

𝒙
39. If 𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝒙 = −𝟑 and 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙 > 𝟎, find 𝐜𝐨𝐬 Z𝟐[.

𝟐𝟒 𝝅 𝒙
40. If 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝒙 = − 𝟓
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐 < 𝒙 < 𝝅, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧 Z𝟐[.

41. Verify the following:

𝒙 𝒙
a) 𝐬𝐢𝐧(−𝒙) = −𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 Z𝟐[ 𝐜𝐨𝐬 Z𝟐[.