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PLANE & SOLID MENSURATION
BY ENGR. JIMMY L. OCAMPO
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1. Patrick has a rectangular patio whose length is 5m less than the diagonal and a width that is 7m
less than the diagonal. If the area of his patio is 195 m2, what is the length of the diagonal?
a. 20 m b. 10 m c. 16 m d. 8m
2. Find the position value of c such that the area of the region bounded by the parabola y = x^2 –
c^2 and y = c^2 – x^2 is 576.
a. 13 b. 5 c. 8 d. 6
3. A painter needs to find the area of the gable end of a house. The area of the gable in sq.ft if it is a
triangle with 2 sides 42ft that meet at 105° in nearest to,
a. 825 b.852 c. 582 d. 528
4. The side of a square is 5cm less than the side of another square. If the difference in their areas is
55sq.cm, find the side in cm of the smaller square.
a. 8 b. 3 c. 4 d. 6
5. Find the area in sq.cm of a regular five-pointed star or pentagram inscribed in a circle of radius
20cm
a. 449 b. 559 c. 349 d. 459
6. How many sides have a polygon if the sum of its interior angles equals twice the sum of its
exterior angles?
a. 7 b. 6 c. 5 d. 8
7. The sides of a triangular lot are 130m, 180m and 190m. The lot is to be divided by a line
bisecting the longest side and drawn from the opposite vertex. Find the length of this dividing line
in meter.
a. 125 b. 110 c. 115 d. 145
8. Two circles of different radii are concentric. If the length of the chord of bigger circle that is
tangent to the smaller circle is 50 cm, calculate the area bounded by the two circles.
a. 315π b. 625π c. 451π d. 645π
9. Find the area in cm2 of the circle circumscribing an isosceles right triangle having an area of 162
cm2.
a. 481.96 b. 508.94 c. 389.45 d. 408.56
10. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two partially overlapping circles, each of radius
9m. If the center of each circle lies on the circumference of the other, find the perimeter of the
swimming pool in meter.
a 85.7 b. 56.5 c. 75.4 d. 96.8
11. Find the volume of the solid common between intersecting cylinders with radius of 3 ft
a. 72 b. 144 c. 288 d. 256
12. A tetrahedron is a solid which is a member of the polyhedrons. It has 4 faces which are all
equilateral triangles. Find its volume if edge is 12 cm long.
a. 204 b. 402 c. 240 d. 420
13. What is the ratio of the surface area of sphere to its volume?
a. r/3 b. 3/r c. 4/3r d. 3r
14. If an aviator flies around the world at a distance 2 km above the equator, how many more km
will he travel than a person who travels along the equator?
a. 12.6 km b. 16.2 km c. 15.8 km d. 18.5 km
15. Find the ratio of the surface area of a cube to its volume, if the side is s.
a. 4/s b. 3/s c. 6/s d. 5/s
16. The diagonal of a face of a cube is 10 ft. The total area of the cube is
a. 300 sq. ft b. 150 sq. ft c. 100 sq. ft d. 200 sq. ft
17. The volume of a frustum of a cone is 1176 pi cu. m. If the radius of the lower base is 10 m and
the altitude is 18 m, compute the lateral area of the frustum of a cone
a. 295 π sq. m b. 691 π sq. m c. 194 π sq. m d. 209 π sq. m
18. What would happen to the volume of a sphere if the radius is tripled?
a. Multiplied by 3 b. Multiplied by 9 c. Multiplied by 27 d. Multiplied by 6
19. Find the volume of oblate spheroid if a = 4cm and b = 3 cm.
a. 46π b. 64π c. 32π d. 48π
20. An equilateral triangle with side a is revolved about its altitude. The volume is
a. (3π / 24)a^3 b. (π√3 / 24)a^3 c. (π / 4)a^3 d. (π√3 / 4)a^3
21. The ratio of the volume of two spheres us 8:27. What is the ratio of their surface area?
a. 2/9 b. 4/9 c. 5/9 d. 7/9
