Name: _________________________________________________ 14. If sin x = 5/13 , find sin 2x.

A. 120/169 B. 25/169 C. 10/13 D. 12/13

Practice Problems: Trigonometry, Plane & Solid Geometry
15. In a triangle ABC, AB is 8 units, BC is 11 units, and AC is 19 units.
1. The secant is the co-function of
AB and BC are perpendicular to each other. Find the area of the
A. sine B. cosine C. cotangent D. cosecant
triangle.
A. 44 B. 76 C. 104.5 D. 0
2. Which of the following relations is not true?
A. sinx = (tanx/secx) C. cotx = cscx cosx
16. In what quadrants will theta be terminated if cos theta is
B. (cotx/cscx) = (sinx/tanx) D. (secx/tanx) = (cosx/cotx)
negative?
A. 1, 4 B. 2, 3 C. 1, 3 D. 2, 4
3. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevation of its top changes
from 20 deg to 40 deg as the observer advances 23 meters toward
17. If the supplement of an angle θ is 5/2 of its complement. Find
the base.
the value of θ.
A. 14.78 m B. 13.78 m C. 15.78 m D. 16.78 m
A. 30° B. 25° C. 20° D. 15°
4. The angle between 90 degrees and 180 degrees has
18. From the top of a lighthouse 37 m above sea level, the angle of
A. negative cotangent and cosecant B. negative sine and tangent
depression of a boat is 15°. How far is the boat from the lighthouse?
C. negative secant and tangent D. negative sine and cosine
A. 138.1 m B. 137.2 m C. 136.3 m D. 135.4 m
5. If tan A = 2 and tan B = 1/2, find A + B.
19. If two sides of a triangle are each equal to 8 units and the
A. 90 deg B. 30 deg C. 45 degrees D. 60 deg
included angle is 70°, find the third side.
A. 6.15 B. 7.16 C. 8.17 D. 9.18
6. If sin A = -5/13 and A in quadrant III, find cot A.
A. 12/5 B. -12/5 C. 5/12 D. -5/12
20. From a point outside an equilateral triangle, the distances of the
vertices are 10 m, 18 m and 10 m respectively. Find the side of the
7. Three times the sine of an angle is equal to twice the square of
triangle.
the cosine of the same angle. Find the angle.
A. 19.94 m B. 20.94 m C. 21.94 m D. 22.94 m
A. 20° B. 25° C. 30° D. 35°

21. Which of the following statements is false ?

8. A railroad track makes an angle of 11.8° with the horizontal. How
A. The diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular to each other.
far must the train go up the track for it to gain 30 m in altitude?
B. The diagonals of a rectangle are equal.
A. 146.7 m B. 132.8 m C. 204.7 m D. 88.56 m
C. The diagonals of a rhombus are equal.
D. The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
9. Two buildings with flat roofs are 15 m apart. From the edge of the
roof of the lower building, the angle of elevation of the edge of the
22. The sum of the interior angles of a convex polygon of n sides is
roof of the taller building is 32°. How high is the taller building if the
equal to how many right angles?
lower building is 18 m high?
A. 2(n-1) B. 2(n-2) C. 2(n-3) D.2(n-4)
A. 26.4 m B. 27.4 m C. 28.4 m D. 29.4 m

23. The area of a circle is 6 times its circumference. What is its

10. Find the angle which a 9-m ladder will make with the ground if it
radius?
is leaned against a window still 6m high.
A. 12 B. 11 C. 10 D. 13
A. 21.8 deg B. 41.8 deg C. 31.8 deg D. 51.8 deg

24. If the length of a side of a square is increased by 100%, its

11. If the tangent of an angle x is 3/4, find the value of the cosine of
perimeter is increased by
2x.
A. 100 % B. 150 % C. 200 % D. 250 %
A. 0.60 B. 0.28 C. 0.8 D. 0.38

25. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 9, 12 and 15.
12. Which of the following angles in standard position is a
A. 54 B. 53 C. 52 D. 51
quadrantal angle?
A. 540 deg B. 480 deg C. -135 deg D. -390 deg
26. Each of four circles ( see figure ) is tangent to the other three. If
the radius of each of the smaller circles is 3, what is the radius of the
13. A ladder leans against the wall of a building with its lower end 4
largest circle?
m from the building. How long is the ladder if it makes an angle of
A. 6.46 B. 6.64 C. 4.64 D.4.46
70° with the ground?
A. 12.3 m B. 13.5 m C. 11.7 m D. 10.8 m
27. A regular five-pointed star is inscribed in a circle of radius b cm.
Find the area between the circle and the star.
A. 4.04 b² B. 3.03 b² C. 1.01 b² D. 2.02 b² 42. The intersection of two faces of a pyramid is called the
A. lateral edge B. slant height
28. If BC = 2(AB), what fraction of the circle is shaded? C. altitude D. hypotenuse
A. 1/4 B. 1/3 C. 1/2 D. 1/5
43. What is the total area of a cube whose edge is 5 cm?
29. A diagonal of a parallelogram is 56.38 ft long and makes an angle A. 150 cm² B. 145 cm² C. 140 cm² D. 135 cm²
of 26°13' and 16°24' respectively with the sides. Find the area of the
parallelogram. 44. Find the volume of the frustum of a right circular cone whose
A. 595 ft² B. 585 ft² C. 575 ft² D. 565 ft² altitude is 6 and whose base radii are 2 and 3.
A. 35π B. 36π C. 37π D. 38π
30. A convex polygon is a polygon each interior angle of which is less
than 45. A sphere of radius R is inscribed in a cube of edge e. What is the
A. 45° B. 60° C. 180° D. 90° ratio of the volume of the sphere to the volume of the cube?
A. 0.6523 B. 0.5236 C. 0.3652 D. 0.2635
31. Find the common area of two intersecting circles of radii 12 and
18 respectively if their common chord is 14 long. 46. The slant height of a right circular cone is 13 and the altitude is
A. 34.19 B. 35.29 C. 36.39 D. 37.49 12. Find the radius of the base.
A. 8 B. 7 C. 6 D. 5
32. Compute the difference between the perimeters of a regular
pentagon and a regular hexagon if the area of each is 12. 47. A hemispherical bowl of radius 10 cm is filled with water to a
A. 0.31 B. 0.21 C.0.41 D.0.51 depth of 5 cm. Find the volume of the water.
A. 615π/3 B. 620π/3 C. 625π/3 D. 630π/3
33. The sides of a triangle are 17, 21 and 28. Find the length of the
line segment bisecting the longest side and drawn from the opposite 48. The volume of a sphere whose diameter is 20 cm is
angle. A. 4198.87 B. 4179.88 C. 4188.79 D.4187.89
A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14
49. It is a polyhedron whose faces are all squares.
34. If each interior angle of a regular polygon has a measure of 160°, A. tetrahedron B. octahedron
how many sides has the polygon? C. hexahedron D. dodecahedron
A. 16 B. 17 C. 19 D. 18
50. Find the length of the diagonal of a rectangular box whose edges
35. If in triangle ABC, A = 76°30', B = 81°40' and c = 368, find the are 6, 8 and 10.
diameter of the circumscribed circle. A. 7√2 B. 8√2 C. 9√2 D. 10√2
A. 989.5 B. 959.8 C. 395.8 D. 958.9
51. Find the area of the base of a prism whose volume is 516.6 cu. ft
36. A circle whose radius is 10 cm is inscribed in a regular hexagon. and whose height is 16.4 in.
The area of the hexagon is A. 372 ft² B. 374 ft² C. 376 ft² D. 378 ft²
A. 346.4 cm² B. 634.4 cm² C. 364.4 cm² D. 436.6 cm²
52. What is the volume of a pyramid whose altitude is 27 and whose
37. Find the area of a rhombus whose diagonals are 32 cm and 40 base is a square 8 on a side?
cm. A. 756 B. 657 C. 576 D. 675
A. 540 cm² B. 340 cm² C. 640 cm² D. 440 cm²
53. The base radii of the frustum of a cone are 6 cm and 10 cm
38. If the sum two exterior angles of a triangle is 230°, find the respectively. Find the altitude of the frustum if its volume is 1176π
measure of the third exterior angle. cu. cm?
A. 130° B. 120° C. 110° D. 100° A. 16 cm B. 17 cm C. 18 cm D. 19 cm

39. The ratio of the sum of the exterior angles to the sum of the 54. What is the diameter of a sphere for which its volume is equal to
interior angles of a polygon is 1:3. Identify the polygon. its surface area?
A. hexagon B. heptagon C. octagon D. nonagon A. 7 B. 6 C. 5 D. 4

40. If the perimeter of a regular hexagon is 24, what is the apothem? 55. Find the volume of a right circular cone whose base radius is 8
A. 3√3 B. 4√3 C. 2√3 D. 5√3 cm and whose altitude is 15 cm.
A. 320 pi cm³ B. 330 pi cm³ C. 340 pi cm³ D. 350 pi cm³
41. The solid formed by revolving a circle about an external axis in its
plane is called.
A. annulus B. conoid C. torus D. prismatoid
56. It is a polyhedron of which one face is a polygon and the other
faces are triangles which have a common vertex.
A. prism B. pyramid C. cone D. prismatoid

57. The axes of two right circular cylinders of equal radii 3 m long,
intersect at right angles. Find the volume of their common part.
A. 122 m³ B. 133 m³ C. 144 m³ D. 155 m³

58. If a cylinder has a lateral area of 88 pi and a volume of 176 pi,

what is its total area?
A. 120 pi B. 125 pi C. 130 pi D. 135 pi

59. A solid consists of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular

cone. Find the vertical angle of the cone if the volume of the conical
and spherical portions are equal.
A. 51.13° B. 52.13° C. 53.13° D. 54.13°

60. Find the total area of a regular hexagonal pyramid whose slant
height is 5 ft and whose base is 4 ft.
A. 105.71 ft² B. 107.15 ft² C. 101.57 ft² D. 110.75 ft²

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