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III. PROBLEMS INVOLVING TRIANGLES: IV. TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES:
9. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm , 10 cm, and 14 cm.
I. RIGHT AND OBLIQUE TRIANGLES: Determine the radius of the inscribed and circumscribing circle. 13. If tan x = 1/2 , tan y = 1/3 , What is the value of tan ( x + y ) ?
1. ME Board Problem A. 3.45, 7.14 C. 2.45, 8.14 A. 1 C. 3
The sides of a right triangle are in arithmetic progression whose B. 2.45, 7.14 D. 3.45, 8.14 B. 2 D. 4
common difference is 6. Find the hypotenuse.
A. 36 C. 18 10. Find the area of the shaded portion of the two concentric 14. ME Board Problem
B. 30 D. 24 circles whose chord outside the small circle is 10 cm. Simplify cos(30 degrees – A) – cos(30 degrees + A) as a
function of angle A only.
2. A ladder 5 m long leans on a wall and makes an angle of 30° with 10 A. tan A C. cos A
the horizontal. Find the vertical height from the top to the ground. B. sec A D. sin A
A. 2.50 m C. 1.50 m
r
B. 2.00 m D. 2.75 m V. INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS:
R
3. ME Board Problem 15. Solve for x in the equation : arctan ( x + 1 ) + arctan ( x – 1 ) =
In a triangle, find the side c if angle C = 100 , side b = 20 and arctan ( 12 ).
side a = 15.
A. 28 C. 29 A. 25  cm2 C. 10  cm2
B. 27 D. 26 B. 5  cm2 D. 100 cm2
PROBABLE PROBLEMS: Choose the best answer.
4. ME Board Problem 11. Find the area of the shaded portion as shown :
A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane . The 1. ME Board Problem
angles of depression of the top and bottom of the monument 1
If sec 2A = , determine the angle A in degrees .
viewed from the top of the PLDT tower are 13 and 35 sin13A
6 cm
respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. Find the height A. 5 degrees C. 3 degrees
of the monument. r B. 6 degrees * D. 7 degrees
A. 33.51 m C. 47.30 m 8 cm
B. 7.58 m D. 30.57 m
2. Determine the simplified form of cos 2A − cos A
sin A
5. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30 A. cos 2A C. cos A
6 cm
degrees. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and find its angle of B. – sin A * D. sin 2A
elevation to be 60 degrees. What is the height of the tower ?
A. 76.31 m C. 73.16 m R 3. Which is identically equal to ( sec A + tan A ) ?
B. 73.31 m D. 73.61 m A. 65  B. 56 
1 2
B. 81  D. 25  A. * C.
sec A − tan A 1 − tan A
II. PERIMETERS AND AREAS OF TRIANGLE:
12. Find the radius of the small circle as shown : B. csc A – 1 D. csc A + 1
6. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157, and 210 respectively. What
4. Solve for A for the given equation cos2 A = 1 – cos2 A .
is the area of the triangle ?
A. 45,125,225,335 degrees C. 45,135,225,315 degrees
A. 73 250 sq. units C. 14 586 sq. units
B. 45,125,225,315 degrees D. 45,150,220,315 degrees
B. 10 250 sq. units D. 11 260 sq. units 4m

8m 5. ME Board Problem
7. In triangle BCD, BC = 25 m, and CD = 10 m. The perimeter of
If sin A = 2/5 , what is the value of 1 – cos A ?
the triangle maybe :
r A. 0.083 C. 0.400
A. 69 m C. 71 m
B. 0.916 D. 0.614
B. 70 m D. 72 m
6. sin A cos B – cos A sin B is equivalent to :
8. The sides of a triangular lot are 130 m, 180 m and 190 m. This lot
A. 0.385 m C. 0.686 m A. cos ( A – B ) C. tan ( A – B )
is to be divided by a line bisecting the longest side and drawn
B. 0.581 m D. 0.985 m B. sin ( A – B ) * D. cos ( A – B )
from the opposite vertex. Find the length of this line.
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7. ME Board Problem 16. The sides of a parallelogram are 84 cm and 63 cm respectively. A. angle of elevation C. pedal angle
Given the triangle ABC in which A = 3030’ , b = 100 m and c If one of its diagonal is 48 cm long, compute the smallest interior B. angle of depression* D. inscribed angle
= 200 m. Find the length of the side a. angle of the parallelogram.
A. 124.64 m C. 142.24 m A. 50.64° C. 45.43° 25. A pair of equal angles form by parallel lines and a third line
B. 130.50 m D. 103.00 m B. 36.42° D. 34.51° * intersecting the parallel lines.
A. alternate angles* C. oblique angles
8. ME Board Problem 17. In a triangle ABC, AB = 36 cm, BC = 24 cm and CA = 18 cm. B. vertical angles D. adjacent angles
An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He Find the length of the median from the vertex C to the line AB.
takes sight at the top of the tower from A and B, which are A. 23.12 C. 11.22 * 26. The point at the top of a pyramid or triangle
50 ft apart at the same elevation on a direct line with the B. 16.78 D. 20.12 A. apex* C. vertex
tower. The vertical angle at point A is 30 and at point B is 40. B. helix D. convex
What is the height of the tower ? 18. In an oblique triangle, a = 25, b = 16, angle C = 94°06’. Find the
A. 85.60 ft C. 110.29 ft measure of angle A. 27. The theorem that shows the relation between the three
B. 143.97 ft D. 92.54 ft * A. 54.5°* C. 45.5° sides of the triangle and the length of a medium of the
9. ME Board Problem B. 24.5° D. 55.4° triangle from one vertex to the opposites sides of the
Given a triangle with an angle C = 28.7 , side a = 132 triangle.
units and side b = 224 units. Solve for the side c. 19. Given a right triangle ABC. Angle C is the right angle. BC = 4 A. Apponias theorem* C. Descartes principles
A. 95 units C. 110 units and the altitude to the hypotenuse is 1 unit. Find the area of the B. Bramagupthas theorem D. Pythagoras theorem
B. 125.4 units D. 90 units triangle.
A. 2.0654 sq. units C. 1.0654 sq. units 28. The inverse function of logarithm is called
10. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, 10, B. 3.0654 sq. units D. 4.0654 sq. units A. mantisa C. algorithim
and 100 degrees respectively, find the length of the shorter B. antilogarithm* D. natural logarithm
diagonal. 20 . ME Board Problem
A.10.63 C. 10.73 Given the 3 sides of a triangle: 2, 3, 4. What is the angle in 29. The inverse of cosine function or arc cosine is known as
B.10.37 D. 10.23 radians opposite the side with length 3? A. acosec C. acosh
A. 0.81 * C. 0.67 B. acosech D. acos*
11. The angle or inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% B. 0.45 D. 0.74
grade is _____ degrees? 30. The inverse of hyperbolic cosine or arcosh is known as
A. 4.72 * C. 5.12 21. The angle of elevation of the top of tower B from the top of the A. acosec C. acosh*
B. 4.27 D. 1.86 tower A is 28 and the angle of elevation of the top of tower A B. acosech D. acos
from the base of the tower B is 46. The two towers lie in the
12. Given a triangle of sides 10 cm and 15 cm an included angle of same horizontal plane. If the height of the tower B is 120 m , 31. A logarithm having a base 10 is called
60. Find the area of the triangle. find the height of tower A. A. natural logarithm C. Naperian logarithm
A. 70 C. 80 A. 87.2 m C. 90.7 m B. complex logarithm D. Briggsian logarithm*
B. 72 D. 65 * B. 79.3 m D. 66.3 m
32. The logarithm having a base 2 is known as
13. In triangle DEF, DE = 18m and EF = 6m. Side FD maybe PROBABLE ELEMENTS: Choose the best answer. A. Binary logarithm* C. Naperian logarithm
A. 10 m C. 12 m B. Briggsian logarithm D. Natural logarithm
B. 11 m D. 13 m * 22. A perpendicular segment from a vertex of the triangle to the
line containing the opposite side 33. The perpendicular bisector of the sides of a triangle pass
14. The area of a triangle is 65 sq. cm. and its perimeter is 48 cm. A. altitude* C. angle bisector through a common point which is equivalent from the three
Compute the radius of the inscribed circle. B. median D. apothem vertices of the triangle called
A. 2.71 cm C. 1.42 cm A. excenter C. incenter
B. 2.16 cm D. 2.49 cm 23. The angle which the line of sight to the object makes with B. circumcenter * D. orthocenter
the horizontal which is above the eye of the observer is
15. The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle having a radius 9 cm. called 34. The circle circumscribing a triangle has its center at the
is equal to 43.23 sq. cm. If one of the sides of the triangle is 18 A. angle of elevation* C. acute angle intersection of the perpendicular bisector of the triangle.
cm., find one of the other sides. B. angle of depression D. obtuse angle A. excircle C. escribed circle
A. 16.42 cm C. 14.36 cm B. incircle D. circum circle*
B. 17.29 cm * D. 12.42 cm 24. The angle which the line of sight to the object makes with
the horizontal which is below the eye of the observer. 35. Any lines segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on
the opposites side
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A. median C. cevian* 48. The space between two lines meeting at a point called B. evolution* D. manipulation
B. secant line D. euclidian line vertex
A. angle* C. distance 61. The operation of raising to an integral power xn.
36. The logarithm of the reciprocal of a number equal to the B. plane D. altitude A. involution* C. rationalization
additive inverse of its logarithm B. evolution D. expansion
A. antilogarithm C. natural logarithm 49. A path consisting of two or more straight lines
B. cologarithm D. reciprocal logarithm A. curve line C. trial 62. A plane surface of a geometric figure
B. locus D. broken line* A. base C. face*
37. Given the sides of a triangle as 3 m and 5 m. The third side is 50. The longest side of a right triangle or the side opposite to B. plane D. surface
A. between 3 m and 8 m C. from 3 m to 7 m * the 63. Each interior angle of an equilateral triangle is equal to
B. greater than 8 m D. from 2 m to 8 m right angle. A. 300 C. 900
38. Another term for radius of an escribed circle of a triangle A. slant height C. hypotenuse* B. 600* D. 450
A. inradius C. orthoradius B. leg D. base
B. circumradius D. eradius* 64. The difference between an approximate value and the true
51. The distance between a center and a vertex of a regular value which it approximates.
39. The center of an escribed circle of a triangle polygon. A. error* C. residue
A. ecenter* C. orthocenter A. apothem C. long radius* B. balance D. correction factor
B. incenter D. circumcenter B. median D. hypotenuse
52. The perpendicular bisector of a line segment 65. A unit of angle measurement with one revolution equivalent to
40. An angle whose vertex is a point on the circle and whose A. mediator* C. altitude 400 gradians.
sides are chords B. divider D. orthobisector A. gradian* C. mil
A. circumscribed angle C. inscribed angle* B. degree D. revolution
B. escribed angle D. reflex angle 53. The angular distance of an astronomical body above or
41. The decimal part of the logarithm of a number below an observer’s horizon. 66. A right triangle whose length of sides may be expressed as ratio
A. characteristic C. base A. altitude* C. azimuth of integral units.
B. mantissa* D. exponent B. slant height D. normal A. Pedal triangle C. Scalene triangle
B. Isosceles triangle D. Primitive triangle *
42. The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the 54. The angle between any two radii is
squares of the squares of the other two sides or legs A. inscribed angle C. polar angle 67. A triangle with no side equal is known as
A. Pythagorean theorem* C. Aristotle’s theorem B. central angle* D. dihedral angle A. acute triangle C. equilateral triangle
B. Ptolemy’s theorem D. Euclid’s theorem 55. Refers to a line of symmetry of a given figure B. oblique triangle D. scalene triangle *
A. reference C. boundary
43. The triangle formed inside a triangle by connecting the points B. symmetry D. axis* 68. If two triangles have congruent bases, then the ratio of their
where the altitudes of the triangle touches the opposite areas equals the ratio of
sides as drawn from each vertices 56. A single line which forms a tangent to two or more separate A. their perimeter s
A. inscribed triangle C. pedal triangle * curves. B. their sides
B. median triangle D. ortho triangle A. common secant C. chord C. the lengths of their altitudes *
44. The trigonometric function equal to one minus the cosine B. common tangent * D. normal D. none of the above
function 57. An angle that is half the straight angle
A. versed sine* C. arcsine A. acute angle C. reflex angle 69. In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is _____ times as
B. co-versed sine D. arcsine B. right angle* D. oblique angle long as each of the legs.
A. 2 * C. 2
45. Numbers between 0 and 1 have 58. A line drawn between any two non-adjacent vertices of a
polygon B. 3 D. 3
A. positive logarithms C. complex logarithms
B. negative logarithms* D. zero logarithm A. altitude C. bisector 70. Which of the following is not a secondary part of a triangle?
46. The logarithm of 1 to the base 8 is B. median D. diagram* A. Altitudes C. Exterior angles
A. 1 C. 0* 59. The procedure for estimating intermediate value that are B. Medians D. Sides *
B. 1/8 D. 8 not listed in a table of numerical values.
47. The logarithm of one is A. interpolation* C. telescoping process …End…
A. indeterminate C. infinity B. manipulation method D. trial and error method
B. zero* D. undefined 60. The operation of root extraction
A. involution C. rationalization