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Trigonometry

Name: Engr. Date:

1. Two aircraft leave an airfield at the same


time. One travels due north at an average
speed of 300 km/h and the other due west
at an average speed of 220 km/h. Calculate
their distance apart after four hours
A. 1235 km C. 13654 km
B. 1488 km D. 1333 km For the position shown in the figure de-
termine the angle between the connecting
2. Point A lies at co-ordinate (2, 3) and rod AB and the horizontal and the length
point B at (8, 7). Determine (a) the dis- of OB.
tance AB the angle AB makes with the hor- A. 48.45° C. 28.46°
izontal. B. 34.12° D. 35.43°
A. 6.623, 26.28° C. 6.832, 23.81°
B. 7.211, 33.69° D. 5.681, 42.64° 8. A person climbs a hill in a straight path
from point ‘O’ on the ground in the direc-
3. An electricity pylon stands on horizontal tion of North-East and reaches a point ‘A’
ground. At a point 80 m from the base of after travelling a distance of 5 km. Then,
the pylon, the angle of elevation of the from the point ‘A’, he moves to point ‘B’
top of the pylon is 23◦. Calculate the in the direction of North-West. Let the
height of the pylon to the nearest meter. distance AB be 12 km. Now, how far is the
A. 31 m C. 33 m person away from the starting point ‘O’?
B. 32 m D. 34 m A. 7 km C. 17 km
B. 13 km D. 11 km
4. A surveyor measures the angle of elevation
of the top of a perpendicular building as 9. AB is a vertical trunk of a huge tree with
19◦. He moves 120m nearer the building and A being the point, where the base of the
finds the angle of elevation is now 47◦. trunk touches the ground. Due to a cyclone,
Determine the height of the building. the trunk has been broken at C which is at
A. 60.85 m C. 65.12 m a height of 12 m, broken part is partially
B. 75.15 m D. 54.68 m attached to the vertical portion of the
trunk at C. If the end of the broken part
5. The angle of depression of a ship viewed B touches the ground at D which is at a
at a particular instant from the top of a distance of 5 m from A, then the original
75m vertical cliff is 30◦. Find the dis- height of the trunk is
tance of the ship from the base of the A. 20 m C. 30 m
cliff at this instant. The ship is sailing B. 25 m D. 35 m
away from the cliff at constant speed and
one minute later its angle of depression 10. A person walks 12 km due North, then 15 km
from the top of the cliff is 20◦. Determine due East, after that 19 km due West and
the speed of the ship in km/h. then 15 km due South. How far is he from
A. 129.9 m, 4.57 C. 165.2 m, 8.46 the starting point?
kph kph A. 5 km C. 37 km
B. 134.5 m, 3.87 D. 168.4 m, 3.54 B. 9 km D. 61 km
kph kph
11. The location of B is North of A and loca-
6. A room 8.0m wide has a span roof which tion of C is East of A. The distances AB
slopes at 33◦ on one side and 40◦ on the and AC are 5 km and 12 km, respectively.
other. Find the length of the roof slopes, The shortest distance (km) between the lo-
correct to the nearest centimeter. cations B and C is
A. 4.83 m, 3.26 m C. 3.85 m, 5.23 m A. 60 C. 17
B. 4.56 m, 5.38 m D. 4.56 m, 6.47 m B. 13 D. 7

12. Find the angle that is complementary to


7. A crank mechanism of a petrol engine is 25°43’37’’
shown in Fig. 12.37. Arm OA is 10.0 cm long A. 89°59’60’’ C. 73°26’35’’
and rotates clockwise about O. The con- B. 64°16’23’’ D. 16°74’27’’
necting rod AB is 30.0 cm long and end B
is constrained to move horizontally. 13. Determine the smallest coterminal of angle
3528°
A. 186° C. 221°
B. 149° D. 288°

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21. An observer found the angle of elevation
14. A surveyor observes that at a point A, of the top of a tree to be 27 o. After
located on level ground a distance 25.0 moving 10 m closer (on the same vertical
feet from the base B of a flagpole, the and horizontal plane as the tree), the an-
angle between the ground and the top of gle of elevation becomes 54 o. How high is
the pole is 30°. Approximate the height h the tree?
of the pole to the nearest tenth of a foot. A. 8.65 m C. 7.02 m
A. 13.6 ft C. 14.4 ft B. 7.53 m D. 8.09 m
B. 12.9 ft D. 17.2 ft
22. If x and y are complementary angles, find
15. Find the amplitude and the period of the the value of P if P = cos (540o – x) sin
equation 𝑦 = 2sin⁡(−3𝑥) (540o – y) + cos (90o – x) sin (90o – y)
A. 2,2𝜋/3 C. 1,2 𝜋 A. -sin2x C. cos2x
B. 3, 𝜋/4 D. 0,3 𝜋/2 B. cos2y D. -cos2y

16. The rhythmic process of breathing consists 23. Each leg of an isosceles right triangle
of alternating periods of inhaling and ex- whose perimeter is 30 inches is _____
haling. One complete cycle normally takes inches.
place every 5 seconds. If F(t) denotes the A. 8.45 in C. 9.03 in
air flow rate at time t (in liters per B. 8.79 in D. 9.72 in
second) and if the maximum flow rate is
0.6 liter per second, find a formula of 24. A person on a ship sailing due south at
the form that fits this information. the rate of 15 miles an hour observes a
A. 𝜋 C. 𝐹(𝑡) = 0.6sin⁡(5𝑡) lighthouse due west at 3 p.m. At 5 p.m.
𝐹(𝑡) = 5 sin ( 𝑡)
4 the lighthouse is 52o west of north. How
B. 0.6 D. 𝐹(𝑡) far from the lighthouse was the ship at 4
𝐹(𝑡) = 5 sin ( 𝑡) 2𝜋
𝜋 = 0.6 sin ( 𝑡) p.m.?
5 A. 38.4 mi C. 41.22 mi
B. 48.73 mi D. 45.75 mi
17. Find the period of the graph of 𝑦 =
1 𝜋
tan (𝑥 + ) 25. Which of the following is true?
2 4
A. 𝜋 C. 2 𝜋 A. cot (-θ) = cot θ C. sec (-θ) = sec
B. 𝜋/2 D. 2/ 𝜋 θ
B. cos (-θ) = - cos D. csc (-θ) = csc
18. From the top of a building that overlooks θ θ
an ocean, an observer watches a boat sail-
ing directly toward the building. If the 26. From the top of a tower 63.2 ft high, the
observer is 100 feet above sea level and angles of depression of two objects situ-
if the angle of depression of the boat ated in the same horizontal line with the
changes from 25° to 40° during the period base of the tower, and on the same side of
of observation, approximate the distance the tower, are 31o16’ and 46o28’ respec-
that the boat travels. tively. Find the distance between the two
A. 60 ft C. 125 ft objects.
B. 75 ft D. 95 ft A. 104.08 ft C. 52.06 ft
B. 60.04 ft D. 44.04 ft
19. Two ships leave port at the same time, one
ship sailing in the direction N23°E at a 27. cos (A + B) cos A + sin (A + B) sin A is
speed of 11 mi/hr and the second ship sail- equal to
ing in the direction S67°E at 15 mi/hr. A. sin B C. cos B
Approximate the bearing from the second B. sin (2A+B) D. cos (2A+B)
ship to the first, one hour later.
A. S37°W C. S54°E 28. A vertical pole 35 ft high, standing on
B. N29°E D. N31°W sloping ground, is braced by a wire which
extends from the top of the pole to a point
on the ground 25 ft from the foot of the
20. From a point A at the foot of the mountain,
pole. If the pole subtends an angle of 30o
the angle of elevation of the top B is 60
at the point where the wire reaches the
degrees. After ascending the mountain one
ground, how long is the wire?
(1) mile at an inclination of 30 degrees
A. 54.3 ft C. 50.8 ft
to the horizon, and reacting a point C, an
B. 56.7 ft D. 59.5 ft
observer finds that the angle ACB is 135
degrees. Find the height of the mountain.
29. A ladder 42 ft long is placed so that it
A. 2.366 C. 2.501
will reach a window 30 ft high on one
B. 2.458 D. 2.211
side of a street; if it is turned over,
its foot being held in position, it will
reach a window 25 ft high on the other

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side of the street. How wide is the
street from building to building?
A. 63.1 ft C. 71.8 ft
B. 65.4 ft D. 82.5 ft

30. One radian is equivalent to


A. 52.6° C. 90.0°
B. 45.3° D. 57.3°

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