Trigonometry and Geometry Exam – Review CE - Key

INSTRUCTIONS: Solve the following problems correctly with complete solution. Write the letter of the correct answer before each
number.

1. If the cosine of angle x is 3/5, then the value of the sine of x/2 is
a. 0.500 b. 0.361 c. 0.215 d. 0.447
2. If 820 + 0.35x = Arctan(cot 0.45x), find x.
a. 11deg b. 10deg c. 12deg d. 13deg
3. If sec A = -5/4, A in quadrant II, find tan 2A.
a. 24/7 b. 25/7 c. -25/7 d. -24/7
4. If ysinx = a and ycosx = b, find y in terms of a and b.
a. a + b b. a2 + b2 c. d.
5. If tan(Arctanx + Arctan ¼) = 7/11, find x.
a. 1/3 b. ¼ c. 1/5 d. ½

6. If tan 𝜃 = √3, θ in quadrant III, find the value of .

a. ½ b. ¼ c. 1/3 d. 1/5
7. Two buildings with flat roofs are 15 m apart. From the edge of the roof of the lower buildings, the angle of elevation of the
edge of the roof of the taller building is 32 degrees. How high is the taller building if the lower building is 18 m high?
a. 26.4 m b. 27.4 m c. 28.4 m d. 29.4 m
8. Given: sec 2θ = √10 and 2θ in quadrant IV.
Find: cos 4θ
a. -0.60 b. -0.70 c. -0.80 d. -0.90
9. The bearing of B from A in N200E, the bearing of C from B is S300E and the bearing of A from C is S400W. If AB = 10, find
the area of triangle ABC.
a. 14.95 b. 13.94 c. 12.93 d. 11.92
10. Two ships start from the same point, one going south and the other North 28 degree East. If the speed of the first ship is 12
kph and the second ship is 16 kph, find the distance between them after 45 minutes.
a. 17.3 km b. 18.5 km c. 19.2 km d. 20.4 km
11. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevations of its top changes from 20 degrees to 40 degrees as the observer
advances 23 m toward its base.
a. 138.5 m b. 148.5 m c. 158.5 m d. 159.5 m
12. A tree stands vertically on a hillside which makes an angle of 22 degrees with the horizontal. From a point 60 ft down the hill
directly from the base of the tree, the angle of elevation of the tree, the angle of elevation of the top of the tree is 55 degree.
How high is the tree?
a. 56.97 ft b. 57.96 ft c. 59.76 ft d. 57.69 ft
13. If cos2A = √𝑚, find cos8A.
a. 8m2 + 8m + 1 b. 8m2 + 8m – 1 c. 8m2 – 8m + 1 d. 8m2 – 8m - 1
14. The angles of triangle ABC are in the ratio 5:10:21 and the side opposite the smallest angle is 5. Find the side opposite the
largest angle.
a. 13.41 b. 14.31 c. 13.14 d. 11.43
15. On top of a cliff, the farthest distance that can be seen on the surface of the earth is 60 miles. How high is the cliff if the
radius of the earth is taken to be 4, 000 miles?
a. 0.41 mi b. 0.43 mi c. 0.45 mi d. 0.47 mi
16. Two observers 100 m apart and facing each other on a horizontal plane, observe at the same time the angles of elevation of
a balloon in their vertical to be 58 degrees and 44 degrees. Find the height of the balloon.
a. 60.23 m b. 59.34 m c. 61.31 m d. 58.75 m
17. From a point outside an equilateral triangle, the distance of the vertices are 10 m, 18 m and 10 m respectively. Find the side
of the triangle.
a. 19.94 m b. 20.94 m c. 21.94 m d. 22.94 m

18. Simplify
 a. csc A b. sec A c. cot A d. sin A
19. If cos(x + y) = 0.17 and cosx = 0.50, find siny.
a. 0.2355 b. 0.3455 c. 0.4344 d. 0.4233
20. If sinA + sinB = 1 and sin A – sin B = 1, find A.
a. 60deg b. 70deg c. 80deg d. 90deg
21. Find the sum of all the acute interior angles of a regular hexagon.
a. 720˚ c. 360˚
b. 540˚ d. 270˚
22. Find the area of a regular hexagon of side 3 cm.
a. 22.28 cm2 b. 23.38 cm2 c. 24.48 cm2 d. 25.58 cm2
23. A triangle has sides 3, 6 and 9. Find the shortest side of a similar triangle whose longest side is 15.
a. 6 b. 10 c. 8 d. 5
24. The perimeter of an octagon is 32 and its longest side is 6. What is the longest side of a similar octagon whose perimeter is
24?
a. 3.5 b. 4 c. 4.5 d. 5
25. A hexagon is circumscribed about a circle of radius 5. If the perimeter of the hexagon is 38, what is the area of the hexagon?
a. 75 b. 65 c. 85 d. 95
26. If a regular polygon has 54 diagonals, then it has how many sides?
a. 10 b. 11 c. 14 d. 12
27. What is the diameter of a circle that is circumscribed about an equilateral triangle of side 7.4 cm?
a. 8.64 cm b. 8.54 cm c. 9.54 cm d. 9.64 cm
28. Find the area of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle whose radius is 10 cm.
a. 822.8 cm2 b. 282.8 cm2 c. 828.2 cm2 d. 228.8 cm2
29. If the perimeter of a regular hexagon is 24, what is its apothem?
a. 3 3 b. 4 3 c. 2 3 d. 5 3
30. The ratio of the sum of the exterior angles to the sum of these interior angles of a polygon is 1.3. Identify the polygon.
a. hexagon b. heptagon c. octagon d. nonagon
31. A circular sector has a radius of 6 cm and whose central angle is 60 degrees. If it is bent to form a right circular cone, the
radius of the cone is
a. 1 cm b. 2 cm c. 3 cm d. 4 cm
32. A regular octagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 6. Find the perimeter of the octagon.
a. 34.54 b. 35.64 c. 36.74 d. 37.84
33. If four angles of a pentagon have measures 1000, 960, 870 and 970, find the measure of the fifth angle.
a. 150deg b. 160deg c. 140deg d. 130deg
34. If the sum two exterior angles of a triangle is 230 , find the measure of the third exterior angle.
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a. 130deg b. 120deg c. 110deg d. 100deg

35. A circle whose radius is 10 cm is inscribed in a regular hexagon. The area of the hexagon is
a. 346.4 cm2b. 634.4 cm2 c. 364.4 cm2 d. 436.6 cm2
36. A side of a regular hexagon is 6. What is the circumference of its circumscribed circle?
a. 12 pi b. 11 pi c. 13 pi d. 10 pi
37. Two chords PQ and RS of a circle meet when extended through Q and S at a point T. If QP = 7, TQ = 9, TS = 6, find SR.
a. 16 b. 17 c. 18 d. 19
38. What is the angle at center of a circle if the subtending chord is equal to two thirds of the radius?
a. 39.95deg b. 38.94deg c. 37.93deg d. 36.92deg
39. The area of a rhombus is 250 and one of the angles is 37 25’. What is the length of each side?
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a. 20.18 b. 20.28 c. 20.38 d. 20.48

40. If in triangle ABC, A = 76030’ B = 81040’ and c = 368, find the diameter of the circumscribed circle.
a. 989.5 b. 959.8 c. 995.8 d. 958.9
41. Given a parallelogram ABCD such that AB = 7, AC = 10 and angle BAC = 36007’. Find the length of BC.
a. 4.992 b. 5.992 c. 6.992 d. 7.992
42. What is the diameter of the circle that is circumscribed about an isosceles triangle whose vertical angle is 8 degrees and the
sum of the two equal sides 18 units?
a. 7.11 b. 8.11 c. 9.11 d. 10.11
43. The diagonals of a quadrilateral are 34 and 56 intersecting at an angle of 670. Find its area.
 a. 837.62 b. 863.72 c. 826.37 d. 876.32
44. Find the radius of a circle in which is inscribed a regular nonagon whose perimeter is 417.6 cm
a. 68.37 cm b. 67.83 cm c. 63.87 cm d. 68.73 cm
45. If each interior angle of a regular polygon has a measure of 160degrees, how many sides has the polygon?
a. 16 b. 17 c. 19 d. 18
46. The sides of a right triangle are a, b, and c where c is the hypotenuse. Find the radius of the circle that is inscribed in the
triangle.
a. ½ (a + b + c) b. ½ (a + b – c) c. ½ (a – b + c) d. ½ (a – b – c)
47. Two sides of a parallelogram are 20 and 30 and the included angle is 36 degrees. Find the length of the longer diagonal.
a. 74.65 b. 64.75 c. 57.46 d. 47.65
48. 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 angle.
a. 11 b. 12 c. 13 d. 14
49. A bridge across a river is in the form of an arc of a circular. If the span is 40 ft and the midpoint of the arc is to be 8 ft higher
than the ends, what is the radius of the circle?
a. 27ft b. 28ft c. 29ft d. 30ft
50. Find the angle formed by the secant and tangent to a circle if one intercepted arc is 30 degrees more than the other and the
secant passes through the center of the circle.
a. 15deg b. 16deg c. 17deg d. 18deg
51. Find the radius of a circle whose area is equal to the area of the annulus formed by two consecutive circles with radii 5 and
13.
a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13
52. A circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle. If the circumference of the circle is 3, find the perimeter of the equilateral
triangle.
a. 9.246 b. 6.294 c. 2.946 d. 4.962
53. The quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle and its diagonal AC in drawn so that angle DAC = 34 degrees, angle CAB =
38 degrees and angle DBA = 65 degrees. Find are AB.
a. 960 b. 860 c. 760 d. 660
54. A secant and a tangent to a circle intersect an angle of 38 degrees. If the measures of the arc intercepted between the
secant and the tangent are in the ratio 2:1, find the measure of the third arc.
a. 129deg b. 130deg c. 131deg d. 132deg
55. Compute the difference between the perimeters of a regular pentagon and a regular hexagon if the area of each is 12.
a. 0.31 b. 0.21 c. 0.41 d. 0.51
56. The area of the sector of a circle having a central angle of 60 degrees is 24  . Find the perimeter of the sector.
a. 34.4 b. 35.5 c. 36.6 d. 37.7
57. Find the common area of two intersecting circles of radii 12 and 18 respectively if their common chord is 14 long.
a. 34.19 b. 35.29 c. 36.39 d. 34.79
58. If the sides of an equilateral triangle are increased by 21 %, by how much is its area increased?
a. 33.1 % c. 10 %
b. 77.2 % d. 46.4 %
59. The sum of the sides of a triangle is 100. The angle at A double that of B and the angle at B is double that of C. Find side c.
a. 40 b. 25 c. 52 d. 509
60. A diagonal of a parallelogram is 56.38 ft long and makes an angle of 27 13’ and 16024’ respectively with the sides. Find the
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area of the parallelogram

a. 595 ft2 b. 585 ft2 c. 575 ft2 d. 565 ft2
61. Find the area of a regular five pointed star that is inscribed in a circle of the radius 10.
a. 121.62 b. 112.26 c. 122.16 d. 126.21
62. What is the difference in the areas between an inscribed and a circumscribed regular octagon if the radius of the circle is 6?
a. 15.27 b. 16.37 c. 17.47 d. 18.57
63. Assuming that the earth is a perfect sphere of radius 6, 370 kilometers, a person at a point T on top of a tower 60 meters
high looks at a point P on the surface of the earth. What is the approximate distance of P from T?
a. 24.3 km b. 25.4 km c. 26.5 km d. 27.6 km
64. The altitude of a parallelogram is 20 and the base is a rhombus with diagonals 10 and 16. Find the volume of the
parallelepiped.
 a. 1, 500 b. 1, 600 c. 1, 700 d. 1, 800
65. A wooden cone of altitude 10 cm is to be cut into two parts of equal weight. How far from the vertex should the cut parallel to
the base be made?
a. 6.65 cm c. 7.94 cm
b. 3.83 cm d. 8.83 cm
66. Find the volume of a pyramid having a pentagonal base with sides each equal to 12 cm and an apothem of 8 cm. The
altitude of the pyramid is 36 cm.
a. 2, 660 cm3 b. 2, 770 cm3 c. 2, 880 cm3 d. 2, 990 cm3
67. A regular triangle pyramid has an altitude of 9 m and a volume of 187.06 cu. m. What is the base edge in meters?
a. 10 c. 12
b. 11 d. 13
68. The lateral area of a right circular cone with a radius of 20 cm and a height of 30 cm is
a. 2, 265.43 cm2 b. 2, 236.45 cm2 c. 2, 245.63 cm2 d. 2, 253.46 cm2
69. The base of a prism is a rectangle with sides 3 and 5. If its lateral area is 64, find its altitude.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
70. Find the number of degrees on a dihedral angle of a regular tetrahedron.
a. 68.330 b. 69.430 c. 70.530 d. 71.630
71. Find the volume of a spherical zone in a sphere of radius 17 cm if the radius of the zone is 8 cm.
a. 1,126/3 cm 3 b. 1,136/3 cm 3 c. 1,146/3 cm 3 d. 1,156/3 cm 3
72. Find the volume of a triangular prism whose altitude is 20 cm and whose sides are 6 cm, 8 cm and 12 cm.
a. 426.61 cm3 b. 421.66 cm3 c. 461.26 cm3 d. 416.62 cm3
73. Find the volume of a spherical segment if the radii of the bases are 3 and 4 respectively and its altitude is 2.
a. 83.27 b. 87.32 c. 83.72 d. 82.73
74. If the edge of a cube decreased by x %, its volume decreased by 48.8%. Find the value of x.
a. 10 c. 16
b. 20 d. 25
75. The base of a right parallelepiped is a rhombus whose sides are each 10 cm long and one of whose angles is 60 degrees. If
the altitude of the parallelepiped is 4 cm, find its volume.
a. 100 3cm 3 b. 200 3cm 3 c. 300 3cm3 d. 400 3cm 3
76. Find the volume of the largest cube that can be out from a circular log whose radius is 30.
a. 76, 367.53 b. 75, 567.33 c. 73, 675.36 d. 77, 653.36
77. Find the lateral area of a pyramid whose altitude is 27 cm and whose base is a square 8 cm on a side.
a. 437.62 cm2 b. 436.72 cm2 c. 432.76 cm2 d. 427.63 cm2
78. The base of a cylinder is a hexagon inscribed in a circle. If the difference in circumference of the circle and perimeter of the
hexagon is 4 cm., find the volume of the cylinder if it has an altitude of 20cm.
a. 10367 cm³ c. 10123 cm³
b. 12239 cm³ d. 11231 cm³
79. Find the lateral area of the frustum of a regular square pyramid whose base edges are 6 and 12 and whose altitude is 4.
a. 150 b. 160 c. 170 d. 180
80. If the radius of a sphere is 8 and if a plane passes through the spheres at a distance of 5 from its center, what are the areas
of the circle of intersection?
a. 38 pi b. 39 pi c. 40 pi d. 41 pi
81. Find the lateral area of a right circular cone that cone that can be inscribed in a cube whose volume is 64.
a. 28.1 b. 26.1 c. 24.1 d. 22.1
82. Find the lateral edge of a regular square pyramid whose slant height is 8 and whose base edge is 6.
a. 6.54 b. 7.54 c. 8.54 d. 9.54
83. The base edges of a triangular pyramid are 12, 14 and 16. If its altitude is 22, what is the volume of the pyramid?
a. 594.64 b. 564.94 c. 544.69 d. 596.44
84. The volume of the frustum of a right circular cone is 78 pi. The upper base radius is 2 and the lower base radius is 5. What is
the altitude of the frustum?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
85. The volume of a right circular cone having a slant height of 13 and altitude 12 is
a. 100 b. 150 c. 200 d. 250
86. Find the height of a pyramid whose volume is 35 and whose base is a triangle with sides 4, 7 and 5.
a. 11.72 b. 10.72 c. 8.72 d. 9.72
87. The radii of the bases of the frustum of a right circular cone are 6 and 9 respectively and its altitude is 4. Find its lateral area.
a. 75 b. 85 c. 95 d. 65
88. A circle is inscribed in a square of side 10 m. A small circle externally tangent to the inscribed circle is situated such that two
sides of the square are tangent to it. Determine the diameter of the small circle.
a. 0.429 m c. 1.716 m
b. 0.858 m d. 2.145 m
89. What is the area of a sphere if a zone on it having an area of 18 , has an altitude of 2?
a. 79 pi b. 80 pi c. 81 pi d. 82 pi
90. A spherical bowl of radius 8 inches contains water to a depth of 3 inches. Find the volume of the water in the bowl.
a. 199.72 in3 b. 197.92 in3 c. 179.29 in3 d. 192.27 in3
91. The volume of a pyramid is 256 cm3 and its altitude is 24 cm. Find the area of its base.
a. 32 cm2 b. 34 cm2 c. 31 cm2 d. 33 cm2
92. What is the diameter of a sphere for which its volume is equal to its surface area?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
93. The area of the base of a right circular cone is 144 . If its altitude is 14, find its slant height.
a. 18.44 b. 17.33 c. 16.22 d. 15.11
94. Find the approximate change in the volume of a cube if each edge x of the cube is increased by one percent.
a. 0.02 x3 b. 0.03 x3 c. 0.04 x3 d. 0.05x3
95. The altitude of a square pyramid is 10 and a side of the base is 15. Find the area of a cross section at a distance of 6 from
the vertex.
a. 81 b. 82 c. 83 d. 84
96. Find the area illuminated by a candle h meters from the surface of a ball r meters in radius.
2 rh 2 2 rh 2 2 r 2 h 2 r 2 h
a. b. c. d.
rh rh rh rh
97. Find the volume of the frustum of a pyramid whose bases are regular hexagons with base edges 5 cm and 10 cm
respectively and the altitude is 15 cm.
a. 2, 273.31 cm3 b. 2, 171.33 cm3 c. 2, 327.13 cm3 d. 2, 713.32 cm3
98. What is the volume of a cube if the number of cubic units in its volume is twice the number of square units in its total surface
area?
a. 1, 827 b. 1, 287 c. 1, 872 d. 1, 728
99. Each edge of the upper base of the frustum of a regular quadrangular pyramid is 2 less than an edge of the lower base. Find
the edge of the lower if the slant height is 10 and the total area is 160.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
100. Find the volume of a solid formed by revolving an equilateral triangle with side e about an altitude.
3 e 3 3 e 3 2 e 3 2 e 3
a. b. c. d.
24 12 24 12