● TRIGONOMETRY:

1. If sec 2A = 1/sin 13A, Determine the angle of A in degrees. Ans: 6 deg

2. If the supplement of an angle is 7/2 of its complement, find the value of the angle.
Ans: 54
3. Stations A and B are 1000m apart on a straight road running from east to west.
From A, the bearing of a tower at C is 32° west of north and from B, the bearing
of C is 26° north of east. Find the shortest distance of the tower at C from the
road. Ans: 378.81 m
4. Find the side opposite the given angle for a spherical triangle having b = 60°, c =
30°, A = 45° Ans: 42.34 deg
5. Find the side opposite the given angle for a spherical triangle having a = 45°, c =
30°, B = 120° Ans: 64.18 deg
6. The angles B and C of a triangle ABC are 50°30’ and 122°09’ respectively and
BC = 9, find the length of AB. Ans: 59.56
7. If sin2x + y = m and cos2x + y = n, find y. Ans: (m + n - 1)/2
8. An angle in standard position and whose terminal sides falls along one of the
coordinate axes is called a Ans: quadratic angle
9. A clock has a minute hand 16 cm long and an hour hand 11 cm long. Find the
distance between the outer tips of the hands at 2:30 o’clock. Ans: 21.6 cm.
10. If, determine the angle A. Ans: 6
11. Find the value of A between 270° and 360° if sin^2A - sinA = 1. Ans: 330°
12. Two cities 200 km apart lie on the same meridian. Find their difference in latitude
if the Earth’s radius is 3,960 km. Ans: 5/99 n
13. The value of x in 38.5x = 7.5x-2. Ans: -2.46
14. A pole which leans to the sun by 10° 15’ from the vertical casts a shadow 9.43 m
on the level ground when the angle of elevation of the sun is 54°50’. The length
of the pole is. Ans: 18.3m
15. A flagstaff stands on the top of a house 15 m high. From a point on the plane on
which thee house stands., the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the
flagstaff are found to be 60° and 45° respectively. Find the height of the flagstaff.
Ans: 10.98 m
16. A pole cast a shadow 18 m long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61 deg.
If the pole is leaned 15 deg from the vertical directly towards the sun, determine
the length of the pole. Ans: 54.23 = 55
17. The point P(x,y) where x = 0 and y > 0 is located in quadrant Ans: III and IV
18. A tower 28.65 m high is situated on the bank of a river. The angle of depression
of an object on the opposite bank of the river is 25°20’. Find the width of the river.
Ans: 60.52 m
19. Two cars start at the same time from the same station and move along straight
roads that form an angle of 30°, one car at the rate of 30 kph and the other at the
rate of 40 kph. How far apart are the cars at the end of half an hour? Ans: 10.27
km
20. A ladder leans against the wall of a building with its lower end 4 m from the
building. How long is the ladder if it makes an angle of 70° with the ground? Ans:
11.7m
21. Twelve round holes are bored through a square piece of steel plate. Their
centers are equally spaced in the circumference of a circle 18 cm in diameter.
Find the distance between the centers of two consecutive holes. Ans: 4.66cm
22. The angle 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. Ans: 11.43
23. The point P(x,y) where x 0 and y > 0 is located in quadrant Ans: I or II
24. If tan x = ½ and tan y = ⅓, find tan (x + y). Ans: 1
25. If cot(80° - x/2) cot(2x / 3) = 1, find x. Ans: 60 deg
26. If Arctanx = Arctan(⅓) = 45°, find x. Ans: 1/2
27. The trigonometric expression (1 - tan2x) / (1 + tan2x) is equal to Ans: cos 2x
28. If sin A = ⅗ and cos B = 5/13, find sin (A+B). Ans: .969
29. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on level plane. The angles of depression
of the top and bottom of the monument viewed from the top of the PLDT tower
are 20° and 35°, respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. Find the height of
the monument Ans: 24
30. A spherical triangle ABC has an angle C = 90° and sides a = 50° and c = 80°.
Find angle A. Ans : 51.07 deg
31. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower B from the top of the tower A is 28°
and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower A from the base of the tower B
is 46°. The tow towers lie in the same horizontal plane. If the height of the tower
B is 100 m, find the height of tower A. Ans : 66
32. At a certain point, the angle of elevation of the top of a flagpole, which stands on
level ground, is 40 deg. Seventy-five feet nearer the pole, the angle of elevation
is 50 deg. How high is the pole? Ans: 213
33. A measure of 3200 mils is equal Ans: 180 deg
34. If sin A = -7/25 where 180° < A < 270°, find tan(A/2). Ans: -1/7
35. Simplify (sin θ/ 1 - cos θ) - (1 + cos θ/ sin θ) Ans: 0
36. If sin A = 2x, cos A = 3x, and sin 2A = 4x, find the value of x Ans: 1/3
37. Convert 200 grads to degrees. Ans: 180
38. The angle between 90 degrees and 180 degrees has Ans: negative secant and
tangent
39. If the cosine of angle x is 3/5 , then the value of the sine of x/2 is Ans: 0.447
40. It is an angular unit that is equal to 1/6400 of four right angles. Ans: mil
41. The bearing of B from A is N20°E, the bearing of C from B is S30°E and the
bearing of A from C is S40°W. If AB = 10, find the area of the triangle ABC. Ans:
13.94
42. In which quadrant will angle A terminates if sec A is negative and csc A is
negative? Ans: Q3
43. Two sides and the included angle of a triangle are measured to be 11 cm, 20 cm
and 112° respectively. Find the length of the third side. Ans: 26.19cm
44. What is the value of A between 270° and 360° if 2sin 2 A - sin A = 1? Ans: 330
45. If cscθ = 2 and cosθ < 0, then (secθ + tanθ) / (secθ - tanθ) = Ans: 3
46. If x + y = 90°, then ( sinx tan y) / (sin y tan x ) is equal to Ans: 1/tanx
47. In the second quadrant, which of the following is true? Ans: The sine and
cosecant are positive
48. The conference angle of any angle A is the positive acute angle determined by
the terminal side of A and the Y-axis. What is the coreference angle of 290
degrees?. Ans: 20 degrees
49. In what quadrant does an angle terminate if its cosine and tangent are both
negative? Ans: 2
50. Which of the following angles in standard position is a quadrantal angle? Ans: 2
51. Evaluate cos( Arcsin 3/5 + Arctan 8/15 ) Ans: 36/85
52. If sin A = 3/5 and A is in the second quadrant while cos B = 7/25 and B is in the
first quadrant, find sin(A-B). Ans = -0.602
53. If Arcsin( x – 2 ) = π/6, find x. Ans = 5/2
54. Within what limits between 0 degrees and 360 degrees must the angle θ lie if cos
θ = -2/5? Ans:
55. If sin A = ⅗ and A is in the second quadrant while cos B = 7/25 and B is in the
first quadrant, find sin(A-B). Ans: -0.602 0.936