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TI~IGONOMEn~Y

1. If logy x ::: 2, what is log x y?

A. 2 B. 1/3 C. 1

2. What are the charactenstics and mantissa of the cornrnon logarithm of 0.0071?
A. --3, 0.14874 B. 0.14874 c_S) -·3, 0.85126 o-:- -2, 0.85126
3. If !og 3 = x and log 2 ~~ y, what is !og 3.6?
A. 2x + y- 1 B. 2x + 2y - 1

. D. 9pi/8

RJZE - Sep. 2005

ywhich h~s the same rotation a,~ v.a,~ue from 0 to 2~~ in. r~dian of 1'1 pi/4? . ... .
•A.. pi B. ~p1/o C. 5p1/3 D . ..:>pl/4

R,..E- Sep. 2005

7 wh~t 2 quadrants may the angle "theta" terminate if~theta is negat~
Q 2 and 4 B. 1 and 3 C. 3 and 4 D. 1 and 4

EE - Apr. 2006 .,
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theta is in the third qlJadrant (pi s theta .,; 3 pi/2 ) and cos theta =- -~. Find sin theta.
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A -2/3 B. -·· 1/5 @· - 3/5 D. ~- 2/3

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A. cos 2x e_!:}J. -- s1n x C. cos x D. -sin 2x

10. Simplify (cos 0° +cos 1° +cos 2° +· ... +cos 90°)/(sin 0° +sin ·l o +sin 2° + .... +sin 90°)
A. o @ 1 c. 2 D. 3 uro -(;))-c.. x (~o-~:::
11. Find the angle whose supP-lement exce€~ds 6 times its complement by 20 degrees.
A. 20 deg @
76 cleg C. 104 deg D. 14 deg
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/REE -Apr.1997
/12. Sin (x + y) =0.9659, sin x =0.5. Find cosy.
A 0.425 B. 0.816 (~· 0.70'1 D. 1.0

13. If tao x =1/2, tan y ='113, what is the value of tan (x + y)? ,
{!SJ 1 B. 2 C. 3 0.4

14. How many degrees is 640.Jf:,rnils? ~....? ~,'l,*<'n / ·- ~;

A 90 I~V180 C ..270 :D.; 360
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EE - Sep. 2003
ow many possiblo triangles can formed in angie A = 126° and ?i?es a = 20 em and
. o = 25 em? >Jc":;\ .
A. 1 solution B. 2 solutions (_s;') no so!ut1on D. of::tJ

E- Apr. 2003
1en the curve y =3cos 3h x. find the amplitude and period.
A 3, pi/2 B. 3, 2pi C. 3, 3pi/2 @3.4pi

.. ~- Sep. 2003 I Sep. 2005

~~~e curve y =tan 3x. W~ is the perim.1?
A. 2pi/3 l.7' pi/3 c: pi D. JP!
E - Apr. 2005 '
1 support wire is anchorE~d 12 ft up from the base of a flagpole and the horizontal distance
the base of a flagpole from the other end of the wire is 16 ft. Find tt1e length of the
supporting wire.
/\. 34ft B. ft C• 20ft D. 22ft

G ,A, tree broken over by the wind forms a right triangle with the ground·. If the broken part
makes an angle of 50 degrees witt1 the ground and the top of the treE:: is now 20 ft from its
base, l1ow tall !s the tree?
A 46ft B. 35ft C. 50ft
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D.' 55ft

/REE -Apr. 200~l

.lY A tree 12~ ft. tall casts a s~d~w 120ft long. Find th~ angle of elevation of t.h~ sun in radian.
A p1/2 ~ pi/4 C. p!/3 D. p1/6

(2';\ man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30 degrees. He walks 85m
V~earer the tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 60 degrees .. What is the height of the
tower?
A76.31m B.73.31m ~ C.73.16rn @!3.61m

(/23\rhe pilot in an ~~irp!ane observes the angl~3' of depression of a light directly below his line of
\Jiigrlt is to be 30°. A minute later its angle of depression is 45°. If he is flying horizontally in a
straight course at the rate of 240 KPH, find the altitude at which he is flying and his
horizontal distance from the light at the first point of observation.
A: 5.5km, 9km 8. 2.5km, 8hm C. 5.5km ,8.5km D. 5.5km , 9.5km

~~rwo cars A and B started at the same tirne from the same point and moved along straight
~ne which intersects at an angle of 60°. If car A was moving at the rate of 50 kph and car 8
at the rate. of !0 kph, how far;'1p~r: are thoy at~.1..· .. ~nd ?f
45 minutes? _~
(:94684krn 8. ;8.3km ~4864!<m D. 7.j.8km

-~EE - Sep. 2005

/ 5 . ~motorboat from south heading north with a velocity in still water of 15 mph. If the water is
flowing due east at 4 mph, find the new bearing.
f\ ..,N 15deg E B. N 16deg E C. f\l 13deg E D. N 12deg E
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THIGOI~OI\11ETHY

airplane nas an airspeed 210 mph the bearing of N 30deg E a wind is blowing dwa
west 30 mph. Find its ground speed rounded to tho nearest degree.
A :201 B. 18'1 197 D. 175

E ~~ Apr. 2004 I Sep, 2007 .

, An airplane an airspeed (in stili air) of 240 mph with S 30deg W. If the wind is blowing
at 40 find th~1 bearing the plane.
S 3'1d~£J W S C. S 38deg W D. S 40deg W

REE - Apr·. 1996

?J'.I\ spherical tri~tmgle INhere giv€m parts are a=- 100"'10.:2', b =48°0.4' and C =55°36.8'. Find
/ vertex A. .
A. 121°31.6' B. 121°46.5' C. '119°41' D. 120°40.2'

REE - Oct. 1996

~An airplane flew from Manila (i4"36' N, 121 E) at an average spet::d of 300 mph on a
~-- course S 32" E. At what point will it cross the equator? Tile radius ofthe earth is 3959
miles.
A 128°2' E G
130"2' E C. 134°2'E 1?:./
132°2' E

~ REE --Apg·. 2003

30. Two cities are 270 miles apart on the same meridian. What is the difference in latitude, if
the radius of the earth is
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StJPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS

l. l flog 3 "" x and log 2 '"' y, what ~s log f 9'1

CL 0 c· d. y/x

~ . What is the value of log 5 7 f log 7 5':'

a. 2.52 b. 2.42 c. 2.0'1 d. 1.6

3. lf iog,.log 3 9~~o,findz?
a. 0 b. c. 2 d. 3

4. If tan x = l/1 tan y"" 113, what is the value of tan (x + y)"
a. l b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

5. lf3 tan - 2 sin y o= 0, solve for y where oo Soy 5 180"

c. 0°, 180"

6. cos (X + y) cos (x - y) is equal to;

2
a. sin x -- cos 2 y b. sin 2 x + co~ 2 y

7. !laving at a certain unknown distance mcasurcJ the angle of dcvation of a cliff: an Engineer walked 60 mona
level ground toward the eli ff. The angle of elevation of this second station was a complement of the former
angle. The Engineer then \VUlked 20m. nearer the cliff in the tine and found the nngle of elevation from the
third stntion to be double that of tlw tlrsL How high \Vas the cllffi
''· 30m b. ·18.1 S m c. 82.53 m d. 74.16 m

8. A man .778 m tall walls along a straight line that passes a distance of0.840 m from street light. If the light is
2.896 m above the ground, find the .length of the man's shadow when his distance from the point on the path
nearest to the lamp is l. 727 m.
a. 1.92 rn b. 3.05 m c. 3.414 m d. 3.96 m

9. From a second floor window of a building, the angle of depression of an object on the ground is 35°58', while
from a fifth f1oor window, 9.75 m above !he first point of observation the angle of depression is 58°35'. How
fin is the ohject trom the building
<L l2.7m b. 10.9m c. 182m d. 10.7m

10. A and Bare points on the oppositt~ sitlcs of a certain body 1)f water. Another point C is located such that AC ""
!97 m and BC = 157m, and angle BAC =51 °. Determine the distance AB.
a. 89.19 m or 158.76 rn b. 92.1 m or 165.18 m c. 99.32 m or !25.87 m d. 32.2 m or 187.18 m

ll. The sides oftht> triangk~ art: 17, 21 and 28m respectively Dl'tnllline the length oflhe line bisecting !he greatest
side and drawn fi·om the oppusite angk.
a. l!m b. 12m c. 13m d. 14m

12. From the point inside the square the distance to three corners are 4, 5 and 6 m respectively. Find the length of
the side of a square. ·
il. 6.83 m b. 7.53 m c. ·1.35 m d. 9.32 m

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;., 13. A t(i\Wr 80 m high stands at one corner ora triangular lot. lrthc <IIlglcs subtended at the top of the tower by the
·adjacent sides of the field are 30° and 45° while the angle subtended by the opposite is 60 °, what are the
ltngths of the thl ee sides.
a. 80 m, 46.19 m, 69.56 m c. SO rn, 46 m, 78 m
b. SO m, 42 m, 68.5 m d. 80 m, "rs m, 70.5 m

14. A. wooden flagpole is embedded 3 m deep at one corner of a concrete horizontal slab, square in form and
measuring 20 ft on a side. A storm. broke the llagpo!c at a point one meter above the slab and inclined in the
dir~~ction of the diagonaL The vertical angles observed at !he center and at the opposite end ?f this diagonal to
the tip of the flagpole were 65° and 35 ",respectively. What is the total length of the flagpole above the slab in
yard:>?
a. 5.2! b. !3.55 c. 5.61 d. 8.52

i3 15. Two ships at sea, A and B, arc !.58 nautical miles apart. Th0 ships are 3.41 and 2 . 6 nautical miles respectiveiy
ftom a lighthouse on the shore. Find the angle of the triangle formed by the two ships and the lighthouse.
c.63"20'6"

16. A point P within an equilateral triangle has a distance of 4, S and 6 units respectively thHn the vertices.
Determine the lengths of the t;idcs ofthe equilateral triangle.
a. 8.93 b. 8..53 c. 6.75 d. 5.2.4

17. A dock has a dial face !2 inches in radius. The minute hand is 9 inchc~; long while the hour hand is 6 inches
long. The plane of rotation of th~' minute hand is 2 inchL~s above the plane of rota I ion of thr.: hour hand. Find the
distance between the tips of the hand of th\; clock at 5:40 am
a. 3.28 inches b. 9.17 inches c. 8.17 inches d. 32.5 inches

l. 8. ln staking out the pol,~s in a straight transmission line going south to north, a surveyor found out that the
location of pole B could not be seen fi·om the preceding pole A The plans indicated distance AB equals l 00 m.
Assuming A and B to be visible from a point C, what would be the distance and bearing of CB, if AC is 68 m
and has a bearing ofN 30°24' E?
a. 53.8 m ,N 39°46' W b. 58 m ,N 42°46' W c. 56 m ,N 42°46' W d. 54.7 m ,N 43''48' Vl

19. A spherical triangle were given parts are A '~110°32.6', C 140°48.2', and a =152"18.8', Find side b.
a. 24°46' b. 52°84.2' c. 28°44.8' d. 32.44°7'

20. Find the distance bet\Ve•m Manila ( !4"36' N, !21 ooy E) and San Francisco (3'J048' N, 122°24' W).
a. 12,253 km b. 11,198 km ..--'7:1\· 44,198 km d. 10.325 km

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