ME 418 (CORRELATION)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES
a. 10.63 c. 10.73
b. 10.37 d. 10.23
PLANE AND SPHERICAL 11. What is the value of 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 5 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 5?
TRIGONOMETRY a. 7.39 c. 3.97
b. 3.79 d. 9.37
12. Points A and B 1000m apart are plotted on a
straight highway running east and west. From A,
1. If sin A=2.511x, cos A=3.06x and sin 2A=3.939x,
the bearing of a tower C is 32 degrees W of N and
find the value of x?
from B the bearing of C is 26 degrees N of E.
a. 0.265 c. 0.562
Approximate the shortest distance of tower C to
b. 0.256 d. 0.625
the highway.
2. Solve for x if tan 3x=5 tan x
a. 364 c. 394
a. 20.705° c. 15.705°
b. 374 d. 384
b. 30.705° d. 35.705°
13. Given a triangle with an angle C=28.7°, side a=132
3. If tan x=1/2, tan y=1/3, what is the value of
units and side b=224, solve for the side c.
𝑡𝑎𝑛 (𝑥 + 𝑦)?
a. 95 units c. 125.4 units
a. 1 c. 3
b. 110 units d. 90 units
b. 2 d. 4
14. What is the value of log to the base 10 of 10003.3 ?
4. Find the value of x if 𝑙𝑜𝑔12 𝑥 = 2.
a. 9.9 c. 10.9
a. 144 c. 524
b. 99.9 d. 9.5
b. 414 d. 425
15. An observer wishes to determine the height of a
5. Find the value of 𝑙𝑜𝑔8 48
tower. He takes sight at the top of the tower from
a. 1.86 c. 8.61
A and B, which are 50ft apart at the same elevation
b. 6.81 d. 1.68
on a direct line with the tower. The vertical angle at
6. If log 2=x and log 3=y, find the log 1.2 in terms of x
point A is 30° and at point B is 40°. What is the
and y
height of the tower?
a. 2x-y+1 c. 2x+y-1
a. 85.60 ft c. 110.29 ft
b. 2x-y-1 d. x+2y-1
b. 143.97 ft d. 92.54 ft
7. A PLDT tower and monument stand on a level
16. Given the triangle ABC in which A=30°30’, b=100m
plane. The angles of depression of the top and
and c=200m. find the length of the side a.
bottom of the monument viewed from the top of the
a. 124.64 m c. 142.24m
PLDT tower are 13 ° and 35 ° respectively. The
b. 130.50 m d. 103m
height of the tower is 50m. find the height of the
17. The logarithm of the quotient (M/N) and the
monument.
logarithm of the product MN is equal to
a. 33.51 m c. 7.58 m
1.55630251 and 0.352182518 respectively. Find
b. 47.3 d. 30.57 m
the value of M.
8. The angle or inclination of ascend of a road having
a. 6 c. 8
8. 25% grade is ___________ degrees?
b. 7 d. 9
a. 4.72 c. 5.12
18. The angle of elevation of the top of tower B from
b. 4.27 d. 1.86
the tower A is 28° and the angle of elevation of the
9. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a
top of tower A from the base of the tower B is 46°.
tower to be 30 degrees, He walks 85 m nearer the
The two towers lie in the same horizontal plane. If
tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 60
the height of the tower B is 120m, find the height
degrees. What is the height of the tower?
of the tower A.
a. 76.31 m c. 73.16
a. 87.2m c. 79.3m
b. 73.31 m d. 73.61
b. 90.7m d. 66.3m
10. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included
19. Evaluate the 𝑙𝑜𝑔6 845 = 𝑥
angle are 6, 10, and 100 degrees respectively, find
a. 3.76 c. 4.48
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 b. 5.84 d. 2.98 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 8
d.
𝑙𝑜𝑔10 6
20. If log of 2 to the base 2 plus log of x is equal to 2,
32. In 7. 18𝑥𝑦 equals
then the value of x is;
a. 1.97 xy c. 0.86 xy
a. 4 c. 2
b. xy d. 7.18 xy
b. -2 d. -1=

33. In the curve y=tan 3x, what is its period?

21. Solve for x in the equation;
a. 3 𝜋 c. 2 𝜋/3
𝑎𝑟𝑐 𝑡𝑎𝑛 (𝑥 + 1) + 𝑎𝑟𝑐 𝑡𝑎𝑛 (𝑥 − 1) = 𝑎𝑟𝑐 𝑡𝑎𝑛 (12)
b. 𝝅/𝟑 d. 𝜋
a. 1.50 c. 1.20
34. Determine the number of triangles possible with
b. 1.33 d. 1.25
1 the given parts: A=126 degrees; a=20; b=25
22. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2𝐴 = , determine the angle A in
sin 13𝐴 a. 1 c. no solution
degrees. b. 2 d. 4
a. 5 degrees c. 3 degrees 35. Three circles are externally tangent to each other.
b. 6 degrees d. 7 degrees The distances between their centers are 50 cm
cos 2𝐴−cos 𝐴
23. Determine the simplified form of if between circles A and B, 46 cm between circles B
sin 𝐴
f(A)=1 and C, and 40 cm between circles C and A.
a. cos 2𝐴 c. cos 𝐴 Determine the diameters, in cm, of each circles A,
b. − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨 d. sin 2𝐴 B, and C, respectively.
24. Which is identically equal to (sec A + tan A) A. A=40, B=50, C=46
𝟏 2 B. A=44, B=56, C=36
a. c.
𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨−𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑨 1−tan 𝐴 C. A=50, B=46, C=40
b. csc 𝐴 − 1 d. csc 𝐴 + 1 D. A=56, B=36, C=44
√3
25. 𝐴𝑟𝑐 𝑡𝑎𝑛 [[2𝑐𝑜𝑠 (𝑎𝑟𝑐 𝑠𝑖𝑛 )] is equal to: 36. The central circle has 10 cm radius. Six equal
2
a. 𝜋/3 c. 𝜋/16 smaller circles are to be arranged so that they are
b. 𝝅/𝟒 d. 𝜋/2 externally tangent each other and the centers lie in
26. Solve for A for the given equation the circumference of the central circle. What
𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐴 = 1 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐴 should be the radius in cm, of the smaller circle?
a. 6 c. 4.167
a. 45°, 125 °, 225 °, 335°
b. 3.472 d. 5
b. 45°, 125 °, 225 °, 315°
37. An engineer left a point (point A) walking at 6.5 kph
c. 45°, 135 °, 225 °, 315°
in a direction E 20°N (that is bearing of 70°). A
d. 45°, 150 °, 220 °, 335°
cyclist leaves the same point at the same time in a
27. 38.5 to the x power =6.5 to the x-2 power, solve for
direction E 20°S (that is bearing 130°) traveling at
x using logarithm
a constant speed. Find the average speed of the
a. 2.70 c. 2.10
cyclist if the engineer and the cyclist are 80 km
b. -2.10 d. -2.02
apart after 5 hours.
28. If sin A=2/5, what is the value of 1-cos A?
a. 18.23 kph c. 13.45 kph
a. 0.083 c. 0.400
b. 24.34 kph d. 21.45 kph
b. 0.916 d. 0.614
38. Two cities 270 km apart lie on the same meridian.
29. sin A cos B – cos A sin B is equivalent to:
Find their difference in latitude if the earth’s radius
a. cos (A-B) c. tan (A-B)
is 3,960 km.
b. sin (A-B) d. sec (A-B)
a. 15/44 rad c. 9/44 rad
30. How many degrees is 4800 mils?
b. 3/44 rad d. 21/44 rad
a. 270 deg c. 180 deg
39. Given one a right spherical triangle ABC in which
b. 90 deg d. 215 deg
C is 90 ° and sides a and c are 50 ° and 80 °
31. The 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 (8)(6) is equal to:
respectively. Find the length of the other side in
a. 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟏𝟎 𝟖 + 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟏𝟎 𝟔
degrees.
b. 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 8𝑙𝑜𝑔10 6
a. 77.45° c. 74.33°
c. 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 8 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 6
b. 54.55° d. 87.45°

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40. Manila is situated ( 14°36′ 𝑁, 121°05′𝐸) and San 48. What is the intersection of the angle bisectors of a
Francisco is at (37°48′ 𝑁, 122°24′𝑊). Compute the triangle?
distance between them considering that 1 minute a. Incenter c. orthocenter
is equivalent to 1 nautical mile b. Circumference d. midpoint
a. 6570 nautical miles c. 6046 nautical miles 49. A triangle with no side equal is known as
b. 7550 nautical miles d. 5450 nautical miles a. Acute triangle c. equilateral triangle
b. Oblique triangle d. scalene triangle
41. An isosceles right triangle has a perimeter of 50. If two triangle have congruent bases, then the ratio
17.071. compute the area of the triangle in square of their areas equals the ratio of
units. a. Their perimeter
a. 11.5 c. 15.5 b. Their sides
b. 10.5 d. 12.5 c. The length of their altitudes
42. The area of an isosceles triangle is 36𝑚2 with 30° d. None of these above
as the included angle of the two adjacent equal
sides. Compute the perimeter of the triangle.
a. 30.21 c. 24.57
b. 33.12 d. 35.67
43. If the sides of the triangle 2𝑥 + 3, 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 3 and
𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 , find the greatest interior angle of the
triangle.
a. 100° c. 110°
b. 120° d. 60°
44. A man who can row 6 km/hr. in still water, head
directly across the current of a river flowing at the
rate of 4.5 km/hr. Find the actual rate and direction
of his motion.
a. 7.5 km/hr @ 53.13° c. 4.5 km/hr @ 53.13°
b. 8.5 km/hr @ 54.14° d. 6.5 km/hr @ 54.14°
45. In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is
______ times as long each of legs
a. √𝟐 c. 2
b. √3 d. 3
46. Which of the following is not a secondary part of a
triangle?
a. Altitudes c. Exterior angles
b. Medians d. Sides
Which is true regarding the signs of the natural
functions for angles between 90° and 180°.
a. The tangent is positive
b. The cotangent is positive
c. The cosine is negative
d. The sine is negative
47. The angle which the line of sight to the object
makes with the horizontal is below the eye of an
observer.
a. Angle of depression
b. Angle of elevation
c. Acute angle
d. Bearing

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