GEOMETRY 16.

A line is drawn from point P to point Q, where P

is along line AB and Q is along the line AC of the
1. In triangle BCD, BC = 25 and CD = 10. Compute
triangular lot ABC. If AP:PB = 3:1 and AQ:QC =
the probable perimeter of the triangle.
2:5, what is the proportion of the area APQ and
2. The area of an isosceles triangle is 36 cm2. The
ABC?
included angle between the equal sides is 30
17. Given triangle ABC, point E is along side AC and
deg. Determine the length of the unequal side.
point D is along side BC. Line BE and AD are the
3. The area of a right triangle is 88.48 m2 and its
angle bisectors of angle B and A respectively. If
perimeter is 46.37m. Find the sum of the
the angle BEC = 75 deg, and angle ADC = 84 deg,
shorter leg and the longer leg.
find the angle ACB.
4. P is a point on BC of the triangle ABC such that
18. A point O is inside an equilateral triangular lot
AB = AC = BP. If PA = PC, find the value of the
ABC. Point O is 3m from A, 4m from point B
angle ABC.
and, 5m from C. Compute the area of the
5. Determine the length of the angular bisector
triangular lot in sq.m.
from vertex A to side BC of triangle ABC if c =
19. ABC is a triangle having an angle A equal to 80
14cm, a = 28cm, and b = 18cm
deg. Point D is a point inside the triangle. If BD
6. In triangle ABC, c = 40m, angle C = 70 deg and
and CD are bisectors of angle B and C
angle A = 45 deg. Determine the length of the
respectively, find the angle BDC.
median drawn from vertex A to side “a”
20. A corner lot of land is 122.5 m on one street and
7. Two angles of the triangle are 103.2 deg and
150m on the other street, the angle between
43.3 deg. The side opposite the obtuse angle
the two streets being 75 deg. The other two
has length of 2.7m. Find the other angles.
lines of the lot are respectively perpendicular to
8. ABCD is a square. A point P is inside the square,
the lines of the streets. What is the perimeter of
which forms a triangle PDC an equilateral. Find
the boundary of the lot?
the angle between sides AB and PB.
21. A circle having a radius of 4cm is inscribed in a
9. Solve the triangle with sides 4, 5, and 12.
square section. A smaller circle is also tangent
10. The three sides of a triangle measure 36 cm, 18
to the sides of the square and to the bigger
cm and 24 cm. What is the length of the median
circle, which is inscribe in a square. Compute
drawn from the longest side to opposite vertex?
the radius of the smaller circle.
11. Given the sides of a triangle ABC, a = 36.3 cm, b
22. In triangle ABC, c = 30, a = 36, and b = 18. Find
= 23.9 cm, and c = ? The angle opposite side a is
the radius of the circle tangent to the side c and
77.3 deg. Compute the value of side c in
escribe outside the triangle.
centimeters.
23. A right triangle is inscribed in a circle of radius
12. The three sides of a triangle measure 36 cm, 18
7.5 cm. One of its sides is 15cm long and its area
cm, and 24 cm. What is the length of the
is 54 sq.cm. Compute the perimeter of the right
median drawn from the shortest side to
triangle.
opposite vertex?
24. Points A, B and P are points in a circle. TA and
13. Find the base x of the triangle DBE as shown
TB are tangents to the circle with A and B as
that its area will be one half that of triangle
points of tangency. The angle between the
ABC.
tangents angle ATB = 50 deg. Find the angle ABP
14. A square section ABCD has one of its sides equal
if P is father from the point T than A and B.
to a. Point E is inside the square forming an
25. AB is a diameter of a circle. BC is a chord 10cm
equilateral triangle BEC having one side equal in
long. CD is another chord. Angle BDC = 18 deg.
length to the side of the square. Find the angle
What is the area of the circle in sq.m.?
AED.
26. Two circles are tangent to a third circle
15. A square section ABCD has one of its sides equal
internally and tangent to each other externally.
to x. Point E is inside the square forming an
If the distances between their centers are 10cm,
equilateral triangle BEC having one side equal to
7cm, and 5cm respectively, find the radius of
the side of the square. Compute the value of
the biggest circle.
angle DEC.
27. Two perpendicular chords both 5cm from the
center of the circle, divides into four parts. If
the radius of the circles is 13cm, find the area of
the smallest part.
28. Chords AB and CD intersect each other at O
inside the circle. AO = 8cm, CO = 12cm, and DO
= 20cm. If AB is the diameter of the circle,
complete the area of OCA.’
29. A circle is inscribed in a triangle ABC, and it
touches AC at P. I f AB = 14, AC = 10, and AP = 4,
what is the length of side BC?
30. The length of the common chord of two circles
intersecting each other is 48cm long. The
distance between their centers is 17cm and the
radius of one circle is 25cm, compute the
diameter of the second circle.
31. A line PT is drawn tangent to a circle at point P
Triangle PQR is inscribed in the circle with chord
PQ making an angle (theta) with tangent line
P.T. In triangle OQR, if < P : < Q : <R = 2:3:4, find
the value of theta.
32. AB is a diameter of a circle having its center at
O. Points P and Q is on the perimeter of the
triangle. The ration of the arc AP to that arc PQ
4:3. Compute the angle AOP if the value of
angle PAQ = 24 deg.
33. Triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle with side a =
60cm, and angle BAC = 20 deg. If the angle ABC
= 40 deg, find the diameter of the circle.
34. Two chords AB and AC are equal and OB is also
equal to OC where point O is the center of the
circle circumscribing triangle ABC. If the angle
BOC is 2298 deg, the final value of angle ABO.
35. In triangle ABC, AB = 15m, BC = 18m and CA =
24m. How far is the point of intersection of the
angular bisectors from side BC?
36. In triangle ABC, AB = 30m, BC = 36m, and AC =
48m. The perpendicular bisectors of the sides
intersect at point P. How far is P from side BC?
37. Two tangents were drawn from T to a circle and
has its points of tangency on the circle and has
its points of tangency on the circle at A and B.
The angle between the tangents 54 deg. Point C
is along periphery of the circle and is nearer to T
than A and B. If the lines AC and BC are
constructed, determine the angle between the
lines AC and BC at point C.
38. A, B, and C are three points on a circle. PA is
tangent at A and PCB is a straight line
intersecting the circle. If CB = 16cm and PA =
15cm, find the value of PC.
39. A circular lake is located at a certain barangay in
Tagaytay. An existing road runs tangential to a
circular lake. Twelve kilometers from point of
tangency, along the existing road, a new road of
8 km in length is constructed to the periphery of
lake at B. The new road is extended to cross the
lake. Compute the length of the bridge needed
to cross the lake.
40. Secants PB an PD are drawn from point P having
an angle between them equal to 20 deg. The
secant intersects a circle at points C,B,D and A.
C is along the secant PB while A is along the
secant PD with C and A nearer to P. The angle
PBA is 40 deg. If AB is a diameter of a circle, find
the angle ACD.
41. PA and PB are tangents at A and B of a circle
having a diameter of AC. If AC and PB is
prolonged, it will intersect outside the circle at
Q. If the value of the angle PQA is 20 deg, find
the value of the angles BAQ.
42. One side of a rectangle, inscribed in a circle of
diameter 17cm is 8cm. Find the area if rectangle
43. It is 4.2 km from point A to the north end of the
lake and 6.1km from A to the south end of the
lake. The lake subtends an angle 110 deg at Q.
The length of the lake of the from north to
south is nearest to?
44. A, B, and C are three points in a horizontal
plane. AB = 25m and PA is a vertical pole. The
angle of elevation of P from B and C are 20 deg
and 30 deg, respectively. If A, B and C lie in a
circle with AB as diameter, find the area of
triangle ABC in m2.
45. Given a triangle ABC with sides AB = 25cm, BC =
32cm , and AC = 47cm. Find the distance of the
point of intersection of perpendicular bisectors
to side BC. Hint: The point of intersection of
perpendicular bisectors of any triangle is the
center of the circumscribing circle
(circumcenter), and its distance from any vertex
is the radius of the circumscribing circle.
46. A road is tangent to a circular lake. Along the
road and 12 miles from the point of tangency,
another road opens towards the lake. From the
intersection of the two roads to the periphery
of the lake, the length of the new road is 11
miles. If the new road will be prolonged across
 the lake, find the length of the bridge to be
constructed.
47. The perimeter of a sector is 9m and its diameter
is 6m. Compute the area of the sector.
48. ABO is a circular sector having a central angle of
30 deg, with O as the center. If point M is
located midway between OB, determine the
area of ABM if the radius of the circle is 4cm.
49. AOB is a sector of radius 23 cm and has a
central angle of 60 deg. A circle having a radius r
is inscribed in the sector. Compute the radius of
the circle.
50. A prism has a cross-section consisting of a
square section ABCD and a circular arc APB. APB
is a circular arc with center at M, the midpoint
of CD, having a radius equal to AM. If one of the
sides AB = 15cm long, determine the length of
arc APB.
51. A swimming pool has the form of two
intersecting circles of equal radius of 30m, If the
center of the circles lies on the circumference of
the other, compute the perimeter of the
swimming pool.
52. A sector is bent to form a cone. If the angle of
the sector is 60 deg. With a radius of 6cm, what
would be the radius of the cone if it has a slant
height of 6cm?
53. ABC is a circular sector with a central angle of
40 deg at its center at A and a radius of 20cm.
BC is an arc. From point B, a line is drawn to
point D, the midpoint of AC. Find the area of
BCD in sq.cm.
54. The center of two circles with radii of 3m and
5m respectively are 4m apart. Find the area of
the portion of the smaller circle outside the
larger circle.
55. Find the area in square centimeters of the
largest square that can be cut from a sector of
a circle radius 8cm and central angle 120 deg.
56. Two sides of a parallelogram are 68cm and
83cm, respectively. One of its diagonals is 42cm
long. Determine the biggest interior angle of the
parallelogram.
57. A trapezium ABCD has a smaller side AB parallel
to the bigger side CD. Side AD makes an angle of
45 deg from the side CD while side BC makes an
angle of 60 deg with side CD. If AD = 1, compute
the value of side BCA.
58. ABCD is a square of side 10m. PQRS is a square
inside the square ABCD. PQRS, QRCB, RSDC and
SPAD are identical trapezia each of area 16cm2.
What is the height of each trapezium? PQ is
parallel to AB and SR is parallel to DC.
59. A lot has a frontage of 120m along a road. The
other sides, which are both perpendicular to the
road are 90m and 60m, respectively. If it is
desired to subdivide the lot into two parts by
another perpendicular line to the road such that
the area of the lot that adjoins 90m side is equal
to one-third of the whole area. Determine the
length of the dividing line.
60. The parallel sides of a trapezoidal lot measure
160m and 240m and are 40m apart. Find the
length of the dividing line parallel to the two
sides that will divide the lot into two equal
areas.
61. Triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle with angle B
= 82 deg and C = 40 deg. Point M is the
midpoint of arc AB. Determine the value of the
angle MAC.
62. Points A, B, C, D, and E is on the periphery of
the circle. AB = BC = CD. If the value of the angle
BAC is 25 deg, find the angle DEA.
63. A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle with
point O as the center of the circle. If AB is a
diameter of the circle and angle CAB = 39 deg,
find the value of angle BCO.
64. A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle
having a diameter AD = 8.224cm. If AB = 2cm,
BC = 4cm, and CD = 6cm, find the area of the
quadrilateral.
65. A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a given
circle. The angle ADC = 75 deg and angle ACD =
45 deg. If the arc BC is only one-half of arc CD,
find the value of angle BCA.
66. A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle with
CD as diameter. AB is parallel to CD and AB is
shorter than CD. If the value of the angle ABD =
40 deg, determine the value of angle ADB.
67. Determine the area of a circle inscribed in a
regular hexagon having an area of 240 sq.cm.
68. ABCD is a square of side 10cm. Four congruent
isosceles triangles are cut off from the four
corners that the remaining portion is a regular
octagon. Compute the equal sides of the
isosceles triangle.
69. A regular octagon is to be cut out from a square
having a side of 16cm. Determine the sides of
the octagon.
70. A circle is inscribed in a square and
circumscribed about another. Determine the
ratio of the area of the larger square to the area
of smaller square.
71. The perimeter of a small rectangular industrial
lot is 140m and its diagonal is 50m. Find the
area of the lot in sq.m.
72. The base of a spherical pyramid is a bi-triangular
triangle whose third angle is 23 deg. If the
diameter of the sphere is 90cm, find the volume
of the spherical pyramid.
73. The frustum of a sphere has the following
diameters, 12cm and 20cm. The frustum is
3.6cm thick. Determine the volume of the
frustum of a sphere.
74. A spherical tank has a diameter of 30cm. If the
volume of water in the tank is 1470.265 cu.cm.,
determine the depth of water in the tank.
75. The formula of radius “r” of a sphere with
surface area A is √ . Rationalize the
denominator of the radical expression of this
formula.
76. What is the surface area of a sphere whole
volume is 36 cu.cm.?
77. The volume of a spherical wedge is 6.67 cubic
meters and its radius is 2m. Determine the
surface area of the lune.
78. A solid spherical steel ball x cm in diameter is
placed into a tall vertical cylinder 12cm in
diameter containing water, causing the water
level to rise by 6cm. What is the value of x?
79. A sphere of radius 5cm and a right circular cone
of radius 5cm and height of 10cm stand on a
plane. How far from the base of the cone must
a cutting plane (parallel to the base of the cone)
pass in order to cut the solids in equal circular
sections?
80. A light bulb is placed at a certain distance from
the surface of a spherical globe of radius 20cm.
If it illuminates one-third of the total surface of
the globe, how far is it from the surface?
81. The area of a lune is 100 sq.cm. If the area of
the sphere is 720 sq.cm., what is the angle of
the lune?
82. An ice cream cone is filled with ice cream and
more ice cream in the form of a hemisphere is
placed on top. The diameter of the hemisphere
is equal to the diameter of the cone. If the
hemispherical surface is equal to lateral area of
the cone, find the total volume of ice cream if
the radius of the hemisphere is 2cm.
83. Find the volume of a spherical wedge having a
radius of 2cm and a central angle of 71.62 deg.
84. The capacities of two hemispherical tanks are in
the ratio of 64:125. If 4.8kg of paint is required
to paint the outer surface of the smaller tank,
then how many kg of paint will be needed to
paint the outer surface of the larger tank?
85. A spherical sector is cut from a sphere whose
diameter is 24cm. Find its volume if its central
angle is 30 deg.
86. Three spheres made of lead have a radius of r,
2r, and 4r respectively are melted to form a
new sphere of radius R. The ratio of the volume
to the surface area of the new sphere is equal
to 4.18. Compute the radius r.
87. A truncated prism has a horizontal base ABC. AB
= 30cm, BC = 40cm, and CA = 50cm. The vertical
edges through A and C are 18cm and 27cm long.
If the volume of the prism is 13800 cu.cm.,
determine the height of the vertical edge at B.
88. 49.48 sq.m. of sheet metal was used to
construct a cylindrical tank with an open top.
The height of the tank is 1.5 times its diameter.
Find the radius of the tank.
89. The bases of the right prism are pentagons with
each side 6cm long. The bases are 14 cm apart.
What is the volume of the prism in cu.cm.?
90. The surface area of a regular tetrahedron is
173.2 sq.cm. What is its volume?
91. Find the volume of a regular tetrahedron with
an edge of 3m.
92. A cube of edge 30cm is cut by a plane
containing two diagonally opposite edges of the
cube. Find the area of the section thus formed
in sq.cm.
93. Find the ratio of the volume of a hexadron and
is surface are it it has one of its sides equal to
24cm.
94. The lateral area of the right circular cone is 634
sq.m. If its diameter is two-thirds its altitude,
determine its altitude in meters.
95. A cone is to be constructed from a sector having
a radius of 36cm and a central angle of 210 deg.
Find the radius of the cone.
96. A hole 100mm in diameter is to be punched out
from a right circular cone having a diameter of
160mm. Height of cone is 240mm. Determine
the length of the hole punched out.
97. A right circular cone is divided into 3 portions A,
B, and C by planes parallel to base. The height
of each portion is h, and the base radius of the
cone A is “r” units. Cone A is the vertex of the
big cone. Determine the ration of the volume of
A to that of B.
98. The height of the cone is h. It contains water to
a depth of 2/3 h. What is the ratio of the
volume of water to that of the cone?
99. The volume of the frustrum of a regular
triangular pyramid is 15 times the edge of the
lower base. The lower base is an equilateral
triangle with an edge of 9m. The upper base is
8m above the lower base. What is the upper
base edge?
100. The lateral area of a regular pyramid
with a square base is 1500cm2 and altitude of
20cm. Compute the side of the square base.
101. A solid pyramid whole altitude is 1.5m
weighs 2000kg. At what distance from its base
must it be cut by a plane parallel to its base so
that two solids of equal weight will be formed.
102. A pit 5m deep was dug out from the
ground. The pit 3m by 4m at the top 2m by 3m
at the bottom. What is the earth removed in
cu.m.?
103. A trough, whose ends are isosceles right
triangles with vertical axis, is 20 ft. long. If it
contains 40 gallons of water, how deep is the
water? (1 gallon = 231 cu.in.)
104. A swimming pool is rectangular in shape
of length 12m and width 5.5m. It has sloping
bottom and is 1m deep at one end and 3.6m
deep at the other end, The water from a full
cylindrical reservoir 3.6m in diameter and 10m
deep is emptied to the pool. Find the depth of
water at the deep end.