101. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34  C.

29
cm. Find the length of the shortest leg if it is  D. 26
14 cm shorter than the other leg. 107. Two sides of a triangle are 50 m. and
60 m. long. The angle included between
 A. 15 cm these sides is 30 degrees. What is the interior
 B. 16 cm angle (in degrees) opposite the longest side?
 C. 17 cm
 D. 18 cm  A. 92.74
102. A truck travels from point M northward  B. 93.74
for 30 min. then eastward for one hour, then  C. 94.74
shifted N 30° W. if the constant speed is 40  D. 91.74
Kph, how far directly from M, in km. will be 108. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB =
it after 2 hours? 15 cm, BC = 18 cm, and CA = 24 cm.
Determine the distance from the point of
 A. 43.5 intersection of the angular bisectors to side
 B. 45.2 AB.
 C. 47.9
 D. 41.6  A. 5.21 cm
103. Two sides of a triangle measures 6 cm.  B. 3.78 cm
and 8 cm. and their included angle is 40°.  C. 4.73 cm
Find the third side.  D. 6.25 cm
109. If AB = 15 m, BC = 18 m and CA = 24
 A. 5.144 cm m, find the point of intersection of the
 B. 5.263 cm angular bisector from the vertex C.
 C. 4.256 cm
 D. 5.645 cm  A. 11.3
104. Given a triangle: C = 100°, a = 15, b =  B. 12.1
20. Find c:  C. 13.4
 D. 14.3
 A. 34 110. In triangle ABC, angle C = 70 degrees;
 B. 27 angle A = 45 degrees; AB = 40 m. what is
 C. 43 the length of the median drawn from vertex
 D. 35 A to side BC?
105. Given angle A = 32°, angle B = 70°,
and side c = 27 units. Solve for side a of the  A. 36.8 meters
triangle.  B. 37.1 meters
 C. 36.3 meters
 A. 24 units  D. 37.4 meters
 B. 10 units 111. The area of the triangle whose angles
 C. 14.63 units are 61°9’32”, 34°14’46”, and 84°35’42” is
 D. 12 units 680.60. the length of the longest side is:
106. In a triangle, find the side c if the angle
C = 100°, side b = 20, and side a = 15.  A. 35.53
 B. 54.32
 A. 28  C. 52.43
 B. 27  D. 62.54
112. Given a triangle ABC whose angles are
A = 40°, B = 95° and side b = 30 cm. find
the length of the bisector of angle C.
 A. 21.74 cm
 B. 22.35 cm
 C. 20.45 cm
 D. 20.98 cm
113. The sides of a triangular lot are 130 m,
180 m, and 190 m. the lot is to be divided by
a line bisecting the longest side and drawn
from the opposite vertex. The length of this
dividing line is:
 A. 100 meters
 B. 130 meters
 C. 125 meters
 D. 115 meters
114. From a point outside of an equilateral
triangle, the distances to the vertices are
10m, 10m, and 18m. Find the dimension of
the triangle.
 A. 25.63
 B. 45.68
 C. 19.94
 D. 12.25
115. Points A and B 1000 m apart are
plotted on a straight highway running East
and West. From A, the bearing of a tower C
is 32 degrees N of W and from B the bearing
of C is 26 degrees N of E. Approximate the
shortest distance of tower C to the highway.
 A. 264 meters
 B. 274 meters
 C. 284 meters
 D. 294 meters
116. An airplane leaves an aircraft carrier
and flies South at 350 mph. The carrier
travels S 30° E at 25 mph. If the wireless
communication range of the airplane is 700
miles, when will it lose contact with the
carrier?
 A. after 4.36 hours
 B. after 5.57 hours
 C. after 2.13 hours
 D. after 4.54 hours
117. A statue 2 meters high stands on a
column that is 3 meters high. An observer in
level with the top of the statue observed that
the column and the statue subtend the same
angle. How far is the observer from the
statue?
 A. 5√2 meters
 B. 2√5 meters
 C. 20 meters
 D. √10 meters
118. From the top of a building 100 m high,
the angle of depression of a point A due East
of it is 30°. From a point B due South of the
building, the angle of elevation of the top is
60°. Find the distance AB.
 A. 100 + 3√30
 B. 200 – √30
 C. 100 (√30) / 3
 D. 100√3/ 30
119. An observer found the angle of
elevation of the top of the tree to be 27°.
After moving 10m closer (on the same
vertical and horizontal plane as the tree), the
angle of elevation becomes 54°. Find the
height of the tree.
 A. 8.65 meters
 B. 7.53 meters
 C. 7.02 meters
 D. 8.09 meters
120. From a point A at the foot of the
mountain, the angle of elevation of the top B
is 60°. After ascending the mountain one (1)
mile to an inclination of 30° to the horizon,
and reaching a point C, an observer finds
that the angle ACB is 135°.
 A. 14386
 B. 12493
 C. 11672
 D. 11223
121. A vertical pole is 10 m from a building.
When the angle of elevation of the sum is
45°, the pole cast a shadow on the building 1
m high. Find the height of the pole.
 A. 0 meter
 B. 11 meters
 C. 12 meters
 D. 13 meters
122. A pole cast a shadow of 15 meters long
when the angle of elevation of the sun is
61°. If the pole has leaned 15° from the
vertical directly toward the sun, what is the
length of the pole?
 A. 52.43 meters
 B. 54.23 meters
 C. 53.25 meters
 D. 53.24 meters
123. An observer wishes to determine the
height of a tower. He takes sights at the top
of the tower from A and B, which are 50 ft.
apart, at the same elevation on a direct line
with the tower. The vertical angle at point A
is 30° and at point B is 40°. What is the
height of the tower?
 A. 85.6 feet
 B. 143.97 feet
 C. 110.29 feet
 D. 92.54 feet
124. From the top of tower A, the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower B is 46°.
From the foot of tower B the angle of
elevation of the top of tower A is 28°. Both
towers are on a level ground. If the height of
tower B is 120m, how high is tower A in m?
 A. 38.6
 B. 42.3
 C. 44.1
 D. 40.7
125. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are
on the same elevation as the foot of a
building. The angles of elevation of the top
of the building from points A and B are 21°
and 32°, respectively. How far is A from the
building in m?
 A. 271.6
 B. 265.4
 C. 259.2
 D. 277.9
126. A man finds the angle of elevation of
the top of a tower to be 30 degrees. He
walks 85 m. nearer the tower and finds its
angle of elevation to be 60 degrees. What is
the height of the tower?
 A. 76.31 meters
 B. 73.61 meters
 C. 73.31 meters
 D. 73.16 meters
127. The angle of elevation of a point C
from a pint B is 29°42’; the angle of
elevation of C from another point A 31.2 m
directly below B is 59°23’. How high is C
from the horizontal line through A?
 A. 47.1 meters
 B. 52.3 meters
 C. 35.1 meters
 D. 66.9 meters
128. A rectangular piece of land 40m x 30m
is to be crossed diagonally by a 10-m wide
roadway. If the land cost P1,500.00 per
square meter, the cost of the roadway is:
 A. P401.10
 B. P60,165.00
 C. P601,650.00
 D. 651,500.00
129. A man improvises a temporary shield
from the sun using a triangular piece of
wood with dimensions of 1.4m, 1.5 m, and
1.3 m. with the longer side lying
horizontally on the ground, he props up the
other corner of the triangle with a vertical
pole 0.9m long. What would be the area of
the shadow on the ground when the sun is
vertically overhead?
  A. 0.5 m2 
 B. 0.75 m2 
 C. 0.84 m2 
 D. 0.95 m2 
130. A rectangular piece of wood 4 cm x 12
cm tall is titled at an angle of 45°. Find the
vertical distance between the lower corner
and the upper corner.

 A. 4√2 cm
 B. 2√2 cm
 C. 8√2 cm
 D. 6√2 cm
131. A clock has a dial face 12 inches in
radius. The minute hand is 9 inches long
while the hour hand is 6 inches long. The
plane of rotation of the minute hand is 2
inches above the plane of rotation of the
hour hand. Find the distance between the ANSWER KEY:
tips of the hands at 5:40 AM.

 A. 9.17 inches 101. B. 16 cm

 B. 8.23 inches
 C. 10.65 inches 102. C. 47.9
 D. 11.25 inches
132. If the bearing of A from B is 40° W, 103. A. 5.144 cm
then the bearing of B from A is:
104. B. 27
 A. N 40° E
 B. N 40° W 105. C. 14.63 units
 C. N 50° E
 D. N 50° W 106. B. 27
133. A plane hillside is inclined at an angle
of 28° with the horizontal. A man wearing
107. B. 93.74
skis can climb this hillside by following a
straight path inclined at an angle of 12° to
108. C. 4.73 cm
the horizontal, but one without skis must
follow a path inclined at an angle of only 5°
with the horizontal. Find the angle between 109. D. 14.3
the directions of the two paths.
110. C. 36.3 meters
 A. 13.21°
 B. 18.74° 111. C. 52.43
 C. 15.56°
 D. 17.22° 112. A. 21.74 cm
113. C. 125 meters

114. C. 19.94

115. B. 274 meters

116. C. after 2.13 hours

117. B. 2√5 meters

118. C. 100 (√30) / 3

119. D. 8.09 meters

120. B. 12493

121. B. 11 meters

122. B. 54.23 meters

123. D. 92.54 feet

124. D. 40.7

125. C. 259.2

126. B. 73.61 meters

127. A. 47.1 meters

128. C. P601,650.00

129. A. 0.5 m2

130. C. 8√2 cm

131. A. 9.17 inches

132. A. N 40° E

133. C. 15.56°