TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Practice Problems - Plane and Solid Geometry

1. A point source of light is 6 ft distant from the center of 9. In a circle with the radius 5 cm, on its chord 6 cm long
the sphere of diameter 6 ft. Determine the surface area of taken as a diameter, constructed is another circle, what is
the sphere that is brightened. the area of that circle which is outside of the greater circle?
A. 10pi C. 8pi (cm2)
B. 9pi D. 7pi A. 13.05 C. 11.52
B. 11.98 D. 10.05

2. In a triangle ABC, the angle bisector of angle A intersects

BC at D while the angle bisector of angle B intersects AC 10. A road is tangent to a circular lake. Along this road and
at E. If CDA = 92 degrees while CEB = 85 degrees. 3km from the point of tangency, another road opens toward
Determine angle BCA. the lake. The distance from this point of intersection of the
A. 98 C. 65 roads to the periphery of the lake measured along this new
B. 72 D. 62 road is 2km. If this new roads is prolonged to cross the lake,
what is total length of the road that crosses the lake?
A. 2 km C. 2.5 km
3. A triangle has its two sides 6 m and 20 m. The perimeter B. 3 km D. 4.5 km
may be:
A. 54 C. 52
B. 53 D. 51 11. Find the height of a parallelogram having sides 10 and
20 inches, and an included angle of 35°.
A. 5.74 m C. 8.19 in
SITUATION. Given a triangle ABC with sides AB= 25 cm, B. 8.19 m D. 5.74 in
BC=30cm and AC=42 cm. Find the following:

4. Distance of the point of intersection of the angle bisector 12. AB is proportional to CD with a ratio of 12 is to 19,
from the vertex C. and then CD is proportional to AC with the same ratio. If
A. 21.575 C. 25.89 AC is 350m long, find AB.
B. 23.464 D. 24.709 A. 214.74 m C. 139.61 m
B. 135.62 m D. 163.74 m

5. Distance of the point of intersection of perpendicular

bisectors to side BC. 13. Chord AB and diameter CD intersect at point E and
A. 16.142 C. 13.123 divide the circle into 4 parts. If AE=16cm, EB=4cm and
B. 14.167 D. 15.083 ED=2cm, find the radius of the circle
A. 17 cm C. 16.4 cm
B. 16 cm D. 18 cm
6. Area of the excircle to side AB
A. 690 C. 850
B. 720 D. 780 14. Find the sum of the interior angles of the vertices of a
regular pentagram inscribed in a circle.
A. 180 C. 540
Situation. A prism has a base in the shape of an octagon B. 360 D. 504
with each side measuring 5 cm. The bases are 10 cm apart.
15. Find the area of a regular nonagon whose side
7. What is the volume of the right prism? measures 9 units.
A. 1346.582 C. 1421.710 A. 500.73 u3 C. 510.54 u3
B. 1275.104 D. 1207.107 B. 458.95 u3 D. 504.10 u3

8. What is the lateral surface area of the prism? ( cm2)

A. 550 C. 450
B. 500 D. 400