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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Solve
a.
b.
c.
d.
e. No triangle exists
____ 2. Solve
a.
b.
c.
d.
e. No triangle exists
____ 3. A straight road makes an angle of with the horizontal. When the angle of elevation of the sun is ,a
vertical pole at the side of the road casts a shadow feet long directly down the road, as shown in the
figure.
a. 94.60 ft
b. 94.90 ft
c. 62.67 ft
d. 94.00 ft
e. 95.50 ft
____ 4. A helicopter hovers at an altitude that is feet above a mountain peak of altitude 5,184 feet, as shown
in the figure. A second, taller peak is viewed from both the mountaintop and the helicopter. From the
helicopter, the angle of depression is , and from the mountaintop, the angle of elevation is .
a. 5,437 ft
b. 5,439 ft
c. 5,441 ft
d. 4,931 ft
e. 5,443 ft
____ 5. The volume V of the right triangular prism shown in the figure is where B is the area of the base and h
is the height of the prism.
Approximate h, if .
a. 4.9
b. 18.8
c. 18.4
d. 18.0
e. 17.6
____ 6. Shown in the figure is a plan for the top of a wing of a jet fighter, where feet and feet.
Approximate angle .
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
____ 7. Shown in the figure is a plan for the top of a wing of a jet fighter, where feet and feet.
a. 453.3 ft 2
b. 452.9 ft 2
c. 905.7 ft 2
d. 453.5 ft 2
e. 453.1 ft 2
____ 8. A rhombus has sides of length 100 centimeters, and the angle at one of the vertices is 70 . Approximate the
lengths of the diagonals to the nearest tenth of a centimeter.
a. 125.5 cm , 164.6 cm
b. 114.7 cm , 163.8 cm
c. 124.9 cm , 164.6 cm
d. 124.9 cm , 163.6 cm
e. 34.7 cm , 34.7 cm
____ 9. Approximate the area of a parallelogram that has sides of lengths a and b (in feet) if one angle at a vertex has
measure .
a. 95.2
b. 110.3
c. 89.3
d. 88.4
e. 92.6
____ 10. Find 4a + 6b.
a. 4a + 6b = < 9, 12 >
b. 4a + 6b = < 61, 19 >
c. 4a + 6b = < 56, 14 >
d. 4a + 6b = < 36, 30 >
e. 4a + 6b = < 51, 24 >
____ 11. Find || a ||.
a = - < 2, - 5 >
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
____ 12. Two tugboats are towing a large ship into port, as shown in the figure. The larger tug exerts a force of 4,100
pounds on its cable, and the smaller tug exerts a force of 3,500 pounds on its cable.
If the ship is to travel on a straight line l, approximate the angle that the larger tug must make with l.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
____ 13. Find (a) the dot product of the two vectors and (b) the angle between the two vectors.
and
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
____ 14. Find (a) the dot product of the two vectors and (b) the angle between the two vectors.
and
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
____ 15. Find (a) the dot product of the two vectors and (b) the angle between the two vectors.
and
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
____ 16. Determine whether the given pair of vectors are orthogonal or not.
and
a. no
b. yes
____ 17. Given that , find the number.
a. 13
b. 10
c. –7
d. 25
e. 5
____ 18. Given that , find the number.
a. –30
b. –60
c. 38
d. –42
e. 18
____ 19. If c represents a constant force, find the work done if the point of application of c moves along the line
segment from P to Q.
and
a. 48
b. 12
c. –24
d. –12
e. 21
____ 20. Represent the complex number geometrically.
a. d.
b. e.
c.
____ 21. The trigonometric form of complex numbers is often used by electrical engineers to describe the current I,
voltage V, and impedance Z in electrical circuits with alternating current. Impedance is the opposition to the
flow of current in a circuit. Most common electrical devices operate on 115-volt, alternating current. The
relationship among these three quantities is . The real part of I represents the actual current delivered
to an electrical appliance in amps.
Approximate this current when and , and express the answer in rectangular
form to two decimal places.
a. 2.76 amps
b. 1.33 amps
c. 1.23 amps
d. 1.38 amps
e. 1.45 amps
____ 22. Use De Moivre's theorem to change the given complex number to the form , where and are real
numbers.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
____ 23. Use De Moivre's theorem to change the given complex number to the form , where and are real
numbers.
a. 4,096
b. -24+24i
c. 2,048
d. -4,096i
e. -2,048i
____ 24. Use De Moivre's theorem to change the given complex number to the form , where and are real
numbers.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
____ 25. Find the four fourth roots of .
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Chapter 7
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE