PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY

1. Sin (B – A) is equal to _______, when B = 270 degrees and A is an acute angle.

A. – cos A C. – sin A
B. cos A D. sin A
2. If sec2 A is 5/2, the quantity 1 – sin2 A is equivalent to?
A. 2.5 C. 0.4
B. 1.5 D. 0.6
3. (cos A)4 – (sin A)4 is equal to ______.
A. cos 4A C. sin 2A
B. cos 2A D. sin 4A
4. Find the value of y in the given: y = (1 + cos 2θ) tan θ.
A. sin θ C. sin 2θ
B. cos θ D. cos 2θ
5. Evaluate the following:
A. 1
B. 0
C. 45.5
D. 10
6. Evaluate:
A. sin θ
B. cos θ
C. tan θ
D. cot θ
7. Simplify: (cos A + cos B)/(sin A – sin B) + (sin A + sin B)/(cos A – cos B)
A. 0 C. cos (A+B)
B. sin (A+B) D. 1
8. Simplify: sin (2A)(1 + cot(2A))
A. 1 C. sin(2A)sec(2A)
B. sin(2A) D. sec(2A)
9. Evaluate: (1 – sin x)/cos x
A. cos x/ 1 + sin x C. sin x/ 1 + sin x
B. cos x/ 1 - sin x D. sin x/ 1 - sin x
10. Solve for x if tan 3x = 5tan x
A. 19.219 C. 25.621
B. 20.705 D. 27.911
11. 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° W of N and from B the bearing of C is 26° N of E. Approximate the shortest distance of
tower C to the highway.
A. 364 m C. 354 m
B. 374 m D. 394 m
12. The angle of elevation of the top of tower B from the top of tower A is 28° and the angle of the elevation of
the top of tower A from the base of tower B is 46°. The two towers lie in the same horizontal plane. If the
height of tower B is 120 m, find the height of tower A.
A. 66.3 m C. 87.2 m
B. 79.3 m D. 90.7 m
13. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are of 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 meters.?
A. 259.28 C. 271.64
B. 265.42 D. 277.29
14. A ship started sailing S 42°35’ W at the rate of 5kph. After 2 hours, ship B started at the same port going N
46°20’W at the rate of 7 kph. After how many hours will the second ship be exactly north of ship A?
A. 3.68 C. 5.12
B. 4.03 D. 4.83
15. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30°. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds
its angle of elevation to be 60°. What is the height of the tower?
A. 76.31 m B. 73.31 m
 C. 73.16 m D. 73.61 m
16. A pole cast a shadow 15 m long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61°. If the pole is leaned 15° from
the vertical directly towards the sun, determine the length of the pole.
A. 54.23 m C. 42.44 m
B. 48.23 m D. 46.21 m
17. The captain of a ship views the top of a lighthouse at an angle of 60° with the horizontal at an elevation of 6
meters above sea level. Five minutes later, the same captain of the ship views the top of the same
lighthouse at an angle of 30° with the horizontal. Determine the speed of the ship if the lighthouse is known
to be 50 meters above sea level.
A. 0.265 m/sec C. 0.169 m/sec
B. 0.155 m/sec D. 0.210 m/sec
18. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of
the monument viewed from the top of the PLDT tower at 13° and 35° respectively. The height of the tower is
50 m. Find the height of the monument.
A. 29.13 m C. 32.12 m
B. 30.11 m D. 33.51 m
19. A spherical triangle ABC as an angle C = 90º and sides a = 50º and c = 80º. Find the value of “b” in degrees.
A. 73.22° C. 75.44°
B. 74.33° D. 76.55°
20. Solve for the side b of a right spherical triangle ABC whose parts are a = 46º, c = 75º and C = 90º.
A. 72º C. 48º
B. 68º D. 74º
21. Determine the value of the angle B of an isosceles spherical triangle ABC whose given parts are b = c = 54º
28’ and a = 92º 30’.
A. 89º 45’ C. 84º 25’
B. 55º 45’ D. 41º 45’
22. The area of a spherical triangle ABC whose parts are A = 93º 40’, B = 64º 12’, C = 116º 51’ and the radius of
the sphere is 100 m is?
A. 15613 sq. m. C. 18645 sq. m.
B. 16531 sq. m. D. 25612 sq. m.
23. An airplane flew from Davao City whose latitude is 14° N and longitude of 121.5° E on a course of S 30° W
and maintaining uniform altitude. At what longitude will the plane cross the equator?
A. 110° 30' East C. 113° 33' East
B. 122° 26' East D. 116° 11' East
24. Find the distance in nautical miles between Manila and San Francisco. Manila is located at 14° 36’N latitude
and 121° 05’ E longitude. San Francisco is situated at 37° 48’ N latitude and 122° 24’ W longitude.
25. A spherical triangle has an area of 327.25 sq. km. What is the radius of the sphere if its spherical excess is
30º?