ADDITIONAL PRACTICE EXERCISES in A. 30° C. 60° 12.

The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 15 cm,

B. 45° D. 15° BC = 18 cm and CA = 24 cm. Determine the
TRIGONOMETRY and SOLID
distance from the point of intersection of the
MENSURATION 7. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of angular bisector to side AB.
one triangle is 3 units more than its base and A. 5.21 cm C. 3.78 cm
the altitude of the other triangle is 3 units less B. 4.73 cm D. 6.25 cm
1. The sides of a triangular lot are130 m, 180 m and than its base. Find the altitudes, if the areas of
190 m. This lot is to be divided by a line bisecting the triangles differ by 21 square units. 13. A ladder 5 m long leans on a wall and makes
the longest side and drawn from the opposite A.6 and 12 C. 5 and 11 an angle of 30° with the horizontal. Find the
vertex. Find the length of this line. B.3 and 9 D. 4 and 10 vertical height from the top to the ground.
A. 120 m C. 122 m
A. 2.50 m C. 1.50 m
B. 130 m D. 125 m 8. A ship started sailing S 42°35’ W at the rate of B. 2.00 m D. 2.75 m
5 kph. After 2 hours, ship B started at the same
2. The areas of two similar triangles are in the ratio of
4:1. If the length of the side of the smaller triangle is
port going N 46°20’ W at the rate of 7 kph. After 14. If sin 3A = cos 6B, then:
5 units, what is the length of the corresponding side how many hours will the second ship be A. A  B 180 C. A  2B 30
of the larger triangle? exactly north of ship A? B. A  2B 30 D. A  B 30
A. 15 C. 10 A.3.68 C. 5.12
B. 25 D. 20 B. 4.03 D. 4.83 15. The sides of a triangle are 14 cm, 15 cm and
13 cm respectively. Find the area of the
3. Sin (B – A) is equal to _____, when B = 270 9. An aero lift airplane can fly at an airspeed of circumscribing circle.
degrees and A is an acute angle. 300 mph. If there is a wind blowing towards the A. 202.2 C. 210.5
A. –cos A C. –sin A cast at 50 mph, what should be the plane’s B. 205.3 D. 207.4
B. cos A D. sin A compass heading in order for its course to be
30°? What will be the plane’s ground speed if it 16. The two legs of a triangle are 300 and 150 m
4. If sec² A is 5/2, the quantity 1 - sin² A is equivalent flies in this course? each, respectively. The angle opposite the 150
to A. 19.7°,307.4 mph C. 21.7°,321.8 mph m side is 26°. What is the third side?
A. 2.5 C. 0.4 B. 20.1°,309.4 mph D. 22.3°,319.2 mph A. 197.49 m C. 341.78 m
B. 1.5 D. 0.6 B. 218.61 m D. 282.15 m
10. If the vertex of an isosceles triangle is 80  and
5. A man standing on a 48.5 ,meter building high, has
the side opposite the vertex measures 12 cm, 17. If sin A = 4/5 and A is in the first quadrant, find
an eyesight height of 1.5 m from the top of the
building, took a depression reading from the top of
determine the perimeter of the triangle. tan A + sec A.
A. 30.66 cm C. 34.88 cm A. 3 C. 4
another nearby building and nearest wall, which
B. 32.53 cm D. 28.55 cm B. 3/5 D. 2/3
are 50° and 80° respectively. Find the height of the
nearby building in meters. The man is standing at
the edge of the building and both buildings lie on 11. The sides of a scalene triangle are 5, 7 and 10 18. If sin   cos   1/ 3 , what is the value of sin 2 ?

the same horizontal plane. cm respectively. Determine the radius of the A. 1/3 C. 8/9
A. 39.49 C. 30.74 inscribed circle. B. 1/9 D. 4/9
B. 35.50 D. 42.55 A. 1.48 B. 2.05
C. 2.22 D. 1.53 19. Determine the simplified form of 2/(1-cos 2C).
6. Solve for θ in the following equation: Sin 2θ = cos θ A. csc C C. se C
 B. sec2 C D. csc2 C wheel above the base of the incline when the A.1 C. sin2 θ sec2 θ
wheel has rolled up 5 ft up the incline? B. sin2 θ D. sec2 θ
20. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are of the A. 3 ft C. 4 ft
same elevation as the foot of a building. The B. 5 ft D. 6 ft 33.Simplify the expression sec θ – (sec θ )sin2 θ
angles of elevation of the top of the building A. cos2 θ C. sin2 θ
from points A and B are 21° and 32° 25. ( cos A )4 – ( sin A ) 4 is equal to _____. B. cos θ D. sin θ
respectively. How far is A from the building in A. cos 4A C. sin 2A
meters? B. cos 2A D. sin 4A 34.Evaluate arc cot [ 2 cos )arc sin 0.5) ]
A. 259.28 C. 271.64 A. 30° C. 60°
B. 265.42 D. 277.29 26.Csc 520° is equal to B. 45° D. 90°
A. cos 20° C. tan 45°
21. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a B. csc 20° D. sin 20° 35.Solve for the x in the given equation: arc tan
level plane. The angles of depression of the top (2x) + arc tan (x) = π/4
and bottom of the monument viewed from the 27.Find the value of A between 270° and 360° if 2 A. 0.149 C. 0.421
sin2 A – sin A = 1 B. 0.281 D.0.316
top of the PLDT tower at 13° and 35°
A. 300° C. 310°
respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. B. 320° D. 330° 36.A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of
Find the height of the monument . a tower to be 30°. He walks 85 m nearer the
A. 29.13 m C. 32.12 m
28.If cos 65° + cos 55° = cos θ, find θ in radians. tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 60°.
B. 30.11 m D. 33.51 m
A. 0.765 C. 1.213 What is the height of the tower?
B. 0.087 D. 1.421 A. 76.31 m C. 73.31 m
22. The captain of a ship views the top of a B. 73.16 m D. 73.61 m
lighthouse at an angle of 60° with the 29.The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle
horizontal at an elevation of 6 meters above having a radius 9 cm. is equal to 43.23 sq. cm. 37.Solve for x in the equation: sin2x 2cos x .
sea level. Five minutes later, the same captain If one of the sides of the triangle is 18 cm., find A. 90° C.95°
of the ship views the top of the same one of the other sides. B.100° D. 80°
lighthouse at an angle of 30° with the A. 16.42 cm C.14.36cm
horizontal. Determine the speed of the ship if B. 17.29 cm D. 12.42 cm 38.If sin 40  sin 20  sin  , find the value of θ in
the lighthouse is known to be 50 meters above degrees.
sea level. A. 20 C. 120
A. 0.265 m/sec C. 0.169 m/sec 30.The sine of a certain angle is 0.6 calculate the B.80 D. 60
B. 0.155 m/sec D. 0.021 m/sec cotangent of the angle.
A. 4/3 C. 4/5 39.From A a pilot flies 125 km in the direction of
23. If an equilateral triangle is circumscribed about B. 5/4 D. 3/4 N3820’W and turns back. Through an error,
a circle of radius 10 cm, determine the side of the pilot then flies 125 km in the direction of
the triangle. 31.Find the value of y in the given: y = (1 + cos S5140’E. In what direction must the pilot now
A. 34.64 cm C. 36.44 cm 2θ) tan θ fly to reach the intended destination A?
B. 64.12 cm D. 32.10 cm A. sin θ C. sin 2θ A. S 4220’ W C. S 4420’ W
B. cos θ D. cos 2θ B. S 4320’ W D. S 4520’ W
24.A wheel, 5 ft in diameter, rolls up an incline of
18°20’. What is the height of the center of the 32.Simplify the equation sin2 θ ( 1+cot2 θ )
40. Evaluate: sec(arc csc 5 / 2) . 47. In an oblique triangle, a = 25, b = 16, angle C = will the ship travel before a change of course is
A. 1.091 C. 2.191 94°06’. Find the measure of angle A. needed?
B. 0.021 D. 1.001 A. 54.5° C. 45.5° A. 18.5 mi C. 19.8 mi
B. 24.5° D. 55.4° B. 17.3 mi D. 20.4 mi
41. A pole is erected on the top of a building 20 m
high. The angles of elevation of the foot and 48. sin A cos B – cos A sin B is equivalent to : 53. Find the exact values cos (α+β) if sin α = 3/5,
A. cos ( A – B ) C. tan ( A – B ) tan β = -5/12 , 0<α<π/2 and π/2<β<π.
the top of the pole from a point on the ground
B. sin ( A – B ) D. cos ( A A. 33/65 C. -33/65
are 30  and 40  respectively. Find the height –B) B. -63/55 D. 63/65
of the pole.
A. 8.87 m C. 7.75 m 49. A parcel of land in the form of a triangle has 54. One of the angles of a triangle measures 31.
B. 9.07 m D. 8.24 m
sides 312 m and 485 m long, respectively. The An adjacent side measures 40 cm and the
42. The angle or inclination of ascend of a road
included angle is 81  30’. Determine the opposite side is twice as long as the other
having 8.25% grade is _____ degrees? perimeter of the land. adjacent side. What are the measures of the
A. 1243.22 m C. 1333.5 m other two angles?
A. 4.72 C. 5.12
B. 1354.76 m D. 1426.3 m A. 13 and 136 C. 14 and 135
B. 4.27 D. 1.86
B. 16 and 133 D. 15 and 134
50. The angle of elevation of a tower at place A
43. Given the 3 sides of a triangle: 2, 3, 4. What is
the angle in radians opposite the side with south of it is 30  and at B west of A and a 55. A space-shuttle pilot flying toward the Suez Canal
length 3? distance of 50 m from it the angle of elevation finds that the angle of depression to one end of the
A. 0.81 C. 0.67 is 18  , determine the height of the tower. canal is 38.25 and the angle of depression to the
B. 0.45 D. 0.74 A. 19.65 m C. 22.22 m other end is 52.75. If the canal is 100.6 mi long,
B. 15.42 m D. 26.32 m find the altitude of the space shuttle.
A. 196 miles C. 198 miles
44. In triangle DEF, DE = 18m and EF = 6m. Side
51. A flagpole stands on the edge of the bank of a B. 192 miles D. 194 miles
FD maybe
A. 10 m C. 12 m river. From a point on the opposite bank
directly across from the flagpole, the measure 56. Three circles with centers A,B, and C have
B. 11 m D. 13 m
of the angle of elevation to the top of the pole respective radii 50, 30 and 20 in and are tangent to
each other externally. Find the area (in in 2) of the
45. Given an equilateral triangle. What is the ratio is 25. From a point 200 ft further away and in
curvilinear triangle formed by the three circles.
of the area of a circle inscribed to the area of a line with the pole and the first point, the A. 142 C. 146
circle circumscribed about the triangle? measure of the angle of elevation to the top of B. 152 D. 148
A. 1/2 C. 1/3 the pole is 21. Find the distance across the
B. 1/4 D. 1/5 river. 57. Three circles of radii 115,150 and 225m,
A. 930 ft C. 940 ft respectively, are tangent to each other externally.
46. In a triangle ABC, AB = 36 cm, BC = 24 cm and B. 950 ft D. 960 ft Find the smallest angle of the triangle formed by
CA = 18 cm. Find the length of the median from joining the centers of the circles.
the vertex C to the line AB. 52. The bearing of a buoy from a ship 8.7 mi away A. 33.5 C. 61.2
A. 23.12 C.11.22 is 64. The ship is headed due north and the B. 43.1 D. 51.9
B. 16.78 D. 20.12 navigator plans to change course when the
buoy has a bearing of 154. How much farther
58. A woman hikes 503 m, turns and jogs 415 m, turns 2
A. sin x C.1 A C
again, and runs 365 m returning to her starting 14 cm 12 cm
2
B. sec x sin x
2
D. tan x . .
point. What is the area (in m2) of the triangle formed B D
by her path? 16 cm 10 cm
65. What is the area, to the nearest acre, of a triangular . .
A. 77,800 C. 76,200
field that is 529 ft on one side and 849 ft on
B. 75,400 D. 74,600
another, if the angle between these sides measures 71. A quadrilateral ABCD is to be inscribed in a
102.7 ? semicircle in such a way that AD will be along
2  3
sin  
tan   1 , 2
    2 A. 7 C. 6 the diameter. If AB = 10 cm, BC = 20 cm, and
59. If ,2 and , 2 , find B. 4 D. 5
the exact value of sin(α+β).
CD = 30 cm, determine the diameter of the
A. 0 C. 1 semicircle.
66. Find the identity of sin3θ in terms of sinθ. A C
B. -2 D. -1 3 3
41.1309 cm 41.1903 cm
A. 3 sin   4 sin  C. 4 sin   3 sin  . .
3 3

60. A tower 150 m high is situated at the top of a hill. At B. 4 sin   3 sin  D. 3 sin   4 sin  B D
41.1039 cm 41.1093 cm
a point 650 m down the hill the angle between the . .
surface of the hill and the line of sight to the top of 67. A parcel of land has sides measuring 175 ft, 234 ft,
the tower is 1230’. Find the inclination of the hill to 295 ft and 415 ft and the angle between the sides
72. At a point A south of a tower, the angle of
the horizontal plane. of length 234 ft and 295 ft has measure 137.1.
What is the measure of the angle opposite this elevation of the top of the tower is 30⁰. From A,
A. 554’ C. 612’
angle? 1000 meters east, at point B, the angle of
B. 710’ D. 750’
A. 110 C. 108 elevation of the top of the tower is 15⁰. Find the
61. Find the length of the altitude of angle A to side a B. 104 D. 106 height of the tower.
for a triangle whose sides are a = 16, b = 14, and c A C
320.05 m 230.50 m
= 20. 68. Solve for A (0⁰  A  2 A) in the equation 2sin . .
A. 14 C. 13 A cos A – sin A – 2cos A + 1 = 0. B D
302.50 m 203.05 m
B. 15 D. 12 A C . .
A/6 A/4
. .
62. Two forces of 17.5 and 22.5 lb act on a body. If B D 73. Two towers 120 meters apart are on the same
their directions make an angle of 5010’ with each A/3 2 A/3
. . horizontal plane. An observer standing
other, find the magnitude of their resultant. successively at the bases of the towers
A. 36.3 lb C. 35.6 lb
69. In the system of equations below, find the observes that the angle of elevation of the
B. 38.6 lb D. 37.3 lb
average of x and y. taller is twice that of the smaller. At the midway
63. A pole casts a shadow of 25 ft at one time and a sin x + sin y = a ; cos x + cos y = b point, he observes that the angles of elevation
shadow of 10 ft at a later time when the angle of A C of the tops of the towers are complementary.
Arcsin (a/b) Arctan (a/b)
elevation is twice as large. Find the height of the . . Find the height of the smaller tower.
pole. B D Arccot ((a2 + A C
Arccos(a/b) 90 m 40 m
A. 10 ft C. 11 ft . . b2)/2) . .
B. 12 ft D. 13 ft B D
80m 30 m
70. Two chords AB = 8 cm and BC = 12 cm of a . .
64. Simplify:

sin2 x 1  cot 2 x . circle form an angle of 120⁰. Find the radius of
the circle.
74. If A + B + C = 180⁰ and tan A + tan B + tan C = A C A C
N 8⁰53’ W S 8⁰53’ W 5.61 m 7.89 m
x, find the value of (tan A)(tan B)(tan C). . . . .
A C B D B D
1.50x 2.0x S 8⁰53’ E N 8⁰53’ E 9.34 m 6.48 m
. . . . . .
B D
0.50x x
. . 80. A baseball diamond is a square 27 m on a 84. An existing road (AT) is just passing along the
side, and the pitcher’s mound is 18 m from the circumference of a circular lake where point T
75. The explement of an angle is 5 times its homeplate. How far is the mound from the first is the point of tangency. A proposed road (AC)
supplement. Find the angle. base? is to cross the lake which requires a bridge
A C A C (BC) and a detour road (AB) to be constructed
135⁰ 45⁰ 19.12 m 27.00 m
. . . . over the lake. If AT = 2.5 km and AB = 2.15 km,
B D B D determine the length of the bridge.
150⁰ 90⁰ 20.13 m 24.75 m
. . . .
A C
81. Find the angle between the diagonal of a cube 0.76 km 0.61 m
76. Find the value of sin2 0⁰ + sin2 1⁰ +…+ sin2 89⁰ . .
+ sin2 90⁰. and the diagonal of a face of the cube. Both B D
diagonals are drawn from the same vertex. 1.22 km 0.53 m
A C . .
44.5 46.5 A C
. . 45.00⁰ 53.13⁰
B D . . 85. In the figure shown, determine the area of the
45.5 47.5 B D
. . 35.26⁰ 36.87⁰ quadrilateral
C ABCD.
. .
77. Of what quadrant is A if sec A is positive and B
csc A is negative? 82. A wheel 3.2 ft. in diameter rolls up an incline of
A C 16⁰. When the point of the contact of the wheel 
III IV P
. . with the incline is 4.5 feet from the base of the
B D incline, how far is the center of the wheel from D A
I II the horizontal base?
. .
A C
3.67 ft 2.78 ft
78. If cos 4x = cos 6y, which of the following is . . PB = 50 m, PC = 90 m, PA = 45 m, A = 15⁰
correct? B D
4.98 ft 2.37 ft
A C . . A C
2x + 3y = 90⁰ 2x + 3y = 180⁰ 981 m2 672 m2
. . . .
B D 83. A vertical pole stands on a plane inclined at an B D
2x + 3y = 270⁰ 2x + 3y = 360⁰ angle of 12⁰ with the horizontal. At the base of 874 m2 701 m2
. . . .
the incline the pole subtends an angle of 30⁰. 86. The bisector of the right angle of a right triangle
79. In what direction should an airplane fly in order At a point from the base and 6.2 meters up the divides the hypotenuse into two segments,
to fly due north at 320 kph if the wind is incline, the pole subtends an angle of 53⁰. Find 431.9 cm and 523.8 cm respectively. Find the
blowing due west at 50 kph the height of the pole. one of the acute angles of the given triangle.
 A C . .
42.7⁰ 39.5⁰
. . B D 95. A tree broken over by the wind forms a right
24.3 m 39.6 m
B D . . triangle with the ground. If the broken part
63.8⁰ 25.1⁰
. . 91. Simplify the equation sin 2 x (1 + cot 2 x). makes an angle of 50⁰ with the ground and the
87. An airplane is above a straight road on which A C top of the tree is now 20 feet from its base,
sin x cot x
are two observers 1640 m apart. At a given . . how tall was the tree?
signal the observers take the angles of B D A C
cos x 1
elevation of the airplane, finding them to be 58⁰ . . . .
and 63⁰, respectively. Find the height of the B D
54.95 m
plane. 92. A vertical pole consists of two parts, each one . .
A C half of the whole pole. At a point in the 96. A certain road has a grade of 40%. What is its
1378 m 1298 m horizontal plane which passes through the foot
. . angle of inclination in mils?
B D of the pole and 36 m from it, the upper half of A C
1503 m 1443 m 388 384
. . the pole subtends an angle whose tangent is . .
88. Three times the sine of a certain angle is equal 1/3. How high is the pole? B D
390 396
to twice the square of the cosine of the same A C . .
36 24
angle. What is the tangent of the angle? . .
A C B D
– 0.58 – 0.92 48 18
. . . . 97. A cyclic quadrilateral has the sides AB = 8, BC =
B D 93. ABDE is a square section and BDC is an 10, CD = 12 cm, respectively. The fourth side DA is
– 0.39 – 0.85 equilateral triangle with C outside the square.
. . the diameter of the circle. Find the area of the
89. Two men A and B are 357 meters apart on a Compute the angle of ACE. circle.
straight shore of a lake and are looking at a A C A. 319.21 cm2 C. 321.34 cm2
45⁰ 60⁰ B. 314.16 cm 2
D. 308.76 cm2
tree T on the opposite shore How wide is the . .
lake if angle ABT is 32⁰ 20’ and angle BAT is B D 98. The vertices A and B of a quadrilateral lie on a
30⁰ 90⁰
41⁰ 30’? . . circle and are collinear with an external point P. A
A C 94. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower secant is drawn to the circle intersecting at C and
182 m 165 m from a point A is 23⁰ 30’. From another point B,
. . D. Angle BPC = 30 degrees. If secants PA and PD
B D the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is have lengths of 100 m and 90 m, respectively and
132 m 109 m 55⁰ 30’. The points A and B are 217.45 m apart the external segment PB is 50 m, determine the
. .
and on the same horizontal plane as the foot of area of the quadrilateral ABCD.
the tower. The horizontal angle subtended by A A. 1565.65 m2 C. 1666.67 m2
90. From the top of a tower 36 m high, the angles 2
B. 1656.56 m D. 1555.56 m2
of depression of the top and bottom of another and B at the foot of the tower is 90⁰. Find the
tower standing on the same horizontal plane height of the tower.
99. A border is formed by two concentric circles of
are found to be 28⁰ 56’ and 53⁰ 41’, A C different radii. If the length of the chord of the larger
92.15 m 90.59 m
respectively. Find the distance between the . . circle that is tangent to the smaller circle is 40, find
summits of the two towers. B D the area of the border.
86.34 m 84.36 m
A 25.9 m C 30.2 m . . A. 1,471.23 C. 1,256.6
 B. 628.32 D. 859.31 115. A regular 5 pointed star is inscribed in a circle
108. The interior angles of a polygon are in with a diameter of 10 m. What is the area of the
100. Find the area of a regular pentagon whose side arithmetic progression. The least angle is 1200 and region inside the circle not covered by the star
is 25 cm and apothem is 7.2 cm. the common deference is 50. Find the numbers of A. 50.46 m2 C. 65.34 m2
A. 1075 C. 1142 sides. B. 40.56 m2 D. 57.83 m2
B. 1010 D. 1067 A. 8 C. 9
B. 11 D. 10 116. A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An
101. Find the sum of the interior angles of the inner pentagon with sides of 10 cm is inside and
109. One side of a parallelogram is 10 cm and its concentric to the larger pentagon. Determine the
pentagram (star).
diagonals are 16 cm and 24 cm respectively. Find area inside the larger pentagon but outside of the
A. 180 C. 540
its area. smaller pentagon.
B. 360 D.720
A. 143.2 cm 2 C. 112.4cm2 A. 515.76 C. 416.57
102. A circle with radius 6 has half its area removed B. 150.5cm2 D. 158.74 cm2 B. 637.15 D. 218.96
by cutting of a border of uniform width. Find the
110. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 117. A quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle having a
width of the border.
540 degrees. Find the number of sides. radius of 10 cm. One of the sides of the
A. 2.20 C. 1.86
A. 5 C. 8 quadrilateral is the diameter and the other two
B. 1.76 D. 2.75
B. 6 D.11 sides adjacent to the diameter are 8 cm and 12 cm
103. What is the measure of the interior angle of the respectively. Determine the length of the fourth
111. The lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are 3
regular 2000-gon? side.
cm and 4 cm, respectively. Find the perimeter of
A. 1800 C. 2000 A. 8.63 cm C. 10.33 cm
0 the rhombus.
B. 220 D. 1780 B. 9.86 cm D. 9.42 cm
A. 9 B. 10 C. 11 D. 12
104. For a regular polygon of heptagon sides, find 118. Which plane figure has the highest ratio of
112. The ratio of the area of regular polygon
the number of the degrees contained in each perimeter to area?
inscribed in a circle to the area of the
central angle. A. circle C. regular hexagon
circumscribing regular polygon of the same number
A. 51.43 0 C. 600 B. equilateral triangle D. square
0 of side is 3:4. Find the number of the sides.
B. 400 D. 32.730
A. 6 B. 8 C. 7 D. 9 119. A goat is tethered to a corner of a 4 m. by 5 m.
105. Determine the area of a rhombus if each side shed by a 6 m. rope. What is the maximum area
113. A rectangular ABCD which measures 18 by24
measure 2cm. the goat can cover? (ans. in square meters)
units is folded once, perpendicular to diagonal AC,
A. 2 2 C. 3 3 A. 88.75 C. 67.87
so that the opposite vertices A and C coincide. Find
the length of the fold. B. 98.76 D. 56.48
B. 2 3 D. 3 2
A. 45/2 C. 7/2 120. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included
106. The area of a rhombus is 168m2. If one of its B. 2 D. 54/2 angle are 6, 10, and 100 degrees respectively, find
diagonal is12m, find the length of the sides of a
114. The diameters of the two circles that are the length of the shorter diagonal.
rhombus.
tangent internally are 18 and 8, respectively. What A.10.63 C. 10.73
A. 15.23 cm C.10.42cm
is the length of the tangent segment from the center B.10.37 D. 10.23
B. 14.22 cm D. 14.23 cm
of the larger circle to the smaller circle? 121. The sides of a parallelogram are 84 cm and 63
107. Find the length of the side of a regular A. 2 C. 3 cm respectively. If one of its diagonal is 48 cm long,
pentagon inscribed in a circle of a radius 10 cm. B. 4 D. 5 compute the smallest interior angle of the
A. 10.34 cm C.11.76cm
parallelogram.
B. 12.42 cm D. 35.22 cm
 A. 50.64° C. 45.43° B. 48 D. 36
B. 36.42° D. 34.51° 135. Two cylinders of equal radius 3 m have their
129. The tangent and a secant are to a circle from
axes at right angles. Find the volume of the
the same external point. If the tangent is 6 inches
122. The sum of the sides of two polygons is 9 and common part.
and the external segment of the secant is 3 inches,
the sum of its diagonals is 7. Find the number of A. 122 cu. cm. C. 154 cu. cm.
compute the length of the secant.
sides of each polygon. B. 144 cu. cm. D. 134 cu. cm.
A. 10 C. 12
A. 5 & 4 C. 7 & 2
B. 13 D. 14
B. 6 & 3 D. 4 & 8 136. A solid has a circular base of radius 20 cm. Find
130. Two circles with radii 8 and 3 m are tangent to the volume of the solid if every plane section
123. Tangents are drawn to a circle of radius 10 cm perpendicular to a certain diameter is an equilateral
each other externally. What is the distance between
from a point 25 cm from its center. Find the length triangle.
the points of tangency of one of their common
of the tangents. A. 18,475.21 cm3 C. 12,775.21 cm3
external tangents?
A. 22.913 cm C. 24.302 cm B. 20,475.31 cm3 D. 21,475.21 cm3
A. 7.8 m C. 10.7 m
B. 20.633 cm D. 27.439 cm
B. 9.8 m D. 6.7 m
124. Find the radius of the circle circumscribing an 137. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by
isosceles right triangle having an area of 162 sq. how much is the surface area increased?
cm.? 131. The capacities of two hemispherical tanks are A. 30% C. 69%
A. 11.23 C. 12.73 in the ratio 64:125. If 4.8 kg of paint is required to B. 21% D. 33%
B. 10.63 D. 15.27 paint the outer surface of the smaller tank, then
how many kilograms of paint would be needed to 138. If the edge of a cube decreases by x%, its
125. The sides of the triangle are 40 cm, 50 cm, and paint the outer surface of the larger tank? volume decreases by 48.8%. Find the value of x.
60 cm. How far is the point of intersection of the A. 8.5 kg C. 7.5 kg A. 10 C. 16
perpendicular bisector of the sides of the triangle to B. 6.7 kg D. 9.4 kg B. 20 D. 25
any of its vertex?
A. 30.24 C. 23.54 132. A wooden cone of altitude 10 cm is to be cut 139. Compute the volume of a regular icosahedron
B. 15.27 D. 40.13 into two parts of equal weight. How far from the with sides equal to 6 cm.
vertex should the cut parallel to the base be made? A. 470.88 cm3 C. 340.89 cm3
126. A triangle has sides equal to 68 cm, 77 cm, and 3
A. 6.65 cm C. 7.94 cm B. 520.78 cm D. 250.56 cm3
75 cm, respectively. Find the area of the escribed
circle tangent to the shortest side of the triangle. B. 3.83 cm D. 8.83 cm
140. Compute the volume (in cm3)of a sphere
A. 9,503.32 cm2 C. 9,305.32 cm2
133. A sphere of radius 5 cm and a right circular inscribed in an octahedron having sides equal to 18
B. 6,503.23 cm2 D. 8,603.32 cm2
cone of base radius 5 cm and a height 10 cm stand cm.
127. A quadrilateral has sides equal to 12 cm, 20 on a plane. Find the position of a plane that cuts A. 1622.33 C.1663.22
cm, 8 cm, and 17 cm respectively. If the sum of the the two solids in equal circular sections. B. 1875.45 D.1892.63
two opposite angles is 225, find the area of the A. 2cm C. 1.5 cm
quadrilateral. B. 2.5 cm D. 3.2 cm 141. Compute the area of bi-rectangular spherical
A. 168.18 C. 70.73 triangle having an angle of 60o and a radius of 8 m.
B. 78.31 D. 186.71 134. A regular triangular pyramid has an altitude of 9 A. 76.56 m2 C. 56.34 m2
2
m and a volume of 187.06 cu. m. What is the base B. 45.65 m D. 67.02 m2
128. How many diagonals can be drawn from a 12 edge in meters?
sided polygon? A. 10 C. 12 142. Find the volume of a spherical cone in a sphere
A. 66 C. 54 B. 11 D. 13 of radius 17 cm if the radius of its zone is 8 cm.
 A. 2120.35 C. 1210.56 149. Given a solid right circular cone having a height
B. 1426.34 D. 2316.75 of 8 cm. has a volume equal to 4 times the volume 155. The volume of a truncated prism with an
of the smaller cone that could be cut from the same equilateral triangle as its horizontal base is equal to
143. A spherical wooden ball 15 cm in diameter cone having the same axis. Compute the height of 3600 cm3. The vertical edges at each corners are 4,
sinks to a depth of 12 cm in a certain liquid. the smaller cone. 6, and 8 cm., respectively. Find one side of the
Calculate the area exposed above the liquid in cm2. A. 5.04 cm C. 4.45 cm base.
A. 45 pi. C. 15 pi. B. 3.25 cm D. 2.32 cm A. 22.37 C. 37.22
B. 20 pi. D. 10 pi. B. 25.43 D. 17.89
150. The diameter of a sphere and the base of a
144. Two balls, one 6 cm in diameter and the other 4 cone are equal. What percentage of that diameter 156. Aluminum and lead have specific gravities of
cm in diameter are placed in a cylindrical jar 9 cm must the cones height be so that both volumes are 2.5 and 16.48 respectively. If a cubical aluminum
in diameter. Find the volume of water necessary to equal. has edge of 0.30 m., find the edge of a cubical
cover them. A. 100% C. 200% block of lead having the same weight as the
A. 234.44 cm3 C. 362.33 cm3 ` B. 50% D. 400% aluminum.
3
B. 257.22 cm D. 262.22 cm3 A. 10 cm C. 13 cm
151. The volume of a regular pyramid whose base is B. 14 cm D. 16 cm
145. Find the area of a regular polygon whose side a regular hexagon is 156 m3. If the altitude of the
is 25 m and apothem is 17.2 m. pyramid is 5m., find the sides of the base. 157. How many edges are there in a regular
A. 1075 C. 1175 A. 4 m C. 6 m octahedron?
B. 925 D. 1275 B. 8 m D. 3 m A. 8 C. 12
B. 20 D. 30
146. Find the area of a pentagon which is 152. What is the volume of a pyramid whose altitude
circumscribing a circle having an area of 420.60 sq. is 16 cm. long and whose base is enclosed by a 158. A hole 10 cm in diameter is to be punched out
cm. rhombus whose sides are 6 cm. long and whose from a right circular cone having a diameter of
A. 386.57 C. 486.35 acute angles are 30o? 16cm. Determine the volume punched out if the
B. 450.54 D. 260.24 A. 96 cm3 C. 86 cm3 height of the cone is 24cm.
3
B. 69 cm D. 76 cm3 A.1599.06 C. 1099.56
B.1124.53 D. 1235.72
147. A reverse curve on a railroad track consists of 153. The base of a cylinder is a hexagon inscribed in
two circular arcs. The central angle of one side is a circle. If the difference in the circumference of the 159. In a circle with a diameter of 10 meters, a
20° with radius of 2500 ft, while the central angle of circle and the perimeter of the hexagon is 4 cm., regular five pointed star touching its circumference
the other is 25° with radius 3000ft. Find the total find the volume of the cylinder if it has an altitude of is inscribed. What is the area of the part not
lengths of the two arcs. 20 cm. covered by the star?
A. 2182 ft C. 2218 ft A. 10367 cm3 C. 10123 cm3 A. 60.42 C. 40.68
B. 2812 ft D. 2128 ft B. 12239 cm3 D. 11231 cm3 B. 40.58 D. 50.47

148. Two cylinders of equal radius 3 m have their 154. A solid has a circular base of diameter 40 cm. 160. Find the area of a hexagon with a square
axes at right angles. Find the volume of the Find the volume of the solid if every section having an area of 72 sq. cm. inscribed in a circle
common part. perpendicular to a fixed diameter is an isosceles which is inscribed in a hexagon.
A. 144 cm3 C. 136 cm3 right triangle. A. 124.77 sq. cm C. 150.35 sq. cm.
B. 155 cm 3
D. 125 cm3 A. 32223.56 C. 10666.67 B. 150.26 sq. cm. D. 130.77 sq. cm.
B. 12555.60 D. 12044.48
161. The area of an isosceles triangle is 36 m2 with 168. A cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism
the smallest angle equal to one third of the other having a square base one meter on an edge. The 175. A room is 12 ft wide, 15 ft along 8 ft high. If an
angle. Find the length of the shortest side. volume of the cylinder is 6.283 cu. m. Compute its air conditioner changes the air once every five
A. 12.98 m C. 7.35 altitude. minute, how many cubic feet of air does it change
B. 5.73 m D. 6.84 A. 3 C. 5.4 per hour?
B. 4 D. 2.5 A. 17,280 C.19,553
162. The volume of the cube is reduced to _______ B. 14,522 D, 16,733
If all the sides are halved. 169. The volume of a right prism is 234 cu. m. with
A. 1/2 B. 1/8 C. ¼ D. 1/16 an altitude of 15 m. If the base of the prism is an 176. In a regular square pyramid, the length of each
equilateral triangle, find the length of the base side of the square base is 12 in and the length of
edge. the altitude is 8 in. Find the length of the lateral
163. If the edge of the cube is decreased by 10%, by A. 5 C. 6 edge.
what percent is the surface area decreases? B. 7 D. 8 A. 11.66 in C.12.34in
A. 19% C. 89% D. 10.34 in D. 15.21 in
B. 81% D. 10% 170. The surface area of a zone of a spherical cone
having an altitude of zone of 2 cm. is equal to 177. The space diagonal of a cube is 6. Find the
164. If the surface area of a sphere is increased by 201.06 sq. cm. Compute the volume of the surface area of the cube.
30%, by what percent is the volume of the sphere spherical cone. A. 12 B. 56
increased? A. 1072.32 cm3 C. 1263.21 cm3 C. 72 D. 36
A. 51.8% C.61.7% B. 2152.21 cm3 D. 1143.21 cm3
B. 48.2% D. 30% 178. The height of the circular cone with circular
171. What is the area of a lune whose angle is 85 ْ on base is h. If it contains water to a depth of 2 3 h,
165. The lateral faces of a square pyramid make an a sphere of radius 30 cm. what is the ratio of the volume of the water to that
angle 60ْ with the base. If the height of the pyramid A. 1,670.45 cm2 C. 2,570.53 cm2 of the cone?
is 5 3 m, find its lateral area. B.2,670.35 cm2 D. 1,670.35 cm2 A. 1:27 B. 8:27
A. 200 m2 C. 320 m2 C. 26:27 D. 24:27
B. 120 m 2
D. 220 m2 172. Find the area of a spherical triangle ABC,
A=125°, B=73°,C=84° in a sphere of radius 30 cm.
166. Find the volume of a cone to be constructed A. 1562.4 cm2 C. 1602.2 cm2 179. A right circular cone has an altitude of 18 in and
from a sector 50 cm in diameter and a central angle B.1567.3 cm 2
D. 1652.2 cm2 a radius of 8 in and is 1 4 filled with water. Solve the
of 130ْ . height of the water.
A. 1,990.43 cm3 C.1990.43 cm3 173. A lune has an area of 30 square meters. If the A. 10.33 in C.11.62in
B. 1,490.34 cm3 D.1,670.26 cm3 of the lune is 90 degrees. What is the area of the B. 11.34 in D.10.67 in
sphere?
167. A cone is inscribed in a hemisphere of radius r. A. 110 sq. m. C. 120 sq. m. 180. A wooden pyramid is to be cut into 2 parts of
If the cone and the hemisphere share bases, find B. 90 sq. m. D. 150 sq. m. equal weights by a plane parallel to its base. Find
the volume of the region inside the hemisphere but the ratio of the heights of the two parts.
outside the cone. 174. A cone and the cylinder have the same height A. 3.85 C. 4.65
3 3 and the same volume. Find the ratio of the radius of B. 2.15 D. 3.12
A. r / 3 C. r
3 3 the cone to the radius of the cylinder.
B. 7r / 3 D. 4r A. 2 C. 3 181. If the edge of the cube is increased by 20 %,
B. 2 D. 3 find the percentage increase in volume?
 A. 72.8% C. 83.2 % 187. A right prism has a square base and a lateral 194. Find the lateral area and the total surface area
B. 76.3% D. 63.3% edge 10 cm. Find the volume if the lateral area is of a right circular cylinder if the radius of its base
120 cm2. measures 5 in. and its altitude measures 8 in.
182. A metal cube of side 4 cm is melted and recast A. 60 cm3 C. 80 cm3 A. 110 pi C. 130pi
into a rectangular block of dimensions 8 cm x 4 cm B. 70 cm3 D. 90 cm3 B. 120 pi D. 140pi
x 2 cm. Find the percentage increase in the total
surface area. 188. A right section of an oblique prism is a hexagon
A. 12% C.18.33% whose sides are 3cm, 4 cm, 4cm, 5cm, 6 cm and 7
B. 16.67% D. 21% cm. The measure of one lateral edge is 7 cm. Find
the lateral area. 203 m2
183. To what height above the earth’s surface must a A. 203 cm2 C. 205 cm3
2
man be raised for him to see 1/4 of the earth’s B. 207 cm D. 209 cm3
surface?
A. H = R C. H = 2R 189. A solid cylinder of radius 10” is inscribed in a
B. H = 1/2 R D. H =3R prism with equilateral triangular bases. Find the
volume of the portion of the prism that is outside
184. A certain volcanic eruption expelled 36 cubic the cylinder if their common height is 100 inches.
miles of lava into the atmosphere, losing 4,100 ft of A. 10454 in3 C. 20545 in3
3
its original altitude. Assume the original volcano to B. 32655 in D. 40475 in3
be a circular cone and the final volcano to be a
frustum. I f the material lost from the top of the 190. A sphere whose diameter is 12 feet is
mountain contained 1 % of the erupted material, illuminated by a point source of light 18 feet from
find the angle of inclination of the volcano the center of the sphere. Find the area of the
A. 50.78ْ C. 37.8ْ portion of the sphere which is illuminated.
B. 49.5ْ D. 43.6ْ A. 48pi C. 72pi
B. 60pi D. 84 pi
185. A metal sphere is melted and recast into a
hollow spherical shell whose outer radius is 277 191. A right circular cylinder has a base whose
cm. The radius of the hollow interior of the shell is diameter is 7 and height is 10. What is the surface
equal to the radius of the original sphere. Find the area of the cylinder, not including the bases?
original sphere. A. 30pi C. 70 pi
A. 200 cm B. 225 cm B. 50 pi D. 90 pi
C. 220 cm D. 240 cm
192. What are the dimensions of a solid cube whose
186. A sphere of radius 10 m and a right circular surface area is numerically equal to its volume?
cone of base radius 10 m and height 15 m stands A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
on a table. At what height from the table should the
two solids be cut in order to have equal circular 193. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral in which
sections? opposite sides are parallel and equal. A plane figure
A. 3.14m B. 3.24m with four straight sides.
C. 3.44m D. 3.54m
 minutes, how many cubic feet of air does it change 202. Find the surface area of a solid right circular
per hour? cone whose height is 4 ft and whose base has
A. 17280 ft3/hr C. 16690 ft3/hr radius 3 ft.
3
B. 15460 ft /hr D. 18720 ft3/hr A. 15pi C. 25pi
B. 20pi D. 30pi
196. The base of a right prism, is an equilateral
triangle, each of whose sides measures 4 units. 203. A cone is generated by rotating a right triangle
The altitude of the prism measures 5 units. Find the with sides 3,4, and 5 about the leg whose measure
volume of the prism. is 4. Find the total area and volume of the cone.
A. 45.45 C. 54.45 A. 12pi C. 18 pi
B. 34.64 D. 63.36 B. 16 pi D. 20 pi

197. Find the volume of a regular square pyramid if 204. A manufacturer wishes to change the container
each edge of the base measures 10 in., and the in which his product is marketed. The new
slant height of the pyramid measures 13 in. container is to have the same volume as the old,
A. 200 C. 800 which is a right circular cylinder with altitude 6 and
B. 600 D. 400 base radius 3. The new container is to be
composed of a frustum of a right circular cone so
198. Find the volume of a sphere whose radius that the smaller bases of the two frustums coincide.
measures 7 in. The radii of the bases of the lower frustum are 3 ½
A. 1236.56 C. 1536.87 and 2, respectively, and its altitude is 4. The radius
B. 1436.76 D. 1736.35 of the upper base of the upper frustum is 3. Find
the altitude of the upper frustum.
199. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder of A. 2.8 C. 4.8
height 6 if it has the same lateral surface area as a B. 3.6 D. 5.6
cube of edge 3.
A. 36pi C. 18pi 205. An isosceles triangle, each of whose base
B. 54pi D. 72pi angles is 27 and whose legs are 5.2, is rotated
through 180, using as an axis its altitude to the
200. Find the volume of a solid right circular cone base, find its volume.
whose height is 4 ft and whose base has radius 3 A. 51 C. 55
ft. B. 53 D. 57
A. 24pi C. 64pi
B. 12pi D. 48pi 206. How many glass paper weights each in the
shape of a dodecahedron 1 in. on an edge can be
201. What is the slant height of a solid right circular manufactured by melting 1000 glass paper weights
cone whose height is 4 ft and whose base has each in the form of a cube 2 in. on an edge?
radius 3 ft. A. 945 C. 1546
A. 5 C. 7 B. 1043 D. 1873
195. A room is 12 ft wide, 15 ft. long, and 8 ft high. If C. 6 D. 8
an air conditioner changes the air once every five