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This document provides 15 survey problems for students to solve as part of an introductory surveying course. The problems cover a range of concepts including: converting between units of length, calculating areas and volumes, determining significant figures, rounding numbers, calculating weighted means and angles, and estimating probable errors. Students are instructed to show their work and solutions clearly on paper and submit all problems together in a single PDF file.

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Civ0211 Probset1

This document provides 15 survey problems for students to solve as part of an introductory surveying course. The problems cover a range of concepts including: converting between units of length, calculating areas and volumes, determining significant figures, rounding numbers, calculating weighted means and angles, and estimating probable errors. Students are instructed to show their work and solutions clearly on paper and submit all problems together in a single PDF file.

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Problem Set No.

1: INTRODUCTION TO SURVEYING

Upon completion of the different lessons listed under this part of your course study, you will be required to solve
all the problems given in this set.
The problems may be solved with books, notes, and other references opened. You should, however, refrain
from copying previously prepared solutions since this will only defeat the purpose and objectives of this
requirement.

No time limit is specified to solve each problem, all solutions and answers must be written clearly & organized. It
must be done on a clean short size bond paper (not necessarily new) and write on one side only, scan all and
submit in One (1) PDF format.

1. The measured length of airport runways in five major cities in the Philippines are: 1250.00, 1375.50, 1410.75,
1550.25, and 1750.00 meters. Determine the equivalent length of each runway in kilometers, decimeters and
centimeters. Tabulate values accordingly.

2. Given the dimensions of the following tracts of land:


a) 108.75 m by 76.82 m
b) 940.08 m by 1296.73 m
c) 13.36 m by 50.08 m
d) 1258.30 m by 624.03 m
e) 8476.55 m by 121.79 m
Determine the area of each tract in square meters, square kilometers, areas and hectares.

3. Following are the dimensions for length, width and depth of five excavated borrow pits for a highway project:
a) 113.26 m, 35.48 m, and 18.60 m
b) 50.08 m, 39.25 m, and 7.14 m
c) 243.55 m, 76.19 m and 24.66 m
d) 42.055 m, 8.605 m, and 12.332 m
e) 9.5 m, 6.3 m, and 4.9 m
Determine the volume of each pit in cubic meters.

5. Given the following numbers: 45.63, 5.700, 4010, 0.00037, 0.000940, 6.0090, 7.00, 9.5x10 8, 4.00x107,
2.604x1018, and 3.00x10-6. For each number, identify the significant figures and state the number of significant
figures. Tabulate values accordingly.

6. Given the following numbers: 0.333333, 0.412342, 50.2155, 48.5455, and 16.3545. Round off each number to
three, four and five figures. Tabulate values accordingly.

7. The three angles of a triangle were measured with the following results: A=42°05’, B=115°38’ and C=22°08’.
Determine the most probable value of each angle.

8. The angles about a point have the following observed values: 87°07’50”, 125°17’20” and 147°35’20”. Determine
the most probable value of the three angles.
9. A surveying instructor sent all the 40 students in his class out to measure a distance between two points marked
on a runway. The students working in groups of four came up with 10 different measurements as follows: 920.45,
921.05, 921.65, 920.25, 920.15, 921.85, 921.95, 920.45, 921.15 and 921.35 meters. Assuming these values are
equally reliable and that variations result only from accidental errors, determine the relative precision of a single
measurement and the relative precision of the mean.

10.A distance AB is measured five times as 610.03, 610.01, 610.05, 610.04 and 610.02 meters. The measurements
were given weights of 3, 2, 1, 2 and 3, respectively, by the head tapeman. Determine the weighted mean for
distance AB. Also, determine what difference results if later judgment revises the weights to 2, 3, 1, 3 and 2.

11. An angle ABC is measured at different times using various instruments and procedures. The results, which are
assigned certain weights, are as follows: 75°09’26”, weight of 4; 75°09’25”, weight of 3; and 75°09’27”, weight of 1.
Determine the most probable value of the angle measured.

12. Three sides of the triangle were measured with the following results: a=1431.20 m ± 0.02 m, b= 570.77 m ±
0.03 m and c=1767.15 m ± 0.04 m. Determine the angles in the triangle together with the probable errors of the
angles.

13. A line AE is divided into segments for measurement with a tape. The results were AB=134.10 m ± 0.040 m,
BC=320.63 m ± 0.055, CD=173.73 m ± 0.056 m and DE=160.85 m ± 0.050 m. Determine the length of the line and
the probable error of the measured length.

14. The dimensions of a five-sided tract of land are given by the following measurements and corresponding
probable errors: 221.63 m ± 0.004 m, 235.70 m ± 0.002 m, 196.05 m ± 0.005 m, 296.13 m ± 0.012 m, and 303.18 m
± 0.015 m. Determine the probable error of the sum of the five measurements and the most probable value of the
perimeter.

15. Two sides of rectangle were measured as being 226.25 m ± 0.03 m and 307. 28 m ± 0.04 m. Determine the area
of the figure and the probable error of the area.

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