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Trigonometry Review

This document contains a trigonometry review test with 15 multiple choice problems. It covers topics like solving trigonometric equations, simplifying trigonometric expressions, using trigonometric functions to solve geometry problems involving angles and distances, and solving problems involving spherical trigonometry. The test was given to engineering students at Andres Bonifacio College during the 1st semester of the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Trigonometry Review

This document contains a trigonometry review test with 15 multiple choice problems. It covers topics like solving trigonometric equations, simplifying trigonometric expressions, using trigonometric functions to solve geometry problems involving angles and distances, and solving problems involving spherical trigonometry. The test was given to engineering students at Andres Bonifacio College during the 1st semester of the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Andres Bonifacio College

College Park, Dipolog City


School of Engineering
1st Sem., AY 2021-2022

ER 411 – Engineering Review 1


(Plane & Spherical Trigonometry)

1. It is required to measure the height of a tower, CB, which is inaccessible. From a


point A, in the same horizontal plane with the base C, a right angle CAD is turned, and a
horizontal line AD, 150 feet in length, is measured. At A the angle of elevation of the top of
the tower is 32°, at D the angle of elevation is 28°. Find the height of the tower. Paul R. page
39 Prob 58
a. 242.98 ft b. 358.36 ft c. 223.93 ft d. 151.83 ft

2. A football player stands at a distance c behind the middle of the goal. He sees the
angle of elevation of the nearer crossbar to be u and that of the farther one to be v.
Determine the distance between the goals.
a. d = c(tan u cot u) c. d = c(tan u cot v – 1)
b. d = h(tan v) d. d = ch(cot v – 1)

3. If sin 3A = cos 6B then


a. A + B = 180° c. A - 2B = 30°
b. A + 2B = 30° d. A + B = 60°

2 2
tan θ cot θ
4. Simplify the equation 2
+ 2 .
sec θ csc θ
a. 1 b. sin θ c. tan θ d. tan θ – cot θ

sin θ+tan θ
5. Simplify the equation .
1+sec θ
a. tan θ b. cos θ c. csc θ d. sin θ
6. From a point A at the foot of the mountain, the angle of elevation of the top B is 60 °.
After ascending the mountain one (1 mile) at an inclination of 30° to the horizon, and
reaching a point C, an observer finds that the angle ACB is 135°. The height of the mountain
in feet is?
a. 14,386 b. 12,493 c. 11,672 d. 11,225

7. 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.
a. 7,856.2 b. 5,896.2 c. 6,326.2 d. 6,046.2

8. At a certain point on the ground, the tower at the top of a 20-m high building
subtends angle of 45°. At another point on the ground 25 m closer the building, the tower
subtends an angle of 45°. Find the height of the tower.
a. 124.75 m b. 87.45 m c. 154.32 m d. 101.85 m
9. A wooden flagpole is embedded 3 m deep at corner A of a concrete horizontal slab
ABCD, square in form and measuring 20 ft on a side. A storm broke the flagpole at a point
one meter above the slab and inclined toward corner C in the direction of the diagonal AC.
The vertical angles observed at the center of the slab and at corner C to the tip of the
flagpole were 65° and 35°, respectively. What is the total length of the flagpole above the
slab in yards?
a. 5.61 b. 16.83 c. 4.32 d. 12.38

10. In the spherical triangle ABC, A = 116°19’, B = 55°30’, and C = 80°37’. What is the
value of side a.
a. 115.57° b. 113.21° c. 119.64° d. 115.65°
11. A clock has a dial face 12 inches in radius. The minute hand is 9 inches long while
the hour hand is 6 inches long. The plane of rotation of the minute hand is 2 inches above
the plane of rotation of the hour hand. Find the distance between the tips of the hands at
5:40 AM.
a. 9.17 in b. 8.23 in c. 10.65 in d. 11.25 in

12. A man improvises a temporary shield from the sun using a triangular piece of wood
with dimensions of 1.4 m, 1.5 m, and 1.3 m. With the longer side lying horizontally on the
ground, he props up the other corner of the triangle with a vertical pole of 0.9 m long. What
would be the area of the shadow on the ground when the sun is vertically overhead?
a. 0.50 m² b. 0.75 m² c. 0.84 m² d. 0.95 m²
13. An airplane flew from Manila (14°36’ N, 121°05’ E) at a course of S30°E maintaining
a certain altitude and following a great circle path. If its groundspeed is 350 knots, after
how many hours will it cross the equator?
a. 2.87 b. 2.27 c. 3.17 d. 3.97

14. Solve for y, if y= ( sin1 x − tan1 x ) ( 1+cos x ) .


a. sin x b. cos x c. tan x d. sec2 x

15. Solve for x from the given trigonometric equation: arctan (1 – x) + arctan (1 + x) =
arctan 1/8.
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 2

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