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PRACTICE PROBLEM: SET No. 2 Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer.
1. Sin (B-A) is equal to _______. When B = 270 degrees and A ia an acute angle.
a. cos A
b. cos A
c. sin A
d. sinA
2. If sec2A is 5/2, the quantity 1 sin2A is equivalent to
a. 2.5
b. 1.5
c. 0.4
d. 0.6
3. (cosA)4- (sinA) 4 is equal to______.
a. cos4A
b. cos2A
c. sin2A
d. sin4A
4. Of what quadrant is A, if secA is a positive and cscA is a negative?
a. IV
b. III
c. II
d. I
5. Angles are measure from the positive horizontal axis, and the positive direction is
counterclockwise. What are the values of sin B and cosB in 4th quadrant?
a. sin B > 0 and cos B < 0
b. sin B < 0 and cos B < 0
c. sin B > 0 and cos B > 0
d. sin B < 0 and cos B > 0
6. Csc 5200 is equal to
a. cos200
b. csc200
c. tan450
d. sin 200

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7. Solve for in the following equation: sin2

a. 300
b. 450
c. 600
d. 150
8. If sin 3A = cos 6B, then
a. A + B = 90
b. A + 2B = 30
c. A + B = 180
d. 2A + B = 120

= cos

9. Solve for x, if tan 3x = 5 tan x.

a. 20.7050
b. 30.7050
c. 35.7050
d. 15.7050
10. If sinx cosx + sin2x = 1, what are the value of x?
a. 32.20, 69.30
b. -20.670, 69.30
c. 20.900, 69.10
d. -32.20, 69.30
11. Solve for G if csc (11G-16) = sec (5G+26).
a. 70
b. 60
c. 50
d. 40
12. Find the value of A between 2700 and 3600 if sin2A-sinA=1.
a. 3000
b. 3200
c. 3100
d. 3300
13. If cos 65 + cos 55 = cos , find
a. 0.765
b. 0.087
c. 1.213
d. 1.421

in radians.

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14. Find sin (arc cos

a.
b.
c.
d.

).

8/11
8/19
8/15
8/17

15. The sine of a certain angle is 0.60, calculate the cotangent of the angle.
a. 4/3
b. 5/4
c. 4/5
d. 3/4
16. If
a.
b.
c.
d.

, determine the angle A in degrees.

5
6
3
7

17. If tan x = 1/2 , tan y = 1/3, what is the value of tan (x+y)?
a. 1/2
b. 1/6
c. 2
d. 1
18. Find the value of y in the given equation: y = (1 + cos 2) tan .
a. 2 sin
b. 2 cos
c. 2 tan
d. 2 cot
19. Find the value of
a.
b.
c.
d.

2 sin
2 cos
2 tan
2 cot

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20. Simplify the expression sec - (sec )sin2 .

a. cos2
b. cos
c. sin2
d. sin
21. Arc tan

is equal to.

a.
b.
c.
d.
22. Evaluate arc cot [2 cos (arc sin 0.5)
a. 30
b. 45
c. 60
d. 90
23. Solve for x in the given equation; arctan (2x) + arctan x =
a.
b.
c.
d.

0.149
0.281
0.421
0.316

24. Solve for x in the equation: arc tan (x+1) + arc tan (x-1)=arc tan (12)
a. 1.5
b. 1.34
c. 1.2
d. 1.25
25. Solve for A for the given equation cos2A=1 cos2A.
a. 45, 125, 225, 335 degrees
b. 45, 125, 225, 315 degree
c. 45, 135, 225, 325 degrees
d. 45, 150, 220, 315 degrees

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26. Simplify the following:

a.
b.
c.
d.

0
Sin A
1
Cos A

27. Evaluate:
a.
b.
c.
d.

sin
cos
tan
cot

28. Solve for the value of A when sin A = 3.5x and cos A = 5.5x
a. 32.470
b. 33.680
c. 34.120
d. 35.210
29. If sin A = 2.511x, cos A = 3.06x and sin 2A = 3.939x, find the value of x.
a. 0.265
b. 0.256
c. 0.526
d. 0.625
30. If converse of sin = 0.134, find the value of .
a. 30
b. 45
c. 60
d. 90
31. A man standing on a 48.5m building has an eye sight height of 1.5m from the top of
the building, took a depression reading from top and bottom of another nearby
building and nearest wall, which are 500 and 800 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 the same horizontal plane.
a. 39.49m
b. 35.50m
c. 30.74m
d. 42.55m

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32. Points A and B 1000m apart are plotted on a straight highway running East and
West. From A the bearing of tower C is 320 W of N and from B the bearing of C is 260
N of E. Approximate the shortest distance of tower C to the highway.
a. 364m
b. 374m
c. 384m
d. 394m
33. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one triangle is 3 units more than its
base and the altitude of the other triangle is 3 units less than its base. Find the
altitudes, if the areas of the triangles differ by 21 square units.
a. 6 and 12
b. 3 and 9
c. 5 and 11
d. 4 and 10
34. A ship started sailing S42035W at the rate of 5kph. After 2 hours, ship B started at the
same point going N 46020W at the rate of 7KPH. After how many hours will the
second ship be exactly north of ship A?
a. 6.38
b. 4.03
c. 5.12
d. 4.83
35. An earolift airplane can fly at airspeed of 300mph. If there is wind blowing towards
the cast at the 50mph, what should be the planes compass heading in order for its
course be 300? What will be the planes ground speed if it flies in this course?
a. 19.70, 307.4 mph
b. 20.1 0, 309.4 mph
c. 21.70, 321.8 mph
d. 22.30, 319.2 mph
36. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 300. He walks 85m
nearer the tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 600. What is the height of the
tower?
a. 76.31 m
b. 73.31 m
c. 73.16 m
d. 73.61 m

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37. A pole cast a shadow 15m long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61. If the
pole is leaned 150 from the vertical directly towards the sun, determine the length of
the pole.
a. 54.23 m
b. 48.23 m
c. 42.44 m
d. 46.21 m
38. A wire supporting a pole is fastened to it 20ft from the ground and to the ground 15ft
from the pole. Determine the length of the wire and the angle it makes with the
pole.
a. 24ft, 53.170
b. 24ft, 36.870
c. 25ft, 53.130
d. 25ft, 36.870
39. The angle of elevation of the top of tower B from the top of tower A is 280 and the
angle of elevation of the top of tower A from the base of tower B is 460. The two
towers lie in the same horizontal plane. If the height of tower B is 120m, find the
heght of tower A.
a. 66.3 m
b. 79.3 m
c. 87.2 m
d. 90.7 m
40. Points A and Bare 100m 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
210 and 320 respectively. How far is A from the buildings in meters?
a. 259.28
b. 265.42
c. 271.64
d. 277.29

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41. The captain of a ship views the top of a lighthouse at angle of 600 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 0 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/s
b. 0.155 m/s
c. 0.169 m/s
d. 0.210 m/s
42. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower, He takes sights of the top of
the tower from A and B, which are 50ft apart, at the same elevation on a direct line
with the tower. The vertical angle at point A is 300 and at point B is 400. What is the
height of the tower?
a. 110.28 m
b. 92.54 m
c. 160.286 m
d. 60.286 m
43. An ETISALAT tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The angle of depression
of the top and bottom of the monument viewed from the top of the tower is 130 and
350 respectively. The height of the tower is 50m. Find the height of the monument.
a. 29.13 m
b. 30.11 m
c. 32.12 m
d. 33.51 m
44. A right spherical triangle has an angle C= 900, a = 500, and c = 800. Find the side b.
a. 45.330
b. 78.660
c. 74.330
d. 75.890
45. Solve for angle A in the spherical triangle ABC, given a = 106025 and c = 42016 and
B = 114053.
a. 45054
b. 80042
c. 97009
d. 72043