MAGNIFIED REVIEW for MECHANICAL ENGINEERS – BUTUAN CITY MATHEMATICS

PLANE TRIGONOMETRY 12. A pole cast a shadow 15 m long when the angle
of elevation of the sun is 61°. If the pole is leaned
1. Which of the following is equal to 100 grads ? 15° from the vertical directly towards the sun,
A. 1.5 pi radians C. 1500 mils determine the length of the pole.
B. 1/2 revolutions D. 90 deg A. 23.45 m C. 54.23 m
B. 15.67 m D. 34.56 m
2. If the supplement of an angle θ is 5/2 of its
complement, find the value of θ ? 13. Find the area of a circle circumscribing an
A. 30 deg. C. 45 deg. equilateral triangle having each side measuring 10
B. 90 deg. D. 15 deg. cm.
A. 112.5 C. 104.7
3. A certain angle has an explement 5 times the B. 157.5 D. 120.8
supplement. Find the angle.
A. 115 deg C. 135 deg 14. Find the area of the largest circular garden which
B. 125 D. 125 deg can be made from a triangular lot measuring 5, 7,
and 10 m respectively.
Inverse Trigonometric FORMULA A. 4.67 C. 6.85
Functions B. 3.56 D. 4.34
Versed sinθ Versed sinθ = 1 – cosθ
Coversed sinθ Coversed sin θ = 1 – sinθ 15. Determine the sum of the angles of the vertices of
Exsecantθ Exsecantθ = secθ – 1 a regular 5 – pointed star inscribed in a circle.
A. 150 deg C. 180 deg
4. If coversed sin θ = 0.134, find the value of θ? B. 160 deg D. 120 deg
A. 60 deg C. 55 deg
B. 70 deg D. 45 deg 16. An oblique triangle is inscribed in a circle. If one
side of the triangle has a length of 5 cm and the
5. A ship started sailing S 42ᵒ35’ W at the rate of 5 angle subtended by the side is 15°, determine the
kph. After 2 hours, ship B started at the same port area of the circle.
going N 46ᵒ20’ W at the rate of 7 kph. After how A. 293.12 m2 C. 213.43 m2
2
many hours will the second ship be exactly north B. 160.57 m D. 123.43 m2
of ship A?
PRACTICE PROBLEMS
6. At certain point, the angle of elevation of the top of
a flagpole, which stands on level ground is 35 deg. Solve the following problems.
Seventy-five feet nearer the pole, the angle of
elevation is 50 deg. How high is the pole ? 1. A parcel of land in the form of a triangle has sides
A. 112 ft C. 130 ft 312 m and 485 m long respectively. The included
B. 123 ft D. 127 ft angle is 81°30’. Find the area of the land.
A. 74,828.94 sq. m. *
7. A boat which can travel at the rate of 4 mph in still B. 80,543.02 sq.m.
water and pointed directly across a stream having C. 47,895.23 sq. m
a current of 3 mph. What will be the actual speed D. 34.,456.07sq.m.
of the boat ?
A. 5 C. 7 2. How many degrees is 4800 mils ?
B. 10 D. 8 A. 270 deg
B. 180 deg
C. 90 deg
8. Simplify + tan D. 215 deg
A. cscθ C. tan θ
B. secθ D. cot θ 3. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included
angle are 6, 10, and 100 degrees respectively, find
9. In which quadrant will angle A terminates if sec A the length of the shorter diagonal.
is positive and csc A is negative ? A. 10.63
A. I C. II B. 10.73 *
B. IV D. III C. 10.37
D. 10.23
10. If sin A = 3/5 and A is in the second quadrant
while cosine B = 7/25 and B is in the first quadrant, 4. If cot 2A cot 68° = 1, then tan A is equal to ____
find sin ( A + B ). A. 0.194 * C. 0.491
A. 0.936 C. 0.4 B. 0.419 D. 0.914
B. - 0.60 D. -0.82
5. A ladder 5 m long leans against the wall of an
11. An airplane having a speed of 120 miles an hour in apartment house forming an angle of 50 degrees,
still air is pointed in a direction 30 deg east of 32 minutes with the ground. How high up the wall
north. A wind having a velocity of 15 miles an hour does it reach?
is blowing from the northwest. Find the speed of A. 12.7 m C. 3.86 m *
the airplane relative to the ground. B. 10.5 m D. 1.55 m
A. 223 mph C. 117 mph
B. 175 mph D. 124 mph
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6. Find the value of x in the equation csc x + cot x =

A. 2sin cos * C. sin
3.
cos
A. /5 * C. /3
B. ½ sin D. 1 – sin2
B. /4 D. /2
19. What is the Cartesian logarithm of 402.9?
7. Simplify the equation: (sin B + cos B tan B)/cos B
A. 2.605 * C. 3.05
A. 2tan B * C. tan B cos B
B. 2.066 D. 3.60
B. tan B + cos B D. 2sin B
cos B
20. Given the three sides of the triangle: 2, 3, 4. What
is the angle in radians opposite the side with length
3?
8. If sec 2A = , determine the angle A in
A. 0.11 C. 0.55
degrees.
B. 0.41 D. 0.81 *
A. 5 deg C. 7 deg
B. 6 deg * D. 8 deg ---end---

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

A. 20.705 deg * C. 15.705 deg
B. 30.705 deg D. 35.705 deg

10. The angle or inclination of ascend of a road having

8.25% grade is _____
A. 4.72 * C. 5.12
B. 4.27 D. 1.86

11. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a

tower to be 30 degrees. He walks 85 m nearer the
tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 60
degrees. What is the height of the tower?
A. 76.31 m C. 73.16 m
B. 73.31 m D. 73.61 m *

12. 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 degrees W of N and
from B the of C is 26 degrees N of E. approximate
the shortest distance of tower C to the highway.
A. 364 m C. 384 m
B. 374 m * D. 394 m

13. Sin A cos B – cos A sin B is equivalent to:

A. Cos(A – B) C. tan(A – B)
B. Sin(A – B) * D. Cos(A – B)

14. In a triangle, find the side c if angle C = 100 deg,

side b = 20 and side a = 15.
A. 28 C. 26
B. 29 D. 27 *

15. 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 are 13 deg and 35 deg respectively.
The height of the tower is 50 m. Find the height of
the monument.
A. 33.51 m * C. 7.58 m
B. 47.3 m D. 30.57 m

16. Find the value of sin 920 deg

A. 0.243 C. 0.342
B. -0.243 D. -0.342 *

17. What is the interior angle of an octagon in radians?

A. 2.26 rad C. 2.8 rad
B. 2.36 rad * D. 2.75 rad

18. Sin 2 is equal to: