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Problem Set (Circular and Trigonometric Functions)

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Instruction: Answer the following problems. Write your answers/solutions legibly on a clean
sheet of short bond paper and box/encircle your final answer (maximum of 4 questions per
page). Scan and compress it into one file (.pdf or .docx format only!). Download and use the
cover page template provided.

1. Find the length of an arc that subtends a central angle of 60 in a circle of radius
25 m.

Please give the answer to two decimal places.

__________ m
2. Find the area of the sector shown in the figure.

Please give the answer to two decimal places.

3. Find the radius of the circle if the area of the sector is 10.

Please give the answer to two decimal places.

r = __________
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4. A sector of a circle of radius 22 mi has an area of 484 mi . Find the central angle
of the sector.

Please give the answer to one decimal place.

__________ 

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5. Find the side labeled x. State your answer correct to five decimal places.

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x = __________
6. Find x correct to one decimal place.

x = __________
7. A 21-ft ladder leans against a building so that the angle between the ground and
the ladder is 68.

How high does the ladder reach on the building? Please round the answer to the
nearest foot.

__________ ft
8. Use the Law of Sines to find the indicated angle  . Please round the answer to the
nearest tenth.

 = __________ 

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9. Use the Law of Sines to find the indicated side x. Please round the answer to the
nearest tenth.

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x » __________
10. For the triangle shown, find the length AD. Please round the answer to the nearest
hundredth.

AD = __________
11. Points A and B are separated by a lake. To find the distance between them, a
surveyor locates a point C on land such that CAB  48.8. He also measures CA
as 318 ft and CB as 523 ft. Find the distance between A and B. Please round the
answer to the nearest tenth.

__________ ft
12. A short-wave radio antenna is supported by two guy wires, 155 ft and 175 ft long.
Each wire is attached to the top of the antenna and anchored to the ground, at
two anchor points on opposite sides of the antenna. The shorter wire makes an
angle of 63 with the ground. How far apart are the anchor points? Please round
the answer to the nearest tenth.

__________ ft
13. A tree on a hillside casts a shadow 219 ft down the hill. If the angle of inclination
of the hillside is 23 to the horizontal and the angle of elevation of the sun is 54 ,
find the height of the tree. Please round the answer to the nearest integer.

__________ ft

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14. Find the area of the triangle whose sides have the given lengths.

a = 4, b = 13, c =15

A = __________
15. A pilot flies in a straight path for 2 h 30 min. She then makes a course correction,
heading 7 to the right of her original course, and flies 3 h in the new direction. If
she maintains a constant speed of 695 mi/h, how far is she from her starting
position? Please round the answer to the nearest integer.

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__________ mi
16. A steep mountain is inclined 79  to the horizontal and rises 3100 ft above the
surrounding plain. A cable car is to be installed from a point 900 ft from the base
to the top of the mountain, as shown. Find the shortest length of cable needed.
Please round the answer to the nearest integer.

__________ ft
17. Land in downtown Columbia is valued at $10 a square foot. What is the value of a
triangular lot with sides of lengths 119, 147, and 190 ft? Please round the answer to
the nearest dollar.
18. Use the addition and subtraction formulas to simplify the expression.

ÊÁ ˆ˜ ÊÁ ˆ˜
cos ÁÁÁÁ x   ˜˜˜˜  sin ÁÁÁÁ x   ˜˜˜˜
Ë 3¯ Ë 6¯

19. Use sum-to-product formulas to simplify.

sin130  sin110 

–sin ÊÁË _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _  ˆ˜¯

20. Let 3x   and let y  cos x. Use the Triple-Angle Formula to simplify the expression.
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8y 3  6y  3

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21. Find the radian measures of the angles with the given degree measures.

Please give the answers to three decimal places.

(a) 72

__________ rad

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(b) 150

__________ rad
22. Find the degree measure of the angle with the given radian measure.

(a) 11
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__________ 

(b)  
3
4

__________ 
23. Find an angle between 0 and 2 that is coterminal with the given angle.

93
24. Find the exact values of the six trigonometric ratios of the angle  in the
triangle.Enter your answer as a fraction.

(a) Find sin

(b) Find cos

(c) Find tan

(d) Find csc

(e) Find sec

(f) Find cot

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25. Solve the right triangle.

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(a) Find a. Please give the answer to two decimal places.

(b) Find b. Please give the answer to two decimal places.

(c) Find B. Give your answer in radians.

26. A laser beam is to be directed toward the center of the moon, but the beam
strays 0.55 from its intended path.

(a) How far has the beam diverged from its assigned target when it reaches the
moon? (The distance from the earth to the moon is 240000 mi). Please round the
answer to the nearest hundred of miles.

__________ mi

(b) The radius of the moon is about 1000 mi. Will the beam strike the moon?
27. Write the first trigonometric function in terms of the second for  in the given
quadrant.

tan , cos ;  in quadrant II

28. Write the first trigonometric function in terms of the second for  in the given
quadrant.

cot , sin ;  in quadrant II

29. A rectangular beam is to be cut from a cylindrical log of diameter 70 cm. The
figures show different ways this can be done.

(a) Express the cross-sectional area of the beam as a function of the angle  in
the figures.

(b) Use a graphical calculator to Graph the function you found in part (a) to Find
the dimensions of the beam with largest cross-sectional area. Please give the
answer to two decimal places.

depth = __________ cm width = __________ cm

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30. Use the Law of Sines to solve for all possible triangles that satisfy the given
conditions. Please round the answer to the nearest integer.

a = 22,, b = 18, A  110

31. Airport B is 300 mi from airport A at a bearing N 60 E (see the figure).A pilot wishing
to fly from A to B mistakenly flies due east at 200 mi/h for 30 minutes, when he
notices his error.

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(a) How far is the pilot from his destination at the time he notices the error? Please
round the answer to the nearest tenth.

__________ mi

(b) What bearing should he head his plane in order to arrive at airport B? Please
round the answer to the nearest integer.

N __________  E
32. The point P is on the unit circle. Find P(x,y) from the given information.

The y-coordinate of P is 10 and the x-coordinate is negative.

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33. Find the terminal point P(x, y) on the unit circle determined by the given value of
t  4 .
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34. Find the terminal point P(x,y) on the unit circle determined by the given value of
t  5 .
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35. Use the figure to find the terminal point determined by the real number t, with
coordinates correct to one decimal place.

t = 3.1

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P ( __________, __________ )
36. Simplify completely the trigonometric expression.

cos x
sec x  tanx
37. Simplify completely the trigonometric expression.

sinusec u
cot u
38. Simplify completely the trigonometric expression.

sina  cot(a)cos(a)
39. Simplify completely the trigonometric expression.

(csc x  cot x)(cos x  1)

40. Simplify completely the trigonometric expression.

1  sinx  cos x
cos x 1  sinx
41. Simplify completely the trigonometric expression.

cos 3 x  sin 3 x
sinx  cos x
42. Simplify completely the trigonometric expression.

tanx  tany
cot x  cot y

43. Use the addition and subtraction formulas to simplify the expression.

tan(x  )

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44. Use the addition and subtraction formulas to simplify the expression.

cos(x  y)cos(x  y)
45. Use an appropriate half-angle formula to find the exact value of the expression.

cot 
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46. Write the sum as a product.

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sin2x  sin7x
47. Write the sum as a product.

sin3x  sin4x
48. Find the value of the product.

3sin37.5 cos 7.5