Name: _____________________________________________ C. -135 degrees D.

-390 degrees

Practice Problems (Algebra)

14. It is an angular unit that is equal to 1/6400 of four right angles.
1. From a point outside an equilateral triangle, the distances of the A. mil B. grade
vertices are 10 m, 18 m and 10 m respectively. Find the side of the C. radian D. rpm
triangle.
A. 19.94 m B. 20.94 m 15. If the value of sin A is a negative fraction, then angle A
C. 21.94 m D. 22.94 m terminates in
A. quadrants II and III C. quadrants III and IV
2. In a triangle ABC, AB is 8 units, BC is 11 units, and AC is 19 units. B. quadrants I and III D. quadrants II and IV
AB and BC are perpendicular to each other. Find the area of the
triangle. 16. The secant is the co-function of
a. 44 b. 76 A. sine B. cosine
c. 104.5 d. 0 C. cotangent D. cosecant

3. Two observers 100m apart and facing each other on a 17. In what quadrant will angle A terminate if sec A is positive and
horizontal plane, observer at the same time the angles of elevation csc A is negative.
of a balloon in their vertical to be 58° and 44°. Find the height of A. I B. II
the balloon. C. III D. IV
A. 60.23 m B. 59.34 m
C. 61.31 m D. 58.75 m 18. Which of the following relations is not true ?
A. sinx = (tanx/secx) C. cotx = cscx cosx
4. The angles of a triangle are 35020’, 65036’ and 79004’. If its area B. (cotx/cscx) = (sinx/tanx) D. (secx/tanx) = (cosx/cotx)
is 1,200 m2, what is the perimeter?
a. 168.3 b. 78.8 19. The coreference angle of any angle A is the positive acute
c. 145.6 d. 155.6 angle determined by the terminal side of A and the y-axis. What is
the coreference angle of 290 degrees ?
5. If (6-x), (13-x), and (14-x) are the lengths of the sides of a right A. 70 degrees B. 50 degrees
triangle, find the area of the triangle. C. 30 degrees D. 20 degrees
A. 78 sq. u B. 30 sq. u
C. 32.5 sq. u D. 60 sq. u 20. A measure of 3200 mils is equal to
A. 90 deg B. 45 deg
6. In what quadrants will theta be terminated if cos theta is C. 180 deg D. 120 deg
negative?
A. 1, 4 B. 2, 3 21. The value of vers θ is equal to
C. 1, 3 D. 2, 4 A. 1 – cosθ B. 1 - sinθ
C. 1 + cosθ D. 1 +sinθ
7. A tree 120 ft tall casts a shadow 120 ft long. Find the angle of
elevation of the sun in radian. 22. To find the interior angles of a triangle whose sides are given,
A. pi/2 B. pi/4 use the law of
C. pi/3 D. pi/6 A. sine B. cosine
C. tangent D. secant
8. A railroad track makes an angle of 11.8° with the horizontal.
How far must the train go up the track for it to gain 30 m in altitude? 23. Which of the following relations is true for any angle θ ?
A. 146.7 m B. 132.8 m A. sin(-θ) = sin θ C. tan(-θ) = tan θ
C. 204.7 m D. 88.56 m B. sec(-θ) = sec θ D. csc(-θ) = csc θ

9. When the sun is 30° above the horizon, how long is the shadow 24. Coversine A is equal to
cast by a building 50 m high? A. 1 - cosA C. 1 + cosA
A. 86.6 m B. 28.87 m B. 1 - sin A D. 1 + sin A
C. 100 m D. 57.74 m
25. If sinx cosx + sin 2x = 1, what are the values of x?
10. The angle between 90 degrees and 180 degrees has A. 32.2 deg, 69.3 deg B. -20.67 deg, 69.3 deg
A. negative cotangent and cosecant C. 20.9 deg, 69.1 deg D. -32.2 deg, 69.3 deg
B. negative sine and tangent
C. negative secant and tangent 26. How many possible triangles can be formed in angle A = 126
D. negative sine and cosine deg and sides a = 20 cm and b = 25 cm?
A. 1 solution B. 2 solutions
11. It is defined as the angle subtended by a circular arc whose C. no solution D. infinite
length is equal to the radius of the circle.
A. mil B. radian 27. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevation of its top
C. degree D. grade changes from 20 deg to 40 deg as the observer advances 23
meters toward the base.
12. In what quadrant does an angle terminate if its cosine and A. 14.78 m B. 13.78 m
tangent are both negative? C. 15.78 m D. 16.78 m
A. first B. second
C. third D. fourth 28. An equilateral triangle is circumscribed in a circle of radius 10
cm. Find the length of each side of the triangle.
13. Which of the following angles in standard position is a A. 34.69 cm B. 32.09 cm
quadrantal angle ? C. 37.05 cm D. 36.07 cm
A. 540 degrees B. 480 degrees
29. The terminal side of -1,500 degrees will lie in quadrant B. 2x + 3y = 45 degrees D. 6y - 4x = 90 degrees
A. one B. two
C. three D. four 47. If the tangent of an angle x is 3/4, find the value of the cosine
of 2x.
30. An angle in standard position and whose terminal side falls A. 0.60 B. 0.28
along one of the coordinate axes is called a C. 0.8 D. 0.38
A. reference angle C. quadrantal angle
B. vertical angle D. central angle 48. Find the angle which a 9-m ladder will make with the ground if
it is leaned against a
31. If an angle is in the standard position and its measure is 215 window still 6m high.
degrees, the its reference angle is A. 21.8 degrees C. 41.8 degrees
A. 25 degrees B. 30 degrees B. 31.8 degrees D. 51.8 degrees
C. 35 degrees D. 40 degrees
49. A tree 30 m long casts a shadow 36 m long. Find the angle of
32. If cos 3A + sin A = 0, find the value of A. elevation of the sun.
A. 30 degrees B. 45 degrees A. 39.41 degrees C. 39.81 degrees
C. 60 degrees D. 90 degrees B. 39.51 degrees D. 39.61 degrees

33. If tan A = 2 and tan B = 1/2, find A + B. 50. Which of the following is true ?
A. 90 degrees B. 30 degrees A. tan(180 degrees + θ) = - tanθ
C. 45 degrees D. 60 degrees B. tan(180 degrees - θ) = -tan θ
C. tan(90 degrees + θ) = -tanθ
34. If sin x = 5/13 , find sin 2x. D. tan(270 degrees - θ) = - tanθ
A. 120/169 B. 25/169
C. 10/13 D. 12/13 51. If sin²x + y = m and cos²x + y = n, find y.
A. (m + n + 1)/2 B. (m + n – 1)/2
35. If cot θ = square root of 3 and cos θ < 0, find csc θ. C. (m+n)/2 – 1 D. (m+n)/2 +1
A. 2 B. -2
C. 1/2 D. -1/2 52. Evaluate ( sin 0° + sin 1° + sin 2° + … + sin 90°) / ( cos 0° + cos
1° + cos 2° + … + cos 90°)
36. If sin A = -5/13 and A in quadrant III, find cot A.
A. 0 B. 1
A. 12/5 B. -12/5
C. 2 D. 3
C. 5/12 D. -5/12

37. Find the value of sin(Arccos 15/17). 53. If the supplement of an angle θ is 5/2 of its complement. Find
A. 8/9 B. 8/2 the value of θ.
C. 17/19 D. 8/17 A. 30° B. 25°
C. 20° D. 15°
38. If sin 3A = cos 6B, then
A. A - 2B = 90 degrees B. A + 2B = 90 degrees 54. A pole which leans to the sun by 10° 15’ from the vertical casts
C. A + B = 180 degrees D. A + 2B = 30 degrees a shadow of 9.43 m on the level ground when the angle of
elevation of the sun is 54°50’. The length of the pole is
39. If the product of cot 2θand cot 68 degrees is equal to unity, A. 15.3 m B. 16.3 m
find θ. C. 17.3 m D. 18.3 m
A. 13 degrees B. 12 degrees
C. 11 degrees D. 10 degrees 58. From the top of a lighthouse 37 m above sea level, the angle of
depression of a boat is 15°. How far is the boat from the
40. Sec A - cos A is identically equal to lighthouse?
A. sin A cot A B. cos A tan A A. 138.1 m B. 137.2 m
C. sin A tan A D. cos A cot A C. 136.3 m D. 135.4 m

41. Simplify ( sin θ/ 1 - cos θ) - ( 1 + cos θ/ sin θ) 59. The angles B and C of a triangle ABC are 50°30’ and 122°09’
A. sin²θ B. cos²θ respectively and BC = 9,
C. 1 D. 0 find the length of AB.
A. 57.36 B. 58.46
42. If tan x = 1/2 and tan y = 1/3, find tan (x + y). C. 59.56 D. 60.66
A. 1 B. 2/3
C. 2 D. ½ 60. At a certain instant, a lighthouse is 4 miles north of a ship
which is traveling directly east. If after 10 minutes, the bearing of
43. If sin 40 degrees + sin 20 degrees = sin θ, find the value of θ. the lighthouse is found to be North 21 degree 15 minutes West,
A. 20 degrees B. 60 degrees find the speed of the ship in miles per hour.
C. 80 degrees D.120 degrees A. 11.3 mph B. 10.3 mph
C. 9.3 mph D. 8.3 mph
44. The angle that is equal to one half of its supplement is
A. 60 degrees B. 90 degrees 61. Two buildings with flat roofs are 15 m apart. From the edge of
C. 80 degrees D. 45 degrees the roof of the lower building, the angle of elevation of the edge of
the roof of the taller building is 32°. How high is the taller building
45. Simplify cos^4 x- sin^4 x if the lower building is 18 m high?
A. cos 4x B. sin 4x A. 26.4 m B. 27.4 m
C. sin 2x D. cos 2x C. 28.4 m D. 29.4 m

46. If tan 4x = cot 6y, then 62. If two sides of a triangle are each equal to 8 units and the
A. 2x - 3y = 45 degrees C. 4x - 6y = 90 degrees included angle is 70°, find the
third side. 74. On the top of a cliff, the farthest distance that can be seen on
A. 6.15 B. 7.16 the surface of the earth is 60 miles. How high is the cliff if the
C. 8.17 D. 9.18 radius of the earth is taken to be 4000 miles ?
A. 0.41 mi B. 0.43 mi
63. A tower 28.65 m high is situated on the bank of a river. The C. 0.45 mi D. 0.47 mi
angle of depression of an object on the opposite bank of the river
is 25°20’. Find the width of the river. 75. Two towers are of equal height. At a point P on level ground
between them, the angle of elevation of the top of the nearer tower
A. 62.50 m B. 60.52 m is 60° and at a point M 24 meters directly away from point P, the
C. 65.20 m D. 63.25 m angle of elevation of the top of the nearer tower is 45°. How high is
each tower ?
64. Two cars start at the same time from the same station and
move along straight roads that form an angle of 30°, one car at the A. 20.8 m B. 19.8 m
rate of 30 kph and the other at the rate of 40 kph. How far apart C. 18.8 m D. 17.8 m
are the cars at the end of half an hour ?
A. 10.17 km B. 10.27 km 76. A quadrilateral ABCD has its side AB perpendicular to side BC
C. 10.37 km D. 10.47 km at B and its side AD perpendicular to side CD at D. If angle BAD
equals 60°, AB = 10 m and AD = 12 m, find the distance (diagonal)
65. The bearing of B from A is N20°E, the bearing of C from B is from A to C.
S30°E and the bearing of A from C is S40°W. If AB = 10, find the A. 11.96 m B. 12.86 m
area of triangle ABC. C. 13.76 m D. 14.66 m
A. 14.95 B. 13.94
C. 12.93 D. 11.92 77. Two points A and B, 150 m apart lie on the same side of a
tower on a hill and in a horizontal line passing directly under the
66. Two ships start from the same point, one going south and the tower. The angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the tower
other North 28° East. If the speed of the first ship is 12 kph and the viewed from B are 42° and 34° respectively and at A, the angle of
second ship is 16 kph, find the distance between them after 45 elevation of the bottom is 10°. Find the height of the tower.
minutes. A. 7.3 m B. 8.3 m
A. 17.3 km B. 18.5 km C. 9.3 m D. 10.3 m
C. 19.2 km D. 20.4 km
78. From the top of a tower 18 m high, the angles of depression of
67. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevation of its top two objects situated in the horizontal line with the base of the
changes from 20° to 40° as the observer advances 23m toward its tower and on the same side, are 30 and 45 degrees. Find the
base. distance between the two objects.
A. 138.5 m B. 148.5 m A. 13.18 m B. 13.28 m
C. 158.5 m D. 159.5 m C. 13.38 m D. 13.48 m

68. Three times the sine of an angle is equal to twice the square of 79. A pole stands on a plane which makes an angle of 15° with the
the cosine of the same angle. Find the angle. horizontal. A wire from the
A. 20° B. 25° top of the pole is anchored on a point 8 m from the foot of the pole.
C. 30° D. 35° If the angle between the wire and the plane is 30 degrees, find the
length of the wire.
69. If A + B = 180°, then which of the following is true ? A. 10.93 m B. 11.93 m
(1) sin A = sin B (2) cos A = cos B (3) tan A C. 12.93 m D. 13.93 m
= tan B
A. (1) only B. (2) only 80. A tower standing on level ground is due north of point A and
C. (3) only D. all of them due east of point B. At A and B, the angles of elevation of the top
of the tower are 60° and 45° respectively. If AB = 20 , find the
70. Solve for x if Arctan ( 1 – x ) + Arctan ( 1 + x ) = Arctan ( 1/8 ). height of the tower.
A. 2 B. 4 A. 18.32 m B. 17.32 m
C. 6 D. 3 C. 16.32 m D. 15.32 m

71. Stations A and B are 1000 m apart on a straight road running 81. On a circle of radius 30 in, the length of the arc intercepted
from eat to west. From A, the bearing of a tower at C is 32° west of by a central angle of 5 rad is
north and from B, the bearing of C is 26° north of east. Find the
shortest distance of the tower at C from the road.
82. For a circle of radius 30 in, the area of a sector intercepted
A. 243.92 m B. 253.92 m
by a central angle of 1/3 rad is
C. 263.92 m D. 273.92 m

83. A bicycle with 20-in wheels is traveling down a road at 15

72 . A tree stands vertically on a hillside which makes an angle of
22° with the horizontal. From a point 60 ft down the hill directly mi/h. Find the angular velocity of the wheel in revolutions per
from the base of the tree, the angle of elevation of the top of the minute.
tree is 55°. How high is the tree ?
A. 56.97 ft B. 57.96 ft 84. The minute hand of a clock is 12 cm long. How far does the
C. 59.76 ft D. 57.69 ft tip of the hand move during 20 min?

73. The angle of triangle ABC are in the ratio 5:10:21 and the side 85. A railroad curve is to be laid out on a circle. What radius
opposite the smallest angle is 5. Find the side opposite the largest should be used if the track is to change direction by 25" in a
angle. distance of 120 m?
A. 13.41 B. 14.31
C. 13.14 D. 11.43 86. In what quadrant will θ terminate, if sin θ and cos θ are
both negative?
87. Find sin θ, given cos θ = -4/5 and that tan θ is positive.

88. A support wire is anchored 12 m up from the base of a

flagpole and the wire makes a 15° angle with the ground. How
long is the wire?

89. When the sun is 20° above the horizon, how long is the
shadow cast by a building 50 m high?

90. A tree 100 ft tall casts a shadow 120 ft long. Find the angle
of elevation of the sun.

91. From the top of a lighthouse, 120 m above the sea, the
angle of depression of a boat is 15°. How far is the boat from
the lighthouse?

92. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevation of its top
changes from 20° to 40° as the observer advances 75 ft
toward its base.

93. Find the perimeter of an isosceles triangle whose base is

40 cm and whose base angle is 70°.

94. Find the perimeter of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle

of radius 150 cm.

95. A rectangle is 48 cm long and 34 cm wide. What is the

angle the diagonal makes with the longer side?

96. A railroad track makes an angle of 4.8° with the horizontal.

How far must the train go up the track for it to gain 30 m in
altitude?

97. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 3473 and 4822

ft, respectively, and the angle between them is 72.23°. Find the
length of the longer diagonal.

98. Find the area of triangle ABC, given c = 23 cm, A = 20°, and
C = 15°.

99. Find the area of an isosceles triangle with a base of 19.2 in

and base angles of 23°10' each.

100. To find the area of a triangular lot, the owner starts at one
corner and walks due east 215 m to a second corner. After
turning through an angle of 78.4°, the owner walks 314 m to
the third corner. What is the area of the lot?