Precal2 Trigonometry Reviewer
Precal2 Trigonometry Reviewer
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4. Find the exact value of cos−1 (− 2
)
5𝜋 3𝜋 3𝜋 𝜋
A. 4
B. 4
C. − 4
D. − 4
𝜋
5. Evaluate: 𝐴𝑟𝑐𝑠𝑒𝑐 (𝑐𝑠𝑐 ( 5 ) )
A. 39° B. 54° C. 41° D. 62°
5
6. Evaluate: 𝑠𝑒𝑐 (𝐴𝑟𝑐𝑐𝑠𝑐 (− 2) )
5√29 2√29 2√21 5√21
A. − 29
B. 29
C. − 21
D. 21
7𝜋
8. What is the value of sec −1 (sec ( 4 ))?
7𝜋 7𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
A. 4
B. − 4
C. − 4 D. 4
3
9. What is the value of tan (tan−1(3) + cos −1 (− 5))?
13 13 1 1
A. − B. C. − D.
9 9 3 3
25 1
10. Evaluate the expression cos (csc −1 ( ) − cot−1(− ))
24 2
11√5 41√5 7 38√5
A. − 25
B. 125
C. 25 D. − 125
1
11. Evaluate the expression csc (2 cos −1 (3))
9√2 4√2 √6
A. 8
B. 9
C. 2
D. √3
12. Given the right ΔABC, where A = 28°, and b = 3.2 cm, what is the measure of ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐶.
A. 2.83 m B. 6.02m C. 1.50 m D. 1.70 cm
13. Given a right triangle RST with the right angle at R, find side r if ∠𝑆 = 43.80 , 𝑠 = 2.11 units.
A. 3.05 units B. 2.19 units C. 4.19 units D. 2.92 units
14. Given a right triangle RST with the right angle at S, find ∠𝑅 if, 𝑠 = 6.02 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡 = 4.31 𝑐𝑚 .
A. 45.720 B. 35.600 C. 54.400 D. 44.280
15. Given a right triangle MNP with the right angle at N, find side n if 𝑚 = 4.5 𝑐𝑚, 𝑝 = 3.4 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠.
A. 2.95 units B. 5.64 units C. 6.59 units D. 4.81 units
16. If angles A and B and side b are given, which of the following must be used to find side a?
𝑏 𝑐
A. = C. a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐵 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐶
𝑎 𝑏
B. = D. a2 = b2 + c2 + 2bc cos A
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐵
17. In △ABC, C = 1150, B = 300 and a = 30cm. Find the length of side b.
A. 47.4cm B. 30cm C. 26.2 cm D. 69.2cm
20. If the lengths of two sides of a triangle are a=32 m and b=10 m and the angle included by a and
b is 49°, find the length of the third side.
A. 26.5 m B. 70.4 m C. 39.2 m D. 53 m
𝜋
22. Solve for the trigonometric equation 2 cos (𝑥 + 3 ) = √2 where −𝜋 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 𝜋.
A. 7𝜋/12, −𝜋/12 B. 𝜋/4, −𝜋/4 C. −7𝜋/12, −𝜋/12 D. −𝜋/12, 17𝜋/12
23. Find the general solution of the trigonometric equation 4 cos2 𝜃 − 18 cos 𝜃 + 8 = 0. (𝑘 is an
integer).
𝜋 𝜋 2𝜋 5𝜋
A. ± 3 ± 2𝜋𝑘 B. ± 6 ± 2𝜋𝑘 C. ± 3 ± 2𝜋𝑘 D. ± 6 ± 2𝜋𝑘
24. Which of the following is not a solution for the equation 3 sec 2 𝜃 + (3 − √3) tan 𝜃 − (3 + √3) = 0
for 0 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 2𝜋?
𝜋 7𝜋 3𝜋 5𝜋
A. B. C. D.
6 6 4 4
1. Sofie and Ava are staring up at a hot air balloon. Sofie is directly east of the hot air balloon and
Ava is directly west. The angle of elevation from Sofie to the hot air balloon is 28°. The angle of
elevation from Ava to the hot air balloon is 23°. Sofie and Ava are 780 feet apart. Find the height
of the hot air balloon above the ground. Round to two decimal places as necessary.