8-A

Group: 8
Name: ___________________
___________________
Course/Year/Block: BSCE 5B
Date of Exam: November 12, 2018
I.L.O: To be able to solve and understand the
topic.
Instruction: Solve the ff. questions and present a
organize solution.
PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY
PRELIM QUIZ NO. 1
Questionnaire
1. Sin (B-A) is equal to __, when B=270° and A is an acute
angle.
2. If sec2A is 5/2, the quantity 1-sin2A is equivalent to?
3. Solve for a in the following equation: Sin2a = cosa
4. If sin 3A = cos6B, then A+2B is?
5. Solve for G is csc(11G-16°) = sec(5G + 26°).
6. Find the value of sin (arc cos 15/17)
7. If tan x = ½, tan y = 1/3, what is the value of tan (x+y)?
8. Simplify the equation sin2A (1+cot2A).
9. Solve for x in the given equation:
Arc tan (2x) + arc tan (x) = π/4
10. Solve for A for the given equation cos2A = 1-cos2A
11. If sin A = 2.511x, cos A = 3.06x and sin 2A = 3.939x.
Find the value of x?
12. A man standing on a 48.5m building high, has an eyesight
height of 1.5m from the top of the building, took a depression
reading from the top of another nearby building and nearest
wall, which are 50° and 80° respectively. Find the height of the
nearby building in meters. The man is standing at the edge of
the building and both building lie on the same horizontal plane.
13. 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.
14. An aerolift airplane can fly at an airspeed of 300mph. If
there is a wind blowing towards the cast at 50mph, what should
be the plane’s compass heading in order for its course to be
30°? What will be the plane’s ground speed if it flies in this
course?
15. 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.
16. If Greenwich mean time (GMT) is 6am, what is the time at the
place located 30° East longitude?
17. If the longitude of Tokyo is 139°E and that of Manila is
121°E, what is the time difference between Tokyo and Manila?
18. One degree on the equator of the Earth is equivalent to?
19. A spherical triangle ABC has an angle C=90° and sides a=50°
and c=80°. Find the value of “b” in degrees.
20. Solve the remaining side of the spherical triangle whose
given parts are A=B=80° and a=b=89°.
21. Solve for the side b of a right spherical triangle ABC whose
parts are a=46°, c=75° and C=90°.
22. The sine of a certain angle is 0.6, calculate the cotangent
of the angle.
23. If sec 2A = 1/sin 13A, determine the angle A in degrees.
24. Find the value of y in the given: y = (1+cos2A)tan A.
25. Find the value of:
sin 𝐴+cos 𝐴 tan 𝐴
cos 𝐴
26. Simplify the expression sec A – (sec A) sin2A.
27. Arc tan [2cos (arc sin [(31/2)/2]) is equal to?
28. Evaluate arc cot [2cos (arc sin 1/2)].
29. Solve for x in the equation:
Arc tan (x+1) + arc tan (x-1) = arc tan (12).
30. Solve for the value of “A” when sin A = 3.5x and cos A =
5.5x