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16. If sin  = k, which of the following is not correct:
Find the length of hypotenuse c if a = 12 and b = 9.
A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
A. cos  =
One side of a rectangle, inscribed in a circle of diameter 17 cm is 8 cm.
Find the area of the rectangle.
A. 136 cm² B. 120 cm² C. 142 cm² D. 150 cm²
1 − k2
B. sec  = 1/
k2 − 1
C. tan  = k/ 1 − k 2
D. csc  = 1/k
17. If cos  = 1/3t, find cot .
A.
In a right triangle, the hypotenuse has length 20 and the ratio of the
two arms is 3:4. Find the longer arm.
A. 12
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
9t 2 − 1
B. 1/ 9t 2 − 1 C.
1 − 9t 2
D. 1/ 1 − 9t 2
18. Solve the right triangle ABC in which A = 35°10’ and c = 72.5.
A. a = 59.3; b = 41.8
C. a = 48.1; b = 53.9
B. a = 41.8; b = 59.3
D. a = 53.9; b = 48.1
Find the length of the altitude to the base of an isosceles triangle if the
base is 8 and the equal sides are 12.
A. 6√2
B. 8√2
C. 10√2
D. 12√2
19. Solve for x from the following equation: sin(2x + 15) =
All units are in degrees.
A. 37.5
B. 17.5
The sides of a right triangle are in arithmetic progression whose
common difference if 6 cm. its area is:
A. 216 cm2 C. 360 cm2 B. 270 cm2 D. 144 cm2
C. 22.5
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D. 27.5
20. Find the value of x such that the tangent of angle (2x + 18) is equal to
the cotangent of the angle (4x - 12).
A. 16
B. 15
C. 13
D. 14
Find the distance d from the center of a circle of radius 17 to a chord
whose length is 30.
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
21. The base of an isosceles triangle is 20.4 cm and the base angles are
48°40’. Find the equal sides of the triangle.
A. 16.7 cm
B. 14.2 cm
C. 15.4 cm
D. 11.6 cm
Find the length of a common external tangent to two externally
tangent circles with radii 4 and 9.
A. 12.5
B. 11.5
C. 12
D. 13
22. A ladder leans against the side of a building with its foot 12 ft from the
building. How far from the ground is the top of the ladder and how
long is the ladder if it makes an angle of 70° with the ground?
A. 45 ft
B. 38 ft
C. 42 ft
D. 35 ft
A 50-foot supporting wire is to be attached to a 75-foot antenna.
Because of surrounding buildings, sidewalks, and roadways, the wire
must be anchored exactly 20 feet from the base of the antenna. How
high from the base of the antenna is the wire attached?
A. 11√22
B. 11√21
C. 10√22
D. 10√21
23. A tree broken over by the wind forms a right triangle with the ground.
If the broken part makes an angle of 50° with the ground and the top
of the tree is now 20 ft from its base, how tall was the tree?
A. 61 ft
B. 49 ft
C. 42 ft
D. 55 ft
A wire is needed to support a vertical pole 15 feet tall. The cable will
be anchored into a stake 8 feet from the base of the pole. How much
cable is needed?
A. 19.2 feet B. 20 feet
C. 17 feet
D. 22.5 feet
24. To find the width of a river, a surveyor set up his surveying equipment
at C on one bank and sighted across to a point B on the opposite bank;
then, turning through an angle of 90°, he laid off a distance CA = 225
m. Finally, setting the equipment at A, he measured ∠CAB as 48°20’.
Find the width of the river.
A. 325 m
B. 235 m
C. 253 m
D. 352 m
10. A man cycles 24 km due south and then 20 km due east. Another man,
starting at the same time as the first man, cycles 32 km due east and
then 7 km due south. Find the distance between the two men.
A. 21.69 km B. 17.65 km C. 23.45 km D. 20.81 km
25. When supporting a pole is fastened to it 20 feet from the ground 15
feet from the pole. Determine the angle it makes with the pole.
A. 53.13°
B. 36.87°
C. 53.13°
D. 36.87°
11. A spider and a fly are located at opposite vertices of a room of
dimensions 1, 2, and 3 units. Assuming that the fly is too terrified to
move, find the minimum distance the spider must crawl to reach the
fly.
A. √14 units B. √18 units C. √20 units D. √26 units
26. A rectangle is 48 cm long and 34 cm wide. What is the angle the
diagonal makes with the longer side?
A. 38°
B. 35°
C. 30°
D. 27°
12. In a room, 40 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 20 feet high, a bug sits on an
end wall at a point one foot from the other floor, midway between the
sidewalls. He decides to go on a journey to a point on the other end
wall which is one foot from the ceiling midway between the sidewalls.
Having no wings, the bug must make his trip by sticking to the
surfaces of the room. What is the shortest route that the bug can take?
A. 40
B. 46
C. 58
D. 62
27. A tree 100 ft tall casts a shadow 120 ft long. Find the angle of elevation
of the sun.
A. 40°
B. 35°
C. 45°
D. 30°
13. What is the longest 6’-wide shuffle board court which will fit in a 20’
× 30’ rectangular room?
A. 30 7/8 ft B. 28 7/8
C. 29 7/8
D. 27 7/8
29. 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.
A. 46.2 ft
B. 41.6 ft
C. 48.2 ft
D. 58.5 ft
14. An isosceles right triangle ABC has its right angle at B. A point inside
the triangle is 4 m from A, 3 m from B and 5 m from C. Determine its
hypotenuse AC.
A. 8.6 m
B. 6.1 m
C. 9.4 m
D. 12.3 m
30. A tower cast a 49-meter shadow when the angle of elevation of the
sun is 54. How long will its shadow be when the angle of elevation
of the sun is 32?
A. 84.35 m
B. 121.87 m C. 95.46 m
D. 107.93 m
15. A and B live at two opposite corners of a square lot. C and D live at the
other two corners. They all carry water from a spring located within
the lot, which is 5 rods from A; 4 rods from B; 3 rods from C. How far
must D carry water?
A. 4.243 rods B. 5.657 rods C. 4.432 rods D. 5.576 rods
31. From point A on level ground, the angles of elevation of the top D and
bottom B of a flagpole situated on the top of a hill are measured as 47°
54’ and 39° 45’. Find the height of the hill if the height of the flagpole
is 115.5 ft.
A. 334.28
B. 349.28
C. 394.28
D. 344.28
28. 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?
A. 455 m
B. 448 m
C. 460 m
D. 472 m
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32. Two buildings with flat roofs are 60 m apart. From the roof of the
shorter building, 40 m in height, the angle of elevation to the edge of
the roof of the taller building is 40. How high is the taller building?
A. 90 m
B. 95 m
C. 86 m
D. 84 m
33. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30°. He
walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 60°.
What is the height of the tower?
A. 76.31 m
B. 73.31 m
C. 73.16 m
D. 73.61 m
44. Solve the triangle ABC, given a = 38.1, A = 46.5°, and C = 74.3°. Which
of the following gives the length of side b.
A. 42.6
B. 51.6
C. 48.6
D. 57.6
45. Solve the triangle ABC, given b = 282.7, A = 111.72°, and C = 24.43°.
Determine the perimeter of the triangle.
A. 830.6
B. 835.1
C. 871.1
D. 866.6
46. Solve the triangle ABC, given b = 67.25, c = 56.92, and B = 65.27°.
Determine the measure of angle C.
A. 125.75°
B. 50.25°
C. 61.52°
D. 81.22°
47. A pole cast a shadow 15 m long when the angle of elevation of the sun
is 61°. If the pole is leaned 15° from the vertical directly towards the
sun, determine the length of the pole.
A. 54.23 m
B. 48.23 m
C. 42.44 m
D. 46.21 m
34. A flagpole stands on the edge of the top of a building. At a point 200 m
from the building the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the
pole are 32 and 30 respectively. Calculate the height of the flagpole.
A. 6.40 m
B. 12.3 m
C. 9.50 m
D. 16.72 m
35. From a window of a building 4.25 m above the ground, the angle of
elevation of the top of a nearby building is 36.6 and the angle of
depression of its base is 26.2. What is the height of the nearby
building?
A. 12.672 m B. 10.665 m C. 11.373 m D. 10.582 m
48. Solve the triangle ABC, given b = 472.1, c = 607.4, A = 125.23°. Solve
for a.
A. 960.5
B. 950.6
C. 940.30
D. 930.40
36. A man standing on a 48.5 meter building high, has an eyesight height
of 1.5 m 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 buildings lie
on the same horizontal plane.
A. 39.49
B. 35.50
C. 30.74
D. 42.55
49. Solve the triangle ABC, given a= 322, c = 212, and B = 110°50’. Which
of the following gives the measure of angle C?
A. 36° 20’
B. 42° 40’
C. 26° 30’
D. 32° 50’
37. 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 at 13° and 35° respectively. The height of the
tower is 50 m. Find the height of the monument.
A. 29.13 m
B. 30.11 m
C. 32.12 m
D. 33.51 m
51. Solve the triangle ABC, given a = 643.8, b = 778.7, and c = 912.3.
Determine the measure of angle A.
A. 56.96°
B. 43.88°
C. 49.11°
D. 52.55°
50. Solve the triangle ABC, given a = 25.2, b = 37.8, and c = 43.4. Which of
the following gives the measure of angle B?
A. 35° 20’
B. 60° 10’
C. 84° 30’
D. 42° 16’
52. A and B are two points on opposite banks of a river. From A, a line AC
= 275 m is laid off, and the angles CAB = 125°40’ and ACB = 48°50’ are
measured. Find the length of AB.
A. 2360 m
B. 2510 m
C. 2220 m
D. 2160 m
38. Two stations A and B were setup to determine the height of a
mountain. The angles of elevation to the top of the mountain
measured from stations A and B were 27.25 and 30.21, respectively.
Station A is 55 m above station B. Station B is 310 m closer to the
mountain. If the elevation of station A is 421.63 m, what is the
elevation of the top of the mountain?
A. 2154.87 m B. 2226.15 m C. 2368.74 m D. 2663.54 m
53. Find the area of triangle ABC, given c = 23 cm, A = 20°, and C = 15°.
A. 180 cm2 B. 200 cm2 C. 220 cm2 D. 240 cm2
54. Find the area of triangle ABC, given c = 23 cm, A = 20°, and B = 15°.
A. 41 cm2
B. 45 cm2
C. 50 cm2
D. 54 cm2
39. From the top of a lighthouse, 175 ft above the water, the angle of
depression of a boat due south is 18°50’. Calculate the speed of the
boat if, after it moves due west for 2 min, the angle of depression is
14°20’.
A. 234 ft/min B. 222 ft/min C. 227 ft/min D. 244 ft/min
55. Find the area in square units of the triangle ABC, given A = 37°10’, C =
62° 30’, and b = 34.9.
A. 331
B. 269
C. 412
D. 205
56. Find the area of triangle ABC, given a = 112 m, b = 219 m, and A = 20°.
A. 10,080 m2 B. 6700 m2 C. 8100 m2 D. 4600 m2
40. From the top of a building 100 m high, the angle of depression of a
point A due East of it is 30°. From a point B due South of the building,
the angle of elevation of the top is 60°. Find the distance AB.
A. 100 + 3√30
C. 100 (√30) / 3
B. 200 – √30
D. 100√3/ 30
57. Find the area of triangle ABC, given A = 41°50’, a = 123 ft, and b = 96.2
ft.
A. 5100 ft2
B. 5660 ft2
C. 6020 ft2
D. 6620 ft2
41. A clock has a dial face 12 inches in radius. The minute hand is 9 inches
long while the hour hand is 6 inches long. The plane of rotation of the
minute hand is 2 inches above the plane of rotation of the hour hand.
Find the distance between the tips of the hands at 5:40 AM.
A. 9.17 in
B. 8.23 in
C. 10.65 in
D. 11.25 in
58. Three circles with radii 3.0, 5.0, and 9.0 cm are externally tangent.
What is the area of the triangle formed by joining their centers?
A. 51 cm2
B. 54 cm2
C. 48 cm2
D. 60 cm2
59. The sides of a triangle are a = 23, b = 18, and c = 12. What is the length
of the median to side a?
A. 15.98
B. 10.09
C. 19.76
D. 13.72
42. A plane hillside is inclined at an angle of 28° with the horizontal. A
man wearing skis can climb this hillside by following a straight path
inclined at an angle of 12° to the horizontal, but one without skis must
follow a path inclined at an angle of only 5° with the horizontal. Find
the angle between the directions of the two paths.
A. 13.21°
B. 18.74°
C. 15.56°
D. 17.22°
60. What is the radius of the circle circumscribed about a triangle whose
sides are 65 in, 78 in, and 92 in, respectively?
A. 21.21 in
B. 46.78 in
C. 34.89 in
D. 42.21 in
61. Triangle ABC has sides AB = 45 cm, BC = 32 cm, and AC = 54 cm. How
far from side BC is the centroid of the triangle?
A. 14.98 cm B. 15.84 cm C. 12.14 cm D. 18.63 cm
43. Solve the triangle ABC, given c = 628, b = 480, and C = 55°10’. Which
of the following gives the measure of angle A?
A. 68°
B. 86°
C. 75°
D. 57°
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Situation 3 – Complete the data of the given closed traverse.
COURSE
LENGTH
BEARING
AB
52.96
N48°20'E
BC
59.2
_________
CD
56.36
S7°59'E
DE
75.34
_________
EA
42.82
N48°12'W
76.  Compute the bearing of line DE.
A. S83°54'W B. S80°3'W C. S82°1'W D. S81°15'W
77.  Compute the bearing of line BC.
A. N82°13'E B. N87°33'E C. N84°16'E D. N89°44'E
78.  Determine the area of the lot in square meters.
A. 5,225 m2 B. 5,125 m2 C. 5,325 m2 D. 5,425 m2
62. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 15 cm, BC = 18 cm, and CA = 24
cm. Determine the distance from the point of intersection of the
angular bisectors to side AB.
A. 5.21 cm
B. 3.78 cm
C. 4.73 cm
D. 6.25 cm
63. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 46 cm, BC = 58 cm, and AC = 68
cm. What is the radius of the inscribed circle, in cm?
A. 34.45
B. 18.96
C. 15.31
D. 21.42
64. The sides of a triangle are 18 cm, 23 cm, and 15 cm. What is the length
of angle bisector to the 15-cm side?
A. 11.78 cm B. 18.94 cm C. 16.36 cm D. 16.83 cm
65. The sides of a triangle are 18 cm, 23 cm, and 15 cm. What is the radius
of the inscribed circle, in cm?
A. 34.45
B. 18.96
C. 15.31
D. 21.42
Situation 4 – Complete the data of the given closed traverse.
Line
Length
Bearing
AB
22 m
___________
BC
25 m
S 84° 32' E
CD
38 m
S 12° 4' W
DE
______
S 74° 44' W
EA
39 m
N 29° 14' W
79.  Determine the length of line DE.
A. 16 m
B. 18 m
C. 20 m
D. 22 m
80.  Determine the bearing of line AB
A. N 55°56’ E B. N 38°42’ E C. N 62°14' E D. N 70°29’ E
81.  Compute the area of the closed traverse.
A. 1228.4 m2 B. 2568.4 m2 C. 1284.2 m2 D. 2456.8 m2
66. The sides of a triangle are 15 in, 18 in, and 23 in. What is the radius of
the circumscribing circle, in inches?
A. 15.31
B. 34.45
C. 21.42
D. 18.96
67. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 46 cm, BC = 58 cm, and AC = 68
cm. What is the radius of the circumscribing circle, in cm?
A. 15.31
B. 34.45
C. 21.42
D. 18.96
Surveying (Closed Traverse)
68. A triangular closed traverse has the following data:
COURSE
AB
BC
CA
LENGTH
48.65
49.09
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Determine the length of the course CA.
A. 45.5 m
B. 54.4 m
C. 56.6 m
BEARING
N42°23'E
N82°16'W
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Situation 5 – Complete the data of the given closed traverse.
Line
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-1
D. 65.6 m
69. A closed traverse is given with missing data. Determine the bearing of
the course 5-1.
COURSE
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-1
LENGTH
38.4
24.92
43.55
32.91
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LINE
T-1
T-2
T-3
BEARING
N 60 E
Due South
N 45 W
Compute the area of the triangular lot.
A. 51.71 m2 B. 92.25 m2 C. 99.44 m2
D. 73
D. 91 m
D. 1.68
DISTANCE
6.0 m
10.0 m
4.0 m
D. 66.72 m2
86. A survey set up a transit at point P, which is the inner portion of a
four-sided tract of land ABCD, and read the bearings and measures
the distances as follows:
LINE
BEARING
DISTANCE
PA
N 40° 30’ W
504.42 m
PB
N 38° 00’ E
636.18 m
PC
S 70° 00’ E
576.9 m
PD
S 60° 15’ W
834.12 m
Situation 1 –A closed traverse has the following data:
LENGTH
179
258.2
--------145.4
D. S73°25’E
85. The transit was set up inside a triangular lot and the bearing and
distance of the three corners were observed as follows:
A. N54° 41’E B. N45° 26’E C. N48° 38’E D. N51° 09’E
COURSE
AB
BC
CD
DE
EA
Bearing
N 32° 27' E
___________
S 8° 51' W
S 73° 31' W
N 18° 44’ W
82.  Compute the bearing of course 2-3.
A. S75°35’E B. S71°15’E C. S70°05’E
83.  Compute the length of course 4-5.
A. 94 m
B. 87 m
C. 98 m
84.  Compute the area of the lot in hectares.
A. 1.59
B. 1.81
C. 1.72
BEARING
S52°51'E
S7°53'E
S81°42'W
N32°50'W
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70. A closed traverse has the following data:
LINE
BEARING
DISTANCE
AB
S 15 36’ W
24.22
BC
S 69 11’ E
15.92
CD
N 57 58’ E
--DA
S 80 43’ W
--Find distance DA in meter.
A. 77
B. 75
C. 79
Length
110.8 m
83.6 m
126.9 m
______
90.2 m
BEARING
N47°2'14''E
S69°36'4''E
S39°35'17''W
S87°29'48''W
N24°48'09''W
71. Determine the length of course DE.
A. 202.40 m B. 183.20 m C. 195.60 m D. 208.50 m
72.  Determine the length of course CD.
A. 251.42 m B. 215.35 m C. 202.43 m D.
What is the area of the tract in hectares?
A. 45.13
B. 72.2
C. 50.14
D. 60.17
Subdivision of Area
87. A trapezoidal piece of ground is to be divided into two equal parts.
The parallel sides are 460 m and 325 m, respectively. The other sides
are 130 m and 100 m, If the dividing line is parallel to the parallel
sides, determine the length of the dividing line.
A. 293.3
B. 398.3
C. 302.3
D. 391.3
Situation 2 – For the given a closed traverse
COURSE
LENGTH
BEARING
AB
44.37
S35°30'W
BC
137.84
N57°15'W
CD
12.83
N1°45'E
DE
64.86
-------EA
106.72
-------73.  Determine the bearing of course DE.
A. N73°50'E B. N72°10'E C. N70°20'E D. N68°40'E
74.  Determine the bearing of course EA.
A. S48°12'E B. S43°52'E C. S46°50'E D. S40°40'E
75.  Determine the area of the closed traverse.
A. 5,967 m2 B. 6,597 m2 C. 6,957 m2 D. 5,796 m2
88. A lot is bounded by 3 straight sides namely, AB: N45° E, 160 m long;
BC and AC 190 m long in clockwise direction. From point E, 100 m
from A and on side AB, a dividing line runs to D which is on side AC.
The area of ADE is to be ⅖ of the total area of the lots. The total area
of the lot is 11,643.88 m². Compute the distance DE.
A. 86.59 m
B. 98.65 m
C. 89.65 m
D. 95.68 m
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89. Given below is the technical description of a lot, having an area of
640.56 m² It is required to divide this lot into two equal areas such
that they will have equal frontage along the line C –D which adjoins a
street. Find the direction of this dividing line.
lines
AB
BC
CD
DE
EA
Bearings
N 73° 23’ E
S 39° 31’ E
S 43° 46’ W
N 39° 52’W
N 15 ° 50’ W
95. Two stations A and B are 540 meters apart. From the following
triangulation stations C and D on opposite sides of AB, the following
triangulation stations C and D on opposite sides of AB, the following
angles were observed.
∠ACD =54° 12’; ∠DCB =41° 24’; ∠ADC =49° 18’; ∠BDC =47° 12’
Find the distance BC to the nearest meter.
A. 534 m
B. 335 m
C. 353 m
D. 333 m
Distances
33.46 m
9.21 m
39.27 m
7.06 m
20.50 m
96. A, B and C are three known control stations and P is the position of a
sounding vessel which is to be located. If AC = 6925.50 m and AB =
6708.40 m, ∠BAC = 112°45’25”, ∠BPA = 25°32’40”, ∠APC = 45°35’50”,
determine the distance AP if A is nearer to P than B and C.
A. 4225.32 m B. 4325.23 m C. 4222.35 m D. 4335.43 m
A. N 60°30’W B. N56°35’W C. N55° 31’W D. N 55° 40’ W
97. From two in accessible but intervisible points A and B, the angles to
two triangulation stations C and D were observed as follows: Line CD
has a distance 500 m. Compute the distance of the line AB.
∠CAB = 79°30’, ∠DAB = 28°30’, ∠DBC = 31°30’, ∠DBA = 84°30’.
A. 536.48 m B. 8563.84 m C. 535.68 m D. 538.46 m
90. A parcel of land, with boundaries as described below is to be
subdivided into two lots of equal areas. The dividing line is to pass
through a point midway between corners A and E, and through a point
along the boundary BC. Find the bearing and distance of this dividing
line.
LINE
AB
BC
CD
DE
EA
LENGTH
60.00 m
72.69 m
44.83 m
56.45 m
50.00 m
A. N 44°18’E and 79.56 m
B. N 45°28’E and 69.34 m
98. In a topographic survey, three triangulation station A, B, and C are
sighted from a point P. The distance between the station are AB = 500
m, BC = 350 m, and CA = 540 m at P, the angle subtending AC is 45°
while for the azimuth of AC is due North, find the distance PA.
A. 415.57 m B. 417.55 m C. 455.71 m D. 451.57 m
BEARING
N 15° 30’ E
N 82° 23’ E
S 17° 20’ E
S 70° 36 W
N 74° 30’ W
99. In a triangulation surveying station C was due north of A while station
D has an azimuth of 223°15’ as observed from A. Station B which is
located on the right side of A has a bearing N 81°35’ E, as reckoned
from A. The ∠CBD is equal to 29°36’ and ∠CBA is 52°43’. If the
distance CD is equal to 250.64 m long, determine the distance
between station A and B.
A. 300.16 m B. 296.84 m C. 343.64 m D. 289.58 m
C. N 41°17’ E and 75.55 m
D. N 42°16’ E and 81.65 m
91. From the data shown below, it is required to divide the lot from a
point in line 1-2 of the lot which has a direction of due East which will
divide the lot into 2 equal areas. The area of the whole lot is 31,353.91
m².
LINES
1-2
2-3
3-4
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BEARING
N 31° 49’ E
N 86° 30’ E
S 22° 10 E
N 85° 45’ W
100. A and B are two points located on each bank of a river and near the
abutments of a proposed bridge. To determine its distance, a base line
CD 180 m long was established on the bank of the river and the transit
was set up at stations C and D and the azimuth were taken as follows.
DISTANCES
142.26
160.50
164.99
298.27
LINE
C-D
C-A
C-B
D-A
D-B
Determine the position of the dividing line from corners 2 and 3.
A. 86.61 m and 90.04 m
C. 85.79 m and 94.56 m
B. 89.73 m and 94.56 m
D. 85.65 m and 95.40 m
Compute the length of the line AB.
A. 222.34 m B. 221.43 m C. 231.24 m D. 212 .43 m
92. Given below is the technical description of a residential lot. It is
required to subdivide the lot into two areas by a line starting from the
midpoint of line 1-2 and parallel to line 4-1 .Determine the location of
the dividing lined from corner 4 along line 3-4.
LINES
1–2
2–3
3–4
4-1
A. 55.28 m
BEARING
Due East
S 12° 46’ E
S 82° 41’W
N 14° 05’ E
B. 58.25 m
C. 82.55 m
AZIMUTH
210° 00’
260° 00’
290° 00’
301° 00’
315° 00’
101. Triangle station A and B were observed from stations 1 and 4
respectively. With the instrument at station 1,the bearing of A was
found to be S 70° 30’ E and that of B is S 35° 15’ E .An open traverse is
then run from station 1 to 4 where the recorded data as follows
LINES
BEARINGS
DISTANCE
1-2
S 16° 18’ W
120.50 m
2-3
S 13° 22’ E
185.42 m
3-4
S 89° 28’ E
66.46 m
With the instrument at station 4, triangulation stations A and B were
again observed and A was found to have a bearing of N 15° 20’ E while
that of B is N 76°35’ E. It is required to compute for the distance
between points A and B.
A. 240 m
B. 230 m
C. 220 m
D. 225 m
DISTANCES
101.46 m
53.32 m
131.57 m
70.89 m
D. 52.85 m
Triangulation
93. It is desired to determine the distance between two inaccessible
objects A and B. Both A and B are visible from two other points C and
D, 143.2 meters apart. ∠ADB = 56°32’ and ∠ACB 62°53’. ∠ADB =
88°57’ and horizontal angle between B and D from C is 98° 58’.
Determine the distance between A and B.
A. 188.72 m B. 174.86 m C. 181.35 m D. 157.27 m
102. A fishing boat left CDO port at 7:00 P.M., the captain received a radio
message from the PCG advising him to seek refuge at the nearest
island because a typhoon is approaching. At that instant, the captain
sighted island of Siquijor and Camiguin and observed the azimuth to
be 120° and 308°31’, respectively from his present position. If the
boat travels due North of CDO, how far did it travel before the message
was received? Coordinates of Camiguin, CDO and Siquijor:
NORTHINGS
EASTHINGS
CAGAYN DE ORO
20000
20000
CAMIGUIN
26250
26085
SIQUIJOR
35600
12195
A. 10931
B. 11930
C. 11093
D. 11039
94. A, C and D are three triangulation shore signals whose positions were
determined by the angles ACD = 150° and the sides AC = 850 m and
CD = 760 m A sounding at B was taken from a boat and the angles ABC
= 42°30’ and CBD = 35°30’ were measured simultaneously by two
sextants from the boat to the three shore signals from the shore.
Compute the distance BC.
A. 1872 m
B. 1188 m
C. 1286 m
D. 1286 m
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