prelim

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Find and if x = 4, and y = 1.
a.

c.

b.

d.



____ 2. What is the side labeled x equal to, if y = 22?
a. 33 b. 22 c. 44 d. 11

____ 3. Find x correct to one decimal place if y = 55.

a. 95.3 b. 31.8 c. 127 d. 105

____ 4. Find x correct to one decimal place if y = 60.

a. 66.2 b. 69.3 c. 76.4 d. 73.6

____ 5. Find x correct to one decimal place if y = 25.

a. 12.5 b. 14.4 c. 28.9 d. 21.9

____ 6. The angle of elevation to the top of a particular skyscraper in New York is found to be 12 from the ground at
a distance of 1.3 mi from the base of the building. Using this information, find the height of the skyscraper.
a. 1,459 ft b. 1,560 ft c. 2,918 ft d. 2,156 ft

____ 7. A laser beam is to be directed toward the center of the moon, but the beam strays 0.3 from its intended path.
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.)
a. 1,256 mi b. 72,000 mi c. 2,512 mi d. 68,000 mi

____ 8. A 109 ft tree casts a shadow that is 130 ft long. What is the angle of elevation of the sun?
a. 50 b. 40 c. 40 d. 50

____ 9. A man is lying on the beach, flying a kite. He holds the end of the kite string at ground level, and estimates
the angle of elevation of the kite to be 55. If the string is 470 ft long, how high is the kite above the ground?
a. 470 ft b. 574 ft c. 385 ft d. 490 ft

____ 10. A water tower is located x = 350 ft from a building (see the figure). From a window in the building it is
observed that the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 39 and the angle of depression to the bottom of
the tower is 25. How tall is the tower (t)? How high is the window (w)?


a. t = 447 ft and w = 163 ft c. t = 39 ft and w = 447 ft
b. t = 163 ft and w = 25 ft d. t = 163 ft and w = 447 ft

____ 11. An airplane is flying at an elevation of 5,300 ft, directly above a straight highway. Two motorists are driving
cars on the highway on opposite sides of the plane, and the angle of depression to one car is 31 and to the
other is 53. How far apart are the cars?
a. 4,827 ft b. 9,654 ft c. 12,815 ft d. 10,457 ft

____ 12. A hot-air balloon is floating above a straight road. To estimate their height above the ground, the balloonists
simultaneously measure the angle of depression to two consecutive mileposts on the road on the same side of
the balloon. The angles of depression are found to be 22 and 24. How high is the balloon?
a. 46,104 ft b. 23,052 ft c. 11,526 ft d. 35,678 ft

____ 13. When the moon is exactly half full, the earth, moon, and sun form a right angle (see the illustration). At that
time the angle formed by the sun, earth, and moon is measured to be 89.75. If the distance from the earth to
the moon is 235,000 mi, estimate the distance from the earth to the sun.


a. 53,858,204 mi b. 53,623,204 mi c. 54,093,204 mi d. 235,000 mi

____ 14. From a satellite 500 mi above the earth, it is observed that the angle formed by the vertical and the line of
sight to the horizon is 60.276. Use this information to find the radius of the earth.


a. 500 mi b. 2,800 mi c. 3,300 mi d. 1,500 mi

____ 15. Find the reference angle for the angle measuring 921.
a. 111 b. 201 c. 21 d. 21

____ 16. Find the reference angle for the angle measuring .
a.

b.

c.

d.



____ 17. Find cot 186.
a. 9.51 c. 0.11
b. No correct answer. d. 1.33

____ 18. Find sin 224
a. 0.6947 c. No correct answer.
b. 0.6947 d. -0.8116

____ 19. Write cos in terms of sin , for in quadrant III.
a.

c.

b.

d. No correct answer.


____ 20. Choose the value of the trigonometric function cos using the information: in quadrant I.
a.

c. No correct answer.
b.

d.



____ 21. Choose the value of cos from the information: csc = 6, in quadrant I.
a. No correct answer. c.

b.

d.



____ 22. If , choose the values of the expressions .
a. 1 and 0.624 c. 1 and 0.624
b. No correct answer. d. 0.624 and 0.624

____ 23. Find the area of a triangle with sides of length 9 and 13 and included angle 56.
a. 32.713 c. 48.499
b. 86.730 d. No correct answer.

____ 24. Find the area of an equilateral triangle with sides of length 5.
a. 21.651 c. No correct answer.
b. 6.250 d. 10.825

____ 25. A triangle has an area of 7 in
2
, and two of the sides of the triangle have lengths 5 in. and 4 in. Find the angle
included by these two sides.
a. No correct answer. c. 45.573
b. 44.427 d. 0.795

____ 26. Find the area of the shaded region in the figure if r = 6, and = 129.


a. 81.442 c. No correct answer.
b. 26.538 d. 54.515


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