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Question 1 :

Given right triangle ABC above, which of the following is equal to c/b?

A) tan B      B) 1/tan B     C) cos B     D) 1/cos B

Question 2 :

sinx = cosy

In the equation above, x and y are measured in radians. Which of the following could be x in terms of y?

A) π/2 - y    B) π/2 + y    C) y - π/2    D) π - y

Question 3 :

What is the value of sin30° - cos60°?

A) 0    B) (1 - √3)/2    C) (√2 - 1)/2    D) (√3 - 1)/2

Question 4 :

In the triangle above, AB = AC, what is the value of sin A?

A) 0.28    B) 0.56    C) 0.84    D) 0.96

Question 5 :

Given right triangle ABC above, which of the following gives the length of AB in terms of θ?

A) sin θ      B) cos θ       C) tan θ        D) 1/sin θ

Question 6 :

In the xy-plane above, a circle with radius 5 has its center at the origin. Point A lies on the circle and has coordinates (m, n). What is n in terms θ?

A) 5 sin θ    B) 5 cos θ    C) tan θ     D) 5(sin θ + cos θ)

Question 7 :

Right triangle ABC is shown in the xy-plane above. What is the value of tanA?

A) 7/12    B) 3/4     C) 7/9    D) 12/7

Question 8 :

sin24° = cos(3k + 6)°

In the equation above, the angle measures are in degrees. If 0° < k < 90°, what is the value of k?

Question 9 :

In a triangle ABC, the sum of the measures of angle A and angle B is 90 degree. The value of sin A is 2√7/8. What is the value of cos B ?

A)  2 √7/8     B) 2 √7/6     C)  6 √2/14     D) 8/23 √2

Question 10 :

What is the value of sin x cos (90 - x) + sin (90 - x) cos x

A) 0.5    B) 1     C)  2    D) 90

1. Answer :

In all the given answer choices, we have the angle measure B. Considering the angle B in the right triangle ABC above, AC is the opposite side and AB is adjacent side.

Length of the opposite side = AC = b

Length of the adjacent side = AB = c

The ratio between opposite side and adjacent side is "tan".

b/c = tanB

Take reciprocal on both sides.

c/b = 1/tanB

The correct answer choice is (B).

2. Answer :

Since sinx and cosx are equal, the angles measures x and y are complementary.

x + y = 90° or π/2

x + y = π/2

x = π/2 - y

The correct answer choice is (A).

3. Answer :

From the trigonometric ratio table, we have

sin30° = 1/2

cos60° = 1/2

 sin30° - cos60° = 1/2 - 1/2

= 0

The correct answer choice is (A).

4. Answer :

In an isosceles triangle, perpendicular drawn to the unequal side will bisect it.

In the triangle above, since AB = BC, it is an isosceles triangle. So, the perpendicular drawn to the unequal side AC will bisect it.

In the right ΔABD, using Pythagorean Theorem,

AD² + BD² = AB²

7² + BD² = 25²

49 + BD² = 625

BD² = 576

BD² = 24²

BD = 24

In the right ΔABD,

sinA = opposite side/ hypotenuse

= BD/AB

= 24/25

= 0.96

The correct answer choice is (D).

5. Answer :

In the right ΔABC above, considering angle θ at the vertex B,

opposite side = AC

adjacent side = AB

hypotenuse = BC

The length of the hypotenuse is given, that is BC = 1 and we have to find the length of the adjacent side.

The ratio between adjacent side and hypotenuse is "cos".

AB/BC = cosθ

AB/1 = cosθ

AB = cosθ

The correct answer choice is (B).

6. Answer :

In the given figure, draw a perpendicular from point A to x-axis. Let the perpendicular meet x-axis at B.

Considering θ in the right ΔOAB in the figure above,

opposite side = AB = n

adjacent side = OB = m

hypotenuse = OA = 5

The length of the hypotenuse is given, that is OA = 5 and we have to find the length of the opposite side AB, that is n.

The ratio between opposite side and hypotenuse is "sin".

AB/OA = sinθ

n/5 = sinθ

n = 5sinθ

The correct answer choice is (A).

7. Answer :

In the right ΔABC above, considering the angle A,

opposite side = BC

adjacent side = AC

Length of the opposite side :

= BC

= y-coordinate at C - y-coordinate at B

= 4 - (-3)

= 7

Length of the adjacent side :

= AC

= x-coordinate at C - x-coordinate at B

= 7 - (-5)

= 7 + 5

= 12

tanA = opposite side/adjacent side

= BC/AC

= 7/12

The correct answer choice is (A).

8. Answer :

Since sin24° and cos(3k + 6)° are equal, then the angles measures 24° and (3k + 6)° are complementary.

24° + (3k + 6)° = 90°

24 + 3k + 6 = 90

3k + 30 = 90

3k = 60

k = 20

9. Answer :

<A + <B = 90

<A = 90 - B

sin A = sin (90 - B)

2√7/8 = cos B

So, option A is correct.

10. Answer :

= sin x cos (90 - x) + sin (90 - x) cos x

= sin x sin x + cos x cos x

= sin² x + cos² x

= 1

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