GERTC – November 2018 MSTE-Trigonometry and Surveying

1. Find the length of hypotenuse c if a = 12 and b = 9. 16. If sin  = k, which of the following is not correct:
A. 13 B. 14 C. 15 D. 16 A. cos  = 1 − k2 C. tan  = k/ 1 − k 2
2. One side of a rectangle, inscribed in a circle of diameter 17 cm is 8 cm. B. sec  = 1/ k2 − 1 D. csc  = 1/k
Find the area of the rectangle.
A. 136 cm² B. 120 cm² C. 142 cm² D. 150 cm² 17. If cos  = 1/3t, find cot .
A. 9t 2 − 1 B. 1/ 9t 2 − 1 C. 1 − 9t 2 D. 1/ 1 − 9t 2
3. In a right triangle, the hypotenuse has length 20 and the ratio of the
two arms is 3:4. Find the longer arm.
18. Solve the right triangle ABC in which A = 35°10’ and c = 72.5.
A. 12 B. 14 C. 15 D. 16
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
4. Find the length of the altitude to the base of an isosceles triangle if the
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base is 8 and the equal sides are 12. 19. Solve for x from the following equation: sin(2x + 15) = .
A. 6√2 B. 8√2 C. 10√2 D. 12√2 sec(4x − 60)
All units are in degrees.
A. 37.5 B. 17.5 C. 22.5 D. 27.5
5. The sides of a right triangle are in arithmetic progression whose
common difference if 6 cm. its area is: 20. Find the value of x such that the tangent of angle (2x + 18) is equal to
A. 216 cm2 C. 360 cm2 B. 270 cm2 D. 144 cm2 the cotangent of the angle (4x - 12).
A. 16 B. 15 C. 13 D. 14
6. Find the distance d from the center of a circle of radius 17 to a chord
whose length is 30. 21. The base of an isosceles triangle is 20.4 cm and the base angles are
A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9 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
7. Find the length of a common external tangent to two externally
tangent circles with radii 4 and 9. 22. A ladder leans against the side of a building with its foot 12 ft from the
A. 12.5 B. 11.5 C. 12 D. 13 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?
8. A 50-foot supporting wire is to be attached to a 75-foot antenna. A. 45 ft B. 38 ft C. 42 ft D. 35 ft
Because of surrounding buildings, sidewalks, and roadways, the wire
must be anchored exactly 20 feet from the base of the antenna. How 23. A tree broken over by the wind forms a right triangle with the ground.
high from the base of the antenna is the wire attached? If the broken part makes an angle of 50° with the ground and the top
A. 11√22 B. 11√21 C. 10√22 D. 10√21 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
9. 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 24. To find the width of a river, a surveyor set up his surveying equipment
cable is needed? at C on one bank and sighted across to a point B on the opposite bank;
A. 19.2 feet B. 20 feet C. 17 feet D. 22.5 feet 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’.
10. A man cycles 24 km due south and then 20 km due east. Another man, Find the width of the river.
starting at the same time as the first man, cycles 32 km due east and A. 325 m B. 235 m C. 253 m D. 352 m
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.
11. A spider and a fly are located at opposite vertices of a room of A. 53.13° B. 36.87° C. 53.13° D. 36.87°
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 26. A rectangle is 48 cm long and 34 cm wide. What is the angle the
fly. diagonal makes with the longer side?
A. √14 units B. √18 units C. √20 units D. √26 units 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 27. A tree 100 ft tall casts a shadow 120 ft long. Find the angle of elevation
end wall at a point one foot from the other floor, midway between the of the sun.
sidewalls. He decides to go on a journey to a point on the other end A. 40° B. 35° C. 45° D. 30°
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 28. From the top of a lighthouse 120 m above the sea, the angle of
surfaces of the room. What is the shortest route that the bug can take? depression of a boat is 15°. How far is the boat from the lighthouse?
A. 40 B. 46 C. 58 D. 62 A. 455 m B. 448 m C. 460 m D. 472 m

13. What is the longest 6’-wide shuffle board court which will fit in a 20’ 29. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevation of its top changes
× 30’ rectangular room? from 20° to 40° as the observer advances 75 ft toward its base.
A. 30 7/8 ft B. 28 7/8 C. 29 7/8 D. 27 7/8 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 30. A tower cast a 49-meter shadow when the angle of elevation of the
the triangle is 4 m from A, 3 m from B and 5 m from C. Determine its sun is 54. How long will its shadow be when the angle of elevation
hypotenuse AC. of the sun is 32?
A. 8.6 m B. 6.1 m C. 9.4 m D. 12.3 m 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 31. From point A on level ground, the angles of elevation of the top D and
other two corners. They all carry water from a spring located within bottom B of a flagpole situated on the top of a hill are measured as 47°
the lot, which is 5 rods from A; 4 rods from B; 3 rods from C. How far 54’ and 39° 45’. Find the height of the hill if the height of the flagpole
must D carry water? is 115.5 ft.
A. 4.243 rods B. 5.657 rods C. 4.432 rods D. 5.576 rods A. 334.28 B. 349.28 C. 394.28 D. 344.28
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32. Two buildings with flat roofs are 60 m apart. From the roof of the 44. Solve the triangle ABC, given a = 38.1, A = 46.5°, and C = 74.3°. Which
shorter building, 40 m in height, the angle of elevation to the edge of of the following gives the length of side b.
the roof of the taller building is 40. How high is the taller building? A. 42.6 B. 51.6 C. 48.6 D. 57.6
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 45. Solve the triangle ABC, given b = 282.7, A = 111.72°, and C = 24.43°.
walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 60°. Determine the perimeter of the triangle.
What is the height of the tower? A. 830.6 B. 835.1 C. 871.1 D. 866.6
A. 76.31 m B. 73.31 m C. 73.16 m D. 73.61 m
46. Solve the triangle ABC, given b = 67.25, c = 56.92, and B = 65.27°.
34. A flagpole stands on the edge of the top of a building. At a point 200 m Determine the measure of angle C.
from the building the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the A. 125.75° B. 50.25° C. 61.52° D. 81.22°
pole are 32 and 30 respectively. Calculate the height of the flagpole. 47. A pole cast a shadow 15 m long when the angle of elevation of the sun
A. 6.40 m B. 12.3 m C. 9.50 m D. 16.72 m is 61°. If the pole is leaned 15° from the vertical directly towards the
sun, determine the length of the pole.
35. From a window of a building 4.25 m above the ground, the angle of A. 54.23 m B. 48.23 m C. 42.44 m D. 46.21 m
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 48. Solve the triangle ABC, given b = 472.1, c = 607.4, A = 125.23°. Solve
building? for a.
A. 12.672 m B. 10.665 m C. 11.373 m D. 10.582 m 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 49. Solve the triangle ABC, given a= 322, c = 212, and B = 110°50’. Which
of 1.5 m from the top of the building, took a depression reading from of the following gives the measure of angle C?
the top of another nearby building and nearest wall, which are 50° A. 36° 20’ B. 42° 40’ C. 26° 30’ D. 32° 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 50. Solve the triangle ABC, given a = 25.2, b = 37.8, and c = 43.4. Which of
on the same horizontal plane. the following gives the measure of angle B?
A. 39.49 B. 35.50 C. 30.74 D. 42.55 A. 35° 20’ B. 60° 10’ C. 84° 30’ D. 42° 16’

37. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The angles of 51. Solve the triangle ABC, given a = 643.8, b = 778.7, and c = 912.3.
depression of the top and bottom of the monument viewed from the Determine the measure of angle A.
top of the PLDT tower at 13° and 35° respectively. The height of the A. 56.96° B. 43.88° C. 49.11° D. 52.55°
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 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
38. Two stations A and B were setup to determine the height of a measured. Find the length of AB.
mountain. The angles of elevation to the top of the mountain A. 2360 m B. 2510 m C. 2220 m D. 2160 m
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 53. Find the area of triangle ABC, given c = 23 cm, A = 20°, and C = 15°.
mountain. If the elevation of station A is 421.63 m, what is the A. 180 cm2 B. 200 cm2 C. 220 cm2 D. 240 cm2
elevation of the top of the mountain?
A. 2154.87 m B. 2226.15 m C. 2368.74 m D. 2663.54 m
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
55. Find the area in square units of the triangle ABC, given A = 37°10’, C =
boat if, after it moves due west for 2 min, the angle of depression is
62° 30’, and b = 34.9.
14°20’.
A. 331 B. 269 C. 412 D. 205
A. 234 ft/min B. 222 ft/min C. 227 ft/min D. 244 ft/min
56. Find the area of triangle ABC, given a = 112 m, b = 219 m, and A = 20°.
40. From the top of a building 100 m high, the angle of depression of a
A. 10,080 m2 B. 6700 m2 C. 8100 m2 D. 4600 m2
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.
57. Find the area of triangle ABC, given A = 41°50’, a = 123 ft, and b = 96.2
A. 100 + 3√30 C. 100 (√30) / 3
ft.
B. 200 – √30 D. 100√3/ 30
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
58. Three circles with radii 3.0, 5.0, and 9.0 cm are externally tangent.
long while the hour hand is 6 inches long. The plane of rotation of the
What is the area of the triangle formed by joining their centers?
minute hand is 2 inches above the plane of rotation of the hour hand.
A. 51 cm2 B. 54 cm2 C. 48 cm2 D. 60 cm2
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
59. The sides of a triangle are a = 23, b = 18, and c = 12. What is the length
of the median to side a?
42. A plane hillside is inclined at an angle of 28° with the horizontal. A
A. 15.98 B. 10.09 C. 19.76 D. 13.72
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
60. What is the radius of the circle circumscribed about a triangle whose
follow a path inclined at an angle of only 5° with the horizontal. Find
sides are 65 in, 78 in, and 92 in, respectively?
the angle between the directions of the two paths.
A. 21.21 in B. 46.78 in C. 34.89 in D. 42.21 in
A. 13.21° B. 18.74° C. 15.56° D. 17.22°
61. Triangle ABC has sides AB = 45 cm, BC = 32 cm, and AC = 54 cm. How
43. Solve the triangle ABC, given c = 628, b = 480, and C = 55°10’. Which
far from side BC is the centroid of the triangle?
of the following gives the measure of angle A?
A. 14.98 cm B. 15.84 cm C. 12.14 cm D. 18.63 cm
A. 68° B. 86° C. 75° D. 57°

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62. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 15 cm, BC = 18 cm, and CA = 24 Situation 3 – Complete the data of the given closed traverse.
cm. Determine the distance from the point of intersection of the COURSE LENGTH BEARING
angular bisectors to side AB. AB 52.96 N48°20'E
A. 5.21 cm B. 3.78 cm C. 4.73 cm D. 6.25 cm BC 59.2 _________
CD 56.36 S7°59'E
63. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 46 cm, BC = 58 cm, and AC = 68 DE 75.34 _________
cm. What is the radius of the inscribed circle, in cm? EA 42.82 N48°12'W
A. 34.45 B. 18.96 C. 15.31 D. 21.42 76.  Compute the bearing of line DE.
A. S83°54'W B. S80°3'W C. S82°1'W D. S81°15'W
64. The sides of a triangle are 18 cm, 23 cm, and 15 cm. What is the length 77.  Compute the bearing of line BC.
A. N82°13'E B. N87°33'E C. N84°16'E D. N89°44'E
of angle bisector to the 15-cm side? 78.  Determine the area of the lot in square meters.
A. 11.78 cm B. 18.94 cm C. 16.36 cm D. 16.83 cm A. 5,225 m2 B. 5,125 m2 C. 5,325 m2 D. 5,425 m2
65. The sides of a triangle are 18 cm, 23 cm, and 15 cm. What is the radius
of the inscribed circle, in cm? Situation 4 – Complete the data of the given closed traverse.
A. 34.45 B. 18.96 C. 15.31 D. 21.42 Line Length Bearing
AB 22 m ___________
66. The sides of a triangle are 15 in, 18 in, and 23 in. What is the radius of BC 25 m S 84° 32' E
the circumscribing circle, in inches? CD 38 m S 12° 4' W
A. 15.31 B. 34.45 C. 21.42 D. 18.96 DE ______ S 74° 44' W
EA 39 m N 29° 14' W
67. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 46 cm, BC = 58 cm, and AC = 68 79.  Determine the length of line DE.
cm. What is the radius of the circumscribing circle, in cm? A. 16 m B. 18 m C. 20 m D. 22 m
A. 15.31 B. 34.45 C. 21.42 D. 18.96 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.
Surveying (Closed Traverse) A. 1228.4 m2 B. 2568.4 m2 C. 1284.2 m2 D. 2456.8 m2
68. A triangular closed traverse has the following data:
COURSE LENGTH BEARING Situation 5 – Complete the data of the given closed traverse.
AB 48.65 N42°23'E
Line Length Bearing
BC 49.09 N82°16'W
1-2 110.8 m N 32° 27' E
CA ---- ----- 2-3 83.6 m ___________
Determine the length of the course CA. 3-4 126.9 m S 8° 51' W
A. 45.5 m B. 54.4 m C. 56.6 m D. 65.6 m 4-5 ______ S 73° 31' W
5-1 90.2 m N 18° 44’ W
69. A closed traverse is given with missing data. Determine the bearing of 82.  Compute the bearing of course 2-3.
the course 5-1. A. S75°35’E B. S71°15’E C. S70°05’E D. S73°25’E
COURSE LENGTH BEARING 83.  Compute the length of course 4-5.
1-2 38.4 S52°51'E A. 94 m B. 87 m C. 98 m D. 91 m
2-3 24.92 S7°53'E 84.  Compute the area of the lot in hectares.
3-4 43.55 S81°42'W A. 1.59 B. 1.81 C. 1.72 D. 1.68
4-5 32.91 N32°50'W
5-1 ----- ------
85. The transit was set up inside a triangular lot and the bearing and
A. N54° 41’E B. N45° 26’E C. N48° 38’E D. N51° 09’E
distance of the three corners were observed as follows:
70. A closed traverse has the following data:
LINE BEARING DISTANCE
LINE BEARING DISTANCE
T-1 N 60 E 6.0 m
AB S 15 36’ W 24.22 T-2 Due South 10.0 m
BC S 69 11’ E 15.92 T-3 N 45 W 4.0 m
CD N 57 58’ E ---
DA S 80 43’ W --- Compute the area of the triangular lot.
Find distance DA in meter. A. 51.71 m2 B. 92.25 m2 C. 99.44 m2 D. 66.72 m2
A. 77 B. 75 C. 79 D. 73
86. A survey set up a transit at point P, which is the inner portion of a
Situation 1 –A closed traverse has the following data: four-sided tract of land ABCD, and read the bearings and measures
COURSE LENGTH BEARING the distances as follows:
AB 179 N47°2'14''E LINE BEARING DISTANCE
BC 258.2 S69°36'4''E PA N 40° 30’ W 504.42 m
CD ----- S39°35'17''W
PB N 38° 00’ E 636.18 m
DE ----- S87°29'48''W
EA 145.4 N24°48'09''W PC S 70° 00’ E 576.9 m
71. Determine the length of course DE. PD S 60° 15’ W 834.12 m
A. 202.40 m B. 183.20 m C. 195.60 m D. 208.50 m
72.  Determine the length of course CD. What is the area of the tract in hectares?
A. 251.42 m B. 215.35 m C. 202.43 m D. A. 45.13 B. 72.2 C. 50.14 D. 60.17

Situation 2 – For the given a closed traverse Subdivision of Area

COURSE LENGTH BEARING 87. A trapezoidal piece of ground is to be divided into two equal parts.
AB 44.37 S35°30'W The parallel sides are 460 m and 325 m, respectively. The other sides
BC 137.84 N57°15'W are 130 m and 100 m, If the dividing line is parallel to the parallel
CD 12.83 N1°45'E sides, determine the length of the dividing line.
DE 64.86 -------- A. 293.3 B. 398.3 C. 302.3 D. 391.3
EA 106.72 --------
73.  Determine the bearing of course DE. 88. A lot is bounded by 3 straight sides namely, AB: N45° E, 160 m long;
A. N73°50'E B. N72°10'E C. N70°20'E D. N68°40'E BC and AC 190 m long in clockwise direction. From point E, 100 m
74.  Determine the bearing of course EA. from A and on side AB, a dividing line runs to D which is on side AC.
A. S48°12'E B. S43°52'E C. S46°50'E D. S40°40'E The area of ADE is to be ⅖ of the total area of the lots. The total area
75.  Determine the area of the closed traverse. of the lot is 11,643.88 m². Compute the distance DE.
A. 5,967 m2 B. 6,597 m2 C. 6,957 m2 D. 5,796 m2 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 95. Two stations A and B are 540 meters apart. From the following
640.56 m² It is required to divide this lot into two equal areas such triangulation stations C and D on opposite sides of AB, the following
that they will have equal frontage along the line C –D which adjoins a triangulation stations C and D on opposite sides of AB, the following
street. Find the direction of this dividing line. angles were observed.
∠ACD =54° 12’; ∠DCB =41° 24’; ∠ADC =49° 18’; ∠BDC =47° 12’
lines Bearings Distances Find the distance BC to the nearest meter.
AB N 73° 23’ E 33.46 m A. 534 m B. 335 m C. 353 m D. 333 m
BC S 39° 31’ E 9.21 m
CD S 43° 46’ W 39.27 m 96. A, B and C are three known control stations and P is the position of a
DE N 39° 52’W 7.06 m sounding vessel which is to be located. If AC = 6925.50 m and AB =
EA N 15 ° 50’ W 20.50 m 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. N 60°30’W B. N56°35’W C. N55° 31’W D. N 55° 40’ W A. 4225.32 m B. 4325.23 m C. 4222.35 m D. 4335.43 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.
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

LINE LENGTH BEARING 98. In a topographic survey, three triangulation station A, B, and C are
AB 60.00 m N 15° 30’ E sighted from a point P. The distance between the station are AB = 500
BC 72.69 m N 82° 23’ E 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.
CD 44.83 m S 17° 20’ E
A. 415.57 m B. 417.55 m C. 455.71 m D. 451.57 m
DE 56.45 m S 70° 36 W
EA 50.00 m 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
A. N 44°18’E and 79.56 m C. N 41°17’ E and 75.55 m located on the right side of A has a bearing N 81°35’ E, as reckoned
B. N 45°28’E and 69.34 m D. N 42°16’ E and 81.65 m 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
91. From the data shown below, it is required to divide the lot from a between station A and B.
point in line 1-2 of the lot which has a direction of due East which will A. 300.16 m B. 296.84 m C. 343.64 m D. 289.58 m
divide the lot into 2 equal areas. The area of the whole lot is 31,353.91
m². 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
LINES BEARING DISTANCES CD 180 m long was established on the bank of the river and the transit
1-2 N 31° 49’ E 142.26 was set up at stations C and D and the azimuth were taken as follows.
2-3 N 86° 30’ E 160.50 LINE AZIMUTH
3-4 S 22° 10 E 164.99 C-D 210° 00’
4-1 N 85° 45’ W 298.27 C-A 260° 00’
C-B 290° 00’
Determine the position of the dividing line from corners 2 and 3. D-A 301° 00’
A. 86.61 m and 90.04 m C. 85.79 m and 94.56 m D-B 315° 00’
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 101. Triangle station A and B were observed from stations 1 and 4
midpoint of line 1-2 and parallel to line 4-1 .Determine the location of respectively. With the instrument at station 1,the bearing of A was
the dividing lined from corner 4 along line 3-4. 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 BEARING DISTANCES LINES BEARINGS DISTANCE
1–2 Due East 101.46 m 1-2 S 16° 18’ W 120.50 m
2–3 S 12° 46’ E 53.32 m 2-3 S 13° 22’ E 185.42 m
3–4 S 82° 41’W 131.57 m 3-4 S 89° 28’ E 66.46 m
4-1 N 14° 05’ E 70.89 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
A. 55.28 m B. 58.25 m C. 82.55 m D. 52.85 m that of B is N 76°35’ E. It is required to compute for the distance
between points A and B.
Triangulation A. 240 m B. 230 m C. 220 m D. 225 m
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 102. A fishing boat left CDO port at 7:00 P.M., the captain received a radio
D, 143.2 meters apart. ∠ADB = 56°32’ and ∠ACB 62°53’. ∠ADB = message from the PCG advising him to seek refuge at the nearest
88°57’ and horizontal angle between B and D from C is 98° 58’. island because a typhoon is approaching. At that instant, the captain
Determine the distance between A and B. sighted island of Siquijor and Camiguin and observed the azimuth to
A. 188.72 m B. 174.86 m C. 181.35 m D. 157.27 m 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
94. A, C and D are three triangulation shore signals whose positions were was received? Coordinates of Camiguin, CDO and Siquijor:
determined by the angles ACD = 150° and the sides AC = 850 m and NORTHINGS EASTHINGS
CD = 760 m A sounding at B was taken from a boat and the angles ABC CAGAYN DE ORO 20000 20000
= 42°30’ and CBD = 35°30’ were measured simultaneously by two CAMIGUIN 26250 26085
sextants from the boat to the three shore signals from the shore. SIQUIJOR 35600 12195
Compute the distance BC. A. 10931 B. 11930 C. 11093 D. 11039
A. 1872 m B. 1188 m C. 1286 m D. 1286 m