ECAT Mathematics Chapter 14 Application of Trigonometry

If five triangles are constructed having sides of the lengths indicated below, the triangle that will NOT be a right triangle is

• 8, 15, 17 A
• 3, 4, 5 B
• 12, 15, 18 C
• 5, 12, 13 D

A circle drawn inside a triangle and touching its sides is called ______;

• Circumcirle A
• Incircle B
• Escribed circle C
• unit circle D

For any equilateral r :R :η :r1 :r2 :r3 =

• 1:2:3:4:5 A
• 1:2:3:3:3 B
• 1:2:4:4:4 C
• 2:1 :2 :2 :2 D

When the angle between the ground and the sun is 30^𝜊,flag pole costss a shadow of 40 mg long. the height of the top of the flag is

• 25m A
• 23m B
• 12m C
• 29m D

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  D

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A vertical pole is 8m high and the length of its shadow is 6m. The angle of elevation of the sun of the moment is

• 57𝜊 A
• -48𝜊 B
• 27𝜊 C
• 53𝜊 D

E-radius corresponding to < B is

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  B
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  C
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  D

An airplane flying at height of 300 meters above the ground passes vertically above another plane at an instant when the angle of elevation of the two planes from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. Then the height of the lower plane from the ground is (in meters).

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  A
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  B
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  D

An observer on the top of a cliff 200 m above the sea level, observes the angles of depression of two ships on opposite sides of the cliff to be 45° and 30°, respectively. The distance between the ships if the line joining them points to the base of cliff is

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  A
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  B
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  D

• 30° A
• 60° B
• 45° C
• None of these D

The angle of depression of a point A on the ground from the top of the tower is 30𝜊,then the angle of elevation of the top of the tower at the point A is

• 60𝜊 A
• 40𝜊 B
• 41𝜊 C
• 30𝜊 D

A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle subtended by a tree of the opposite bank is 60°, when he retreats 40 m from the bank, he finds the angle to be 30°. The height of the tree and the breadth of the river are

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

A circle drawn inside a triangle and touching its sides is called

• In-circle A
• Circum circle B
• Escribed circle C
• None of these D

E-radius corresponding to < A is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

• R A
• 2R B
• r C
• 2r D

A triangle which is not right is called an ______ triangle

• Acute A
• Obtuse B
• Oblique C
• None of these D

The upper 3/4 the portion of a vertical pole subtends an angle tan^-13/5 at a point in the horizontal plane through its foot and at a distance 40 m from the foot. A possible height of the vertical pole is

• 20 m A
• 40 m B
• 60 m C
• 80 m D

The triangle that does not have a right angle is called.

• Isosceles triangle A
• right angle triangle B
• equivalent triangle C
• oblique triangle D

In triangle ABC, in which b=95, c=34, a =52^𝜊then the value of a=

• 18 cm A
• 18.027 cm B
• 20.7 cm C
• 19 cm D

The process of finding the unknown elements in triangle is called the

• solution of the triangle A
• Mean differnece B
• Engineering distance C
• angle of depressin D

AB is a vertical pole and C is its middle point. The end A is on the level ground and P is any point on the level ground other than A. the portion CB subtends and angleβat P. If AP : AB = 2 : 1 thenβ=

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  B
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  C
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  D

PQ is a post of given height a, and AB is a tower at some distance;αandβare the angles of elevation of B, the top of the tower, at P and Q respectively. The height of the tower and its distance from the post are

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  B
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  C
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  D

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  D

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  A
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  B
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  D

In ladder leaning against a vertical well makes an angle of 24^𝜊with the wall, Its foot is 5m from the wall, its length is

• 5.47m A
• 2m B
• 7m C
• 6.29m D

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  B
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  D

The law of consines is

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A circle passing through the vertices of any triangle is called ______

• In circle A
• Circum circle B
• Escribed circle C
• None of these D

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