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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Negros Island Region
Division of San Carlos City
San Carlos City, Negros Occidental

FOURTH QUARTER EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS 9

DIRECTION: Read and analyse each item carefully. Write the letter that corresponds to the answer. If the
answer is not found among the choices, solve/compute for the answer. The use of scientific
calculator is allowed.

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1. What do you call the angle from the 8. In a triangle that is not right, the Law of
horizontal to the line of sight of the Sines cannot be used when _________.
observer to the object below? A. Two sides and an angle are given
A. Angle of elevation B. Two angles and any side are given
B. Angle of depression C. Two angles and an included side are
C. Angle of sight given
D. Angle of intersection D. Three sides are given

2. With respect to the given angle, what is 9. The expression 2(cos 60) cot 45 is equal
the ratio of the hypotenuse to the to __.
adjacent side? A. -1 C. 1
A. Sine C. Secant B. 0 D. 2
B. Tangent D. Cotangent
10. A bamboo pole is leaning against a tree.
3. Given a triangle DEF, where F is right If the height of the tree is 11.5 meters
and the angle made by the pole and the
and D measures 30, what is the ground is 45, what is the length of the
measure of FE if pole?
DF = 2 3 ? A. 8.1 m C. 19.9 m
B. 16.3 m D. 23 m
A. 2 C. 6
B. 4 D. 3 11. An equilateral triangle PQR has a
perimeter of 36 cm. What is the length of
A
4. In the triangle ABC, its altitude?
what is the length of A. 3 3 cm C. 5 3 cm
13 cm
AC?
B. 4 3 cm D. 6 3 cm
A. 1 cm
B. 5 cm C B
C. 9 cm 12 cm 12. In an oblique triangle, when two sides and
D. 12 cm an included angle are given, which law can
be used?
5. What is the value of x? A. Law of Sines C. Law of Tangents
45
A. 3 B. Law of Cosines D. All of these
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B. 3 2 x
13. In relation to a certain angle, what is the
C. 6 ratio of the adjacent side to the
45
D. 62 hypotenuse?
A. Cosine C. Cosecant
6. Two ships leave the same port at the B. Sine D. Secant
same time. One ship sails on a course of
110 at 32 miles per hour. The other sails For item nos. 14 18, refer to the illustration
on a course of 230 at 40 miles per hour. below. D
Find the distance between them after 2
hours. Express your answer to the 20
nearest mile. 12
A. 124 miles C. 126 miles
B. 125 miles D. 127 miles E F
16
7. PQR is right at Q, PQ = 12 cm and
QR = 5 cm. What is cos R? 14. Which sine ratio is correct?
12 5 3 4
A. sin D= C sin D=
A. 13 cm C. 12 cm 4 5

5 12 4 3
B. sin E= D. sin F=
B 13 cm D. 5 cm 5 5

15. What is the value of secant E?

A. 0.75 C. 1.25
B. 0.80 D. 1.33

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B. 18
C. 3 3
16. What is the value of E to the nearest
D. 6 3
degree?
A. 98 C. 37
B. 47 D. 23 24. An airplane is flying at a height of 5
kilometers above the ground. The
17. Which ratio defines cotangent D? distance along the ground from the
3 4 airplane to the airport is 5 kilometers.
A. 4 C. 5 What is the angle of depression from the
airplane to the airport?
4 5 A. 30 C. 45
B. 3 D. 4 B. 55 D. 60

18. Which trigonometric value is correct? 25. Rocel observes a car and a tree from a
A. Ltan E J= 0.8 C. sec D = 1.25 window. The angle of depression of the
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B. cot F = 0.6 D. csc E = 1.66 car is 45 and that of the tree is 30. If
the distance between the car and the tree
19. Considering the figure is 75m, find Rocels horizontal distance
at the right with from the tree? (Use the set-up below)
K=30, which statement
is FALSE?
K A. JK = 10
B. tan K =
C. cos J =
D. sin K = A. 175 m C. 177 m
B. 176 m D. 178 m
20. In a triangle ABC, the measure of
A=30 and the side opposite it is 3 units, 26. Base on the illustration below, what is
which ratio shows sine A? the height of the tree? Express your
3 answer to the nearest feet.
A. C.
B. 2 D. 2 3

21. In a right triangle MNO, with O is

right; the measure of MN = 5 cm and NO
= 4 cm. What is sine N?
3 5
A. 5 C. 3

4 5 A. 16 feet C. 20 feet
B 5 D. 4 B. 18 feet D. 24 feet

27. Refer to the illustration in item #26, what is

22. A balloon is 50 m high. Its angle of the distance between the man at the right
elevation from observer A is 45 and from to the tree?
observer B it is 30. What is the A. 16 feet C. 22 feet
maximum distance between the two B. 20 feet D. 24 feet
observers? Express your answer to the
30o nearest meter. For item nos. 2830, refer to the
A. 136 m C. 138 m illustration below;
B. 137 m
x D. 139 m

23. In the figure at the right, what is the value

of x?
A. 4.5

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B. 5 3 m D. 3.75 m

34. An airplane is 2 miles above the ground.

The angle of depression to the tree is 15.
What is the horizontal distance between
the tree and the airplane?

28. What do you call the angle observed

from the boat to the lighthouse?
A. Angle of elevation
B. Angle of depression
C. Angle of sight
D. Angle of intersection

29. What is the angle of depression of the

lighthouse to the boat?
A. 20 C. 50
B. 40 D. 70 A. 7.5 miles C. 8.5 miles
B. 8 miles D. 9 miles
30. What is the angle of elevation of the sun
from the lighthouse? For nos. 35 36, refer to the illustration
A. 20 C. 50 below;
B. 40 D. 70

For item nos. 31 32, refer to the figure

below;
1

2
3

35. If the distance of the bush from the

4 post is 26m, what is the distance of the
man with a dog from the post? Express
1 3 your answer to the nearest meter.
I. III. A. 16 m C. 32 m
II. 2 IV. 4 B. 19 m D. 45 m

36. If the height of the post is 19m, what is

31. Which angle illustrates angle of
the distance of the man with a dog from
elevation?
the bush? Express your answer to the
A. I only C. I & III
nearest meter.
B. II & IV D. I & IV
A. 11 m C. 33 m
B. 14 m D. 38 m
32. Which angle illustrates angle of
depression?
37. The lengths of the two adjacent sides of
A. I only C. I & III
a parallelogram are 2 cm and 8 cm. If the
B. II & IV D. I & IV
angle formed by these two sides is 30,
find the length of the shorter diagonal.
33. The shadow of an electric pole is 5m long
A. 5.58 cm C. 7.2 cm
when the angle of elevation of the sun is
B. 6.35 cm D. 7.7 cm
60. Find the length of the shadow when
the angle of elevation of the sun is 45.
38. The hill slopes upward at an angle of 14o
Express your answer to the nearest
with the horizontal ground. What height
meter.
does a man reach when he has travelled
5 3
A. m C. 2.5 m 100 m upward from the foot of the hill?
3 A. 24 m C. 26 m
B. 25 m D. 27 m
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THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF TRIGONOMETRY
39. Find the perimeter of a regular pentagon 1. Defines the six
trigonometric
inscribed in a circle of radius 9 cm? ratios sine, cosine, 2,4,7,
14,
8 15, 18 20%
A. 27.8 cm C. 40.8 cm tangent, secant, 13
17
cosecant and
B. 39.6 cm D. 52.9 cm cotangent
2. Finds the
3, 5,
trigonometric 9, 11,
40. Find the area of a regular pentagon ratios of special
8 20,
21
19 20%
23
inscribed in a circle of radius 9 cm? angles
3. Describes and
A. 192 cm2 C. 194 cm2 illustrates angles
2
B. 193 cm D. 195 cm2 of elevation and 2 29,30 5%
angles of
depression
4. Recognizes
situations that 1, 28,
involve angles of 4 31, 10%
elevation and 32
depression
5. Solves problems
that involve angles
4 24,33 25 22 10%
of elevation and
depression
6. Uses
trigonometric 27, 10,
17.5
ratios to solve 7 34, 35, 26
%
problems involving 38 36
right triangles
7. Illustrates Laws of 7.5
TABLE OF SPECIFICATION 3 8,12 16
Sines and Cosines %
ITEM PLACEMENT BASE 8. Solving problems
ON LEVEL OF 37,
involving oblique 4 40 6 10%
DIFFICULTY 39
NUMB triangles
LEARNING
ER OF Diffic % 100
COMPETENCIES Easy Avera TOTAL 40 23 12 5
ITEMS ult %
57.5 ge
12.5
% 30%
%

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