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Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

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#8403Objective
At sunset or at sunrise, the astronomical triangle is
Aan isosceles triangle
Ba right triangle
Ca quadrantal triangle
Dan oblique triangle
#8404Objective
The azimuth angle is always less than
A90°
B180°
C360°
D540°
#8405Objective
A great circle which passes through the celestial poles and a heavenly body B is called the ________ of B.
Avertical circle
Bhour circle
Clongitude
Dhorizon
#8406Objective
The angular distance of a point on the celestial sphere from the horizon is called its
Alongitude
Blatitude
Caltitude
Dpolar distance
#8407Objective
It is the angle at the zenith from the upper branch of the observer's meridian toward the east to the vertical circle of the heavenly body.
Aquadrantal angle
Bhour angle
Cpolar angle
Dazimuth
#8408Objective
The zenith distance of a star is the complement of its
Adeclination
Baltitude
Cpolar distance
Dlatitude
#8409Objective
The complement of the declination of a star is called the
Apolar distance
Blongitude
Czenith distance
Daltitude
#8410Objective
Which of the following statements is false?
AThe diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular to each other.
BThe diagonals of a rectangle are equal.
CThe diagonals of a rhombus are equal.
DThe diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
#8411Objective
Which of the following points is equidistant from the vertices of a triangle?
Aincenter
Borthocenter
Ccentroid
Dcircumcenter
#8412Objective
The point of intersection of the altitudes of a triangle is called the
Aincenter
Borthocenter
Ccentroid
Dcircumcenter
#8413Objective
The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle is called the
Aincenter
Borthocenter
Ccentroid
Dcircumcenter
#8414Objective
The point inside a triangle that is equidistant from its sides is called the
Aincenter
Borthocenter
Ccentroid
Dcircumcenter
#8415Objective
The point of intersection of the medians of a triangle is called
Aincenter
Borthocenter
Ccentroid
Dcircumcenter
#8416Objective
The line segment which joins the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and is what part of the third side?
Aone half
Bone third
Cone fourth
Dtwo thirds
#12839📜 ECE Board April 1999Problem
Sin \(B-A\) is equal to _, when \(B=270\) degrees and A is an acute angle.
A- cos A
Bcos A
Csin A
Dsin A
#12840📜 ECE Board April 1999Problem
If \(\sec A\) is \(5/2\), the quantity \(1-\sin^2 A\) is equivalent to
A2.5
B1.5
C0.4
D0.6
#12841📜 ECE Board April 1999Problem
\((\cos A)^4 - (\sin A)^4\) is equal to
Acos 4A
Bcos 2A
Csin 2A
Dsin 4A
#12842📜 ECE Board April 1999Objective
Of what quadrant is A, if \(\sec A\) is positive and \(\csc A\) is negative?
AIV
BII
CIII
DI
#12843📜 ME Board October 1996Objective
Angles are measured from the positive horizontal axis, and the positive direction is counterclockwise. What are the values of \(\sin B\) and \(\cos B\) in the \(4^{th}\) quadrant?
A\(\sin B > 0\) and \(\cos B < 0\)
B\(\sin B < 0\) and \(\cos B < 0\)
C\(\sin B > 0\) and \(\cos B > 0\)
D\(\sin B 0\)
#12844📜 ECE Board November 1998Problem
\(\csc 520^\circ\) is equal to
A\(\cos 20^\circ\)
B\(\csc 20^\circ\)
C\(\tan 45^\circ\)
D\(\sin 20^\circ\)