At sunset or at sunrise, the astronomical triangle is
Aan isosceles triangle
Ba right triangle
Ca quadrantal triangle
Dan oblique triangle
#22
The azimuth angle is always less than
A90°
B180°
C360°
D540°
#23
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
#24
The angular distance of a point on the celestial sphere from the horizon is called its
Alongitude
Blatitude
Caltitude
Dpolar distance
#25
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
#26
The zenith distance of a star is the complement of its
Adeclination
Baltitude
Cpolar distance
Dlatitude
#27
The complement of the declination of a star is called the
Apolar distance
Blongitude
Czenith distance
Daltitude
#28
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.
#29
Which of the following points is equidistant from the vertices of a triangle?
Aincenter
Borthocenter
Ccentroid
Dcircumcenter
#30
The point of intersection of the altitudes of a triangle is called the
Aincenter
Borthocenter
Ccentroid
Dcircumcenter
#31
The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle is called the
Aincenter
Borthocenter
Ccentroid
Dcircumcenter
#32
The point inside a triangle that is equidistant from its sides is called the
Aincenter
Borthocenter
Ccentroid
Dcircumcenter
#33
The point of intersection of the medians of a triangle is called
Aincenter
Borthocenter
Ccentroid
Dcircumcenter
#34
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
#35📜 ECE Board April 1999
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
#36📜 ECE Board April 1999
If \(\sec A\) is \(5/2\), the quantity \(1-\sin^2 A\) is equivalent to
A2.5
B1.5
C0.4
D0.6
#37📜 ECE Board April 1999
\((\cos A)^4 - (\sin A)^4\) is equal to
Acos 4A
Bcos 2A
Csin 2A
Dsin 4A
#38📜 ECE Board April 1999
Of what quadrant is A, if \(\sec A\) is positive and \(\csc A\) is negative?
AIV
BII
CIII
DI
#39📜 ME Board October 1996
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?