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Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
A flagstaff stands on the top of a vertical tower. A man standing 60 m away from the tower observes that the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the flagstaff are 64o and 62o respectively. Find the length of the flagstaff.
A
60 (tan 62o - tan 64o)
B
60 (cot 64o - cot 62o)
C
60 (cot 62o - cot 64o)
D
60 (tan 64o - tan 62o)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
Simplify \(\cos^{2} x (\sec^{2} x + \sec^{2} x \tan^{2} x)\)
A
tan x
B
tanx secx
C
\(\sec^2 x\)
D
cosec2x
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
If cos x = \(\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}\) find cosec x
A
\(\frac{b}{\sqrt{b - a}}\)
B
\(\sqrt{\frac{b}{a}}\)
C
\(\sqrt{\frac{b}{b - a}}\)
D
\(\sqrt{\frac{b - a}{a}}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
From a point Z, 60 m north of X, a man walks 60√3m eastwards to another point Y. Find the bearing of Y from X.
A
0.30o
B
045o
C
060o
D
090o
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
3% of a family's income is spent on electricity, 59% on food, 20% on transport, 11% on education and 7% on extended family. The angles subtended at the centre of the pie chart under education and food are respectively
A
76.8o and 25.2o
B
10.8o and 224.6o
C
112.4o and 72.0o
D
39.6o and 212.4o
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
In the figure above, Find the value of x
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A
130o
B
110o
C
100o
D
90o
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
PMN and PQR are two secants of the circle MQTRN and PT is a tangent. If PM = 5cm, PN = 12cm and PQ = 4.8cm, calculate the respective lengths of PR and PT in centimeters
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A
7.3, 5.9
B
7.7, 12.5
C
12.5, 7.7
D
5.9, 7.3
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
PMN and PQR are two secants of the circle MQTRN and PT is a tangent. If PNR = 110o and PMQ = 55o, find MPQ
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A
40o
B
30o
C
25o
D
15o
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
In this figure, PQ = PR = PS and SRT = 68o. Find QPS
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A
136o
B
124o
C
12o
D
68o
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
In the figure, PQRS is a square of sides 8cm. What is the area of \(\bigtriangleup\)UVW?
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A
64 sq. cm
B
40 sq.cm
C
50 sq.cm
D
10 sq.cm
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
ABCDE is a regular pentagon and a rectangle AXYE is drawn on the side AE such that the vertices X and Y lie on the sides BC and CD respectively. Calculate the size of (i) an interior angle of the pentagon ; (ii) < BXA.
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
The table below shows the distribution of the waiting times for some customers in a certain petrol station. Waiting time (in mins) No of customers 1.5 - 1.9 3 2.0 - 2.4 10 2.5 - 2.9 18 3.0 - 3.4 10 3.5 - 3.9 7 4.0 - 4.4 2 (a) Write down the class boundaries of the distribution. (b) Construct a cumulative frequency curve for the data; (c) Using your graph, estimate: (i) the interquartile range of the distribution ; (ii) the proportion of customers who could have waited for more than 3 minutes.
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
(a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a parallelogram PQRS with diagonals |PR| = 9cm and |QS| = 6cm, intersecting at K and < QKR = 60^\circ. (b) Construct a rectangle PABS which is equal in area to PQRS in (a) above and on the same side of PS as PQRS. Measure |PA|.
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1990 Geometry and Trigonometry
Simplify and express in standard form \(\frac{0.00275 \times 0.0064}{0.025 \times 0.08}\)
A
8.8 x 10-1
B
8.8 x 10-2
C
8.8 x 10-3
D
8.8 x 103
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1990 Geometry and Trigonometry
Three brothers in a business deal share the profit at the end of a contact. The first received \(\frac{1}{3}\) of the profit and the second \(\frac{2}{3}\) of the remainder. If the third received the remaining N12000.00 how much profit did they share?
A
N60 000.00
B
N54 000.00
C
N48 000.00
D
N42 000.00
medium Difficulty
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