Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
MIMAROPA Region
Division of Puerto Princesa City

Mastery Test for 4th Quarter in Mathematics 9

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. What ratio of the sides of a right triangle is the cotangent of the given angle?
𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒
A. B. C. D.
ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡

2. Referring to the figure on the right,

which of the following statements is correct? c
A. sin 𝜃 =
𝑎
C. cos 𝜃 =
𝑎
a
𝑐 𝑐
B. csc 𝜃 =
𝑐
D. tan 𝜃 =
𝑎 𝜃
𝑏 𝑐
b
3. What is the CORRECT statement for secant?
The cosecant of an angle in a right triangle is equal to the:
A. Ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to the length of the opposite side of the given angle.
B. Ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to the length of the adjacent side of the given angle.
C. Ratio of the length of the adjacent side to the length of the hypotenuse of the given angle.
D. Ratio of the length of the adjacent side to the length of the opposite side of the given angle.

4. Referring to the figure on the right,

what is the value of sin 𝜃 + cos 𝜃? 𝜃 5
A.
25
C.
37 3
12 15
7 41
B. D. 4
5 20

5. Which of the following is the value of cos 45 ? 𝑜

1 √2
A. 0 B. C. D. 1
2 2

√3
6. What is the angle 𝜃 in tan 𝜃 = ?
3
A. 90° B.60° C. 45° D. 30°

7. In a 45° − 45° − 90° 𝑅𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒, what is the relationship of the legs?
1
A. The legs are less than the hypotenuse by .
2
B. The legs are more than the hypotenuse by √2.
C. The legs are congruent.
D. The legs are not congruent.

8. Referring to the figure on the right,

which of the following statement is correct? 60° x
A. 𝑥 = 8 C. sin 60° =
𝑦 4
4
1 4
B. sin 30° = D. cos 60° = y
𝑥 𝑦

9. What do you call an angle between the horizontal line and line of sight from the observer’s eye to some
object above his eye?
A. angle of depression C. angle of elevation
B. angle of elongation d. angle of regression

For items 10 to 11, refer to the figure on the right.

10. Which refers to the angle of elevation?
A. ∠𝐴𝐸𝐿 C. ∠𝐴𝐸𝑆
B. ∠𝐿𝐸𝑆 D. ∠𝐴𝐿𝑆

11. Which refers to the angle of depression?

A. ∠𝐴𝐸𝐿 C. ∠𝐴𝐸𝑆
B. ∠𝐿𝐸𝑆 D. ∠𝐴𝐿𝑆

For items 12 to 15, refer to the situation below.

Along Rizal Avenue, Ben was standing on the top of a building. On the other side of the road, there was
another taller building. The angle of depression is 30° when he looks down at the base of the building on the other
side of the road and the angle of the elevation is 45° when he looks up at the top. His eye level from the top of the
building where he is standing is 1.5 𝑚 and the distance between the bases of the two buildings is 10√3 𝑚.

12. What trigonometric ratio will you use to find the height of the building where Ben was standing?
A. cosine B. cotangent C. sine D. tangent
13. After finding the distance between his eye level and the ground, what will you do next to find the
height of the building where he was standing?
A. I will add the computed distance between his eye level to the ground and the distance from his eye
level to the top of the building.
B. I will subtract the computed distance between his eye level to the ground and the distance from
his eye level to the top of the building.
C. I will rationalize the computed distance between his eye level to the ground and the distance from
his eye level to the top of the building.
D. I will double the computed distance between his eye level to the ground and the distance from his
eye level to the top of the building.

14. How would you express the solution to find the height of the building on the other side
of the road?
A. 10√3 tan 30° + 1.5 + 10√3 C. 10√3 tan 30° + 10√3 tan 45°
B. 10√3 tan 30° − 10√3 tan 45° + 1.5 D. 10√3 tan 30° + 10√3 tan 45° − 1.5

15. What are the heights of the two buildings?

10√3 10√3
A. ( + 10√3) 𝑚 and (10√3 − 1.5) 𝑚 C. ( + 10√3) 𝑚 and 11.5 𝑚
3 3
B. (10 + 10√3) 𝑚 and (10√3 − 1.5) 𝑚 D. (10 + 10√3) 𝑚 and 8.5 𝑚

16. A ladder is leaning against a wall, making an angle of 30 degrees with the ground. The ladder is 8
meters long. How high up the wall does the ladder reach?
A. 3 meters B. 3.5 meters C. 4 meters D. 6.9 meters

17. Which of the following word problems you can use a COSINE function?
I. A flagpole casts a shadow that is 12 meters long when the sun’s angle of elevation is 60 degrees.
What is the height of the flagpole?
II. A ladder is leaning against a wall. The ladder makes an angle of 60 degrees with the ground, and
the foot of the ladder is 6 meters away from the wall. How long is the ladder?
III. A right triangle has one acute angle measuring 30 degrees. If the length of the side adjacent to this
angle is 5 cm, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

A. I, II, and III B. I and II C. II and III D. III only

18. Referring to the situation below, do you agree or disagree with the following solutions? Why or why
not?
What is the length of the ladder leaning against a vertical wall and making an angle of 65° with
the ground if the distance between the foot of the ladder and the wall is 4.53 m? (Use 𝑠𝑖𝑛 65° =
0.91, 𝑐𝑜𝑠 65° = 0.42, 𝑡𝑎𝑛 65° = 2.14)
a. 2.12 m b. 4.98 m c. 9.71 m d. 10.78 m
Solution 1 Solution 2
Let's call the length of the ladder "L". Let's call the length of the ladder "L".
𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒
𝑐𝑜𝑠(65°) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛(65°) =
ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒
4.53 4.53
𝑐𝑜𝑠(65°) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛(65°) =
𝐿 𝐿
𝐿 ∗ 𝑐𝑜𝑠(65°) = 4.53 𝐿 ∗ 𝑠𝑖𝑛(65°) = 4.53
𝐿 = 4.53/𝑐𝑜𝑠(65°) 𝐿 = 4.53/𝑠𝑖𝑛(65°)
𝑳 ≈ 𝟏𝟎. 𝟕𝟖 𝒎 𝑳 ≈ 𝟒. 𝟗𝟖 𝒎

A. I agree to Solution 1 and disagree with Solution 2 because the distance between the foot of the
ladder and the wall should be the adjacent side of the reference angle, not the wall.
B. I agree to Solution 1 and disagree with Solution 2 because the wall should be the adjacent side of
the reference angle, not the distance between the foot of the ladder and the wall.
C. I agree to Solution 2 and disagree with Solution 1 because the distance between the foot of the
ladder and the wall should be the adjacent side of the reference angle and use tangent.
D. I agree with Solution 2 and disagree with Solution 1 because the wall should be the adjacent side
of the reference angle and use sine.

19. How can we construct the word problem in the most effective way for the given illustration?
A. If a person is flying a kite with a height of 100 meters above the ground
and the string makes a 60-degree angle with the ground, and the string is
attached to a stake in the ground, what is the length of the string of the kite
above the ground?
B. Assuming that the kite string is tied to a stake in the ground, and the string
makes a 60-degree angle with the ground, what is the length of the string
required to fly a kite that is 100 meters above the ground?
C. A kite flyer has a kite on a 100-meter string that makes an angle of 60
degrees with the ground. The kite string is tied to a stake in the ground.
How high above the ground is the kite?
D. If a kite is flying at a height of 100 meters and is tethered to a stake on the ground using a string that
makes a 60-degree angle with the ground, what would be the distance between the stake and the
kite’s shadow on the ground, assuming the sun is directly overhead?
20. What is an oblique triangle?
A. A triangle with no right angle
B. A triangle with no equal angles
C. A triangle with one right angle
D. A triangle with all sides of equal length

21. Which of the following is a possible scenario in which an oblique triangle can be formed?
A. When the altitude is perpendicular to the hypotenuse.
B. When two sides and one angle are known.
C. When all three sides of the triangle are equal.
D. When the triangle is a right triangle.
22. Which of the following is NOT a method for solving an oblique triangle?
A. Law of Sines C. Trigonometric ratios
B. Law of Cosines D. Pythagorean Theorem

23. What is the equation for the Law of Sine that is NOT included?
b sin(A) sin(B) sin(C)
A. sin(A) = ( ) sin(B) C. = =
a a b c
a 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
B. sin(A) = ( ) sin(B) D. = =
b sin(𝐴) sin(𝐵) sin(𝐶)

24. In the Law of Cosine, what is the relationship between the length of the third side c of a triangle and
the lengths of the other two sides (a and b) and the included angle (C)?
A. 𝑐 2 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 − 2𝑎𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝐶)
B. 𝑐 = 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 2𝜃
C. 𝑐 = √𝑎² + 𝑏²
D. 𝑐 = 2𝑎𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝐶)

25. Referring to the figure on the right, which of these illustrations demonstrates the Law of
Cosines?

A. (10)2 = (12)2 + (9)2 − 2(12)(9) cos(54.6°)

54.6°
B. 10 = √(12)2 + (9)2 − 2(12)(9) cos(78.1°) 12 9
(10)2 +(9)2 −(12)2
C. cos(47.2°) =
2(10)(12)
47.2° 78.1°
12
D. cos(78.1°) = cos(47.2°)
9
10
26. How does the law of sine differ from the law of cosines?
I. The law of sine can only be used to solve acute triangles, while the law of cosines can be used for any
triangle.
II. The law of sine relates the sides of a triangle to the angles opposite them, while the law of cosines
relates the sides to the angles adjacent to them.
III. The law of sine applies to right triangles, while the law of cosines applies to non-right triangles.

A. I only B. II only C. I and III D. II and III

27. In the ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, angle A is 30°, angle B is 45°, and side b is 8. What is the length of side a?
5√2
A.4 B. 4√2 C. 8√2 D.
2

28. Under what situations is the law of cosines applicable in an oblique triangle?
I. ASA II. SAS III. SSS IV. SSA

A. II and III B. I, II, III C. II, III, IV D. III and IV

For items 29 to 30, refer to the figure on the right.

29. Which parts of the triangle on the right are necessary to be known if
you are using the law of cosines to determine the length of side y?
A. 𝑧, 𝑥, ∠𝑌 C. 𝑥, 𝑧, ∠𝑋
B. ∠𝑋, ∠𝑌, ∠𝑍 D. 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧

30. Which parts of the triangle on the right are necessary to be known if you
are using the law of sines to determine the length of side x?
A. 𝑥, 𝑧, ∠𝑋 C. 𝑧, 𝑦, ∠𝑍
B. 𝑦, ∠𝑋, ∠𝑌 D. ∠𝑋, 𝑦, 𝑧

31. What is the order of the sides of the triangle at the right when arranged from
longest to shortest?
A. a, b, c C. b, c, a
B. a, c, b D. c, b, a
32. What is the order of the angles of the triangle on the right when arranged from
smallest to largest?

A. ∠𝐵, ∠𝐶, ∠𝐴 C. ∠𝐴, ∠𝐶, ∠𝐵

B. ∠𝐴, ∠𝐵, ∠𝐶 D. ∠𝐶, ∠𝐵, ∠𝐴

33. Which of the following situations can be solved by the law of sines?
I. Given two sides and an included angle, find the remaining side lengths and angles of the triangle.
II. Given three sides, determine the angles of the triangle.
III. Given two angles and a side opposite one of the angles, find the triangle's remaining angles and side
lengths.
IV. Given two sides and an angle that is not between them, find the length of the third side and the other
two angles of the triangle.

A. I and II B. I and III C. III and IV D. II and III

34. About the given situation below, which of the statements provided are correct?
A pole is supported by two wires connected to
the top of the pole and anchored on the ground at
points A and B on opposite sides of the pole. If the
distance between A and B is 130 feet and the angles
of elevation at A and B are 45° and 30° respectively,
what is the length of the wires?

Solution 1 Solution 2 Solution 3

𝑎 130 𝑎 130 𝑎 130
= = =
sin 45° sin 30° sin 45° sin 105° sin 45° sin 30°
130 ∗ sin 45° 130 ∗ sin 45° 130 ∗ sin 45°
𝑎= 𝑎= 𝑎=
sin 30° sin 105° sin 30°
130 ∗ (0.7071) 130 ∗ (0.7071) 130 ∗ (0.7071)
𝑎= 𝑎= 𝑎=
0.5 0.9659 0.5
𝒂 = 𝟏𝟖𝟑. 𝟖𝟒𝟔 𝒇𝒕 𝒂 = 𝟗𝟓. 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟐 𝒇𝒕 𝒂 = 𝟏𝟖𝟑. 𝟖𝟒𝟔 𝒇𝒕

𝑏 130 𝑏 130 𝑏 130

= = =
sin 30° sin 45° sin 30° sin 105° sin 45° sin 105°
130 ∗ sin 30° 130 ∗ sin 30° 130 ∗ sin 45°
𝑏= 𝑏= 𝑏=
sin 45° sin 105° sin 105°
130 ∗ (0.5) 130 ∗ (0.5) 130 ∗ (0.7071)
𝑏= 𝑏= 𝑏=
0.7071 0.9659 0.9659
𝒃 = 𝟗𝟏. 𝟗𝟐𝟒𝟕 𝒇𝒕 𝒃 = 𝟔𝟕. 𝟐𝟗𝟒𝟖 𝒇𝒕 𝒃 = 𝟗𝟓. 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟐 𝒇𝒕

I. Solution 1 is accurate. IV. We need the missing angle of 105° for calculation.
II. Solution 2 is accurate. V. We need the sum of 30° and 45° for calculation.
III. Solution 3 is accurate. VI. We need to find the height of the pole for calculation.

A. I, IV, and V C. I and VI

B. II, III, and IV D. II and IV

35. What is the most suitable construction of the diorama for the situation described below?

Two airplanes depart from an airport at the same time. After one hour, they are 189 km
apart. If one plane covered a distance of 168 km, while the other traveled 244 km, determine the
angle between their flight paths.

A. C.

B. D.