HiSET: Math : HiSet: High School Equivalency Test: Math

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Example Question #151 : Hi Set: High School Equivalency Test: Math

A circle on the coordinate plane has center  and passes through . Give its area.

Possible Answers:

The information given is insufficient to answer the question

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The radius of the circle is the distance between its center and a point that it passes through. This radius can be calculated using the distance formula:

.

Setting :

The area of a circle can be calculated by substituting 10 for in the equation

,

the correct response.

Example Question #152 : Hi Set: High School Equivalency Test: Math

Give the area of the circle on the coordinate plane with equation

.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We must first rewrite the equation of the circle in standard form

;

will be the radius.

Subtract 9 from both sides, and rearrange the terms remaining on the left as follows:

Note that blanks have been inserted after the linear terms. In these blanks, complete two perfect square trinomials by dividing linear coefficients by 2 and squaring:

Add to both sides, as follows:

Rewrite the expression on the left as the sum of the squares of two binomials.

The equation is now in standard form.

The area of this circle can be found using this formula:

,

the correct response.

Example Question #1 : Midpoint Of Line Segments

Give the coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment whose endpoints are the intercepts of the line of the equation

.

Possible Answers:

None of the other choices gives the correct response.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The x-intercept and y-intercept of the line of an equation can be found by substituting 0 for and , respectively, as follows:

x-intercept:

Substitute and simplify:

Solve for by dividing by 2 on both sides:

The x-intercept of the line is located at

The y-intercept can be found by setting and solving for in a similar fashion:

The y-intercept is located at .

 

The midpoint of a line segment, given its endpoints and , is located at

;

substituting accordingly,

The midpoint is located at .

 

Example Question #1 : Midpoint Of Line Segments

What is the midpoint of the line segment created by the points  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The midpoint of the line segment between two points 

 and 

is given by the formula

.

Thus, since the line segment is generated by 

 and 

applying the midpoint formula we have

 

as the midpoint.

Example Question #1 : Midpoint Of Line Segments

What is the midpoint between  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Step 1: Recall the midpoint Formula....

, where  is the first point and  is the second point

Step 2: Identify the points and their specific terms...

Step 3: Plug in the values into the midpoint formula...

Simplify...

Example Question #151 : Hi Set: High School Equivalency Test: Math

Evaluate  in terms of .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Suppose we allow be the lengths of the opposite leg and adjacent leg and the hypotenuse, respectively, of the right triangle with an acute angle measuring .

The tangent of the angle is the ratio of the length of the opposite leg to that of the adjacent leg, so

We can set the lengths of the opposite and adjacent legs to and 5, respectively. The length of the hypotenuse can be determined using the Pythagorean Theorem:

The sine of the angle is equal to the ratio of the length opposite leg to that of the hypotenuse, so

.

Example Question #2 : Problems Involving Right Triangle Trigonometry

Evaluate  in terms of .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Suppose we allow be the lengths of the opposite leg and adjacent leg and the hypotenuse, respectively, of the right triangle with an acute angle measuring . The cosine is defined to be the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to that of the hypotenuse, so

We can set the lengths of the adjacent leg and the hypotenuse to and 3, respectively. By the Pythagorean Theorem, the length of the opposite leg is

The sine of the angle is equal to the ratio of the length of the opposite leg to that of the hypotenuse, so

.

Example Question #1 : Problems Involving Right Triangle Trigonometry

Evaluate  in terms of .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Suppose we allow be the lengths of the opposite leg and adjacent leg and the hypotenuse, respectively, of the right triangle with an acute angle measuring .

The tangent of the angle is the ratio of the length of the opposite leg to that of the adjacent leg, so

We can set the lengths of the opposite and adjacent legs to and 5, respectively. The length of the hypotenuse can be determined using the Pythagorean Theorem:

The cosine of the angle is equal to the ratio of the length of the adjacent leg to that of the hypotenuse, so

.

Example Question #1 : Problems Involving Right Triangle Trigonometry

Possible Answers:

None of the other choices gives the correct response.

Correct answer:

None of the other choices gives the correct response.

Explanation:

An identity of trigonometry is

for any value of .

Since , it immediately follows that .

This response is not among the given choices.

Example Question #3 : Problems Involving Right Triangle Trigonometry

Right

Refer to the triangle in the above diagram. Which of the following expressions correctly gives its area?

Possible Answers:

None of the other choices gives the correct response.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of a right triangle is half the product of the lengths of its legs, which here are  and  - that is, 

We are given that  is the leg opposite the angle  and  is its adjacent leg, we can find  using the tangent ratio:

Setting  and , we get

Solve for  by multiplying both sides by 12:

Now, set  and  in the area formula:

,

the correct choice.

 

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