A guide wire for a telephone tower makes an angle of 50° with the level ground and is 14 meters from the base of the tower. How many meters long is the guide wire?
(A)3.8
(B) 13.5
(C) 16.68
(D) 21.78
(E) 22.58
The table below details a recent census report about the commuting habits of U.S. workers age 16 or over for the years 2004, 2005, and 2006.
To the nearest percent, what percent of all U.S. workers age 16 or over in 2004 was female?
(F) 50% (G) 48% (H) 46% (J) 44% (K) 15%
Correct Answer: H
The length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle figured below is 16, and the length of one of its legs is 12. What is the cosine of angle θ?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Correct Answer: A
If 6x2 + x - c = (cx - 1)(3x + 2), what is the value of c?
(A)-2 (B) -1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 6
Correct Answer: C
More ACT Math Exam Questions
- 1For all x, (3x - 5)(4x + 3) = ?
- 2When w + w = 1, what is the value of w?
- 3
In the figure below, the circle with center O is tangent to , , , and . The measure of angle BDE is 75° and the measure of DEA is 105°.
The lines in which of the following pairs of lines are necessarily parallel?
I. and
II. and
III. and
- 4
If a+ 2b= 2, what is the value of ?
- 5
△ABC, shown below in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, is equilateral with vertex A at (0,w) and vertex B on the x-axis as shown. What are the coordinates of vertex C?