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Trigonometry

Question 1

[Maximum mark: 12]



For each following right-angled triangle, find the value that is asked for and round it to the closest integer. There is no need to give a unit for the lengths.



a) Find \( a \).


b) Find α.


c) Find \( b \).


d) Find α.


e) Find β.


f) Find \( c \).


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Question 2

[Maximum mark: 8]



Solve the following questions.


a) Find the value of \( a \), to two significant figures.


We give the graph of the function \( y = a^2 + x^2 - 2a(\cos104°)x − 21.4^2 \), where \( a \) is equal to the value you found on the previous question.


b) Find the values of \( x \) for which \( y=0 \) in the previous expression.


c) Find the value of \( b \).


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Question 3

[Maximum mark: 8]



Someone is trying to paint this heart. They already painted the semi-circular parts on the top.


a) Find the area of the space still to paint.



b) Find the distance between \( A \) and \( B \).


c) Calculate the total area of the heart.

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Question 4

[Maximum mark: 9]



For each situation below, draw a diagram and give the answer to the requested number of significant figures.


a) Cell phone towers can measure how far each user is. Paul uses his phone while between two towers. Tower A measures that he is 500 meters away, and tower B measures that he is 1.5km away. The angle that he makes with the towers is 105°. Find how far apart the towers are, to two significant figures.


b) A car goes 40km on a straight road, then turns slightly to the right and keeps going. It stops after 14km this way. In a straight line, the car is now 47.6km away from its starting point. What was the angle that this right turn formed with the road? Give the result to three significant figures.


c) An airplane flies 550km from city A to city B, on a bearing of 155°. Then, it flies 300km from city B to city C, on a bearing of 200°. Find the distance between A and C, and the bearing to fly back from C to A. Give the answers to two significant figures.

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Question 5

[Maximum mark: 14]



Jerry is a 1.7m tall hiker, standing in front of a ravine. The ravine is 100 meters across, and 20 meters deep. On the other side of it, he sees a very tall tree. Jerry measures the angle of elevation to the tree to be α = 30°.


Give all following answers to two significant figures.


a) Draw the situation.


b) Find the height \( d \) of the tree.


While looking at the tree, Jerry drops his favorite protractor into the ravine. Fortunately, he can still see it. It is halfway to the other side of the ravine.


c) Draw this new situation.


d) What is the angle of depression 𝛽 from where Jerry is standing to his protractor?


There is a bird at the top of the tree, looking at the shiny protractor.


e) Draw a diagram that includes Jerry, the bird, and the protractor.


f) How far does the bird have to fly to go fetch the protractor?

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Question 6Register

[Maximum mark: 9]



Three cities in Germany, mainly Munich, Berlin, and Leipzig are represented on the diagram below. We know that Leipizig is directly east to Munich, Berin is 200km away from Leipzig, and \( \hat{MBL} = 142^\circ \).


The bearing of Berlin from Munich is \( 78^\circ \)


a) Find the size of the angle \( \hat{BLM} \).


Jack takes a train which travels in a straight line from Munich to Berlin. In Berlin he switches to another train which again goes in a straight line from Berlin to Leipzig. Both trains go with a constant speed of 200km/h.


b) How long did Jack travel for, assuming that he spent an hour in Berlin waiting for the second train?


c) Find the area of the triangle \( MBL \).


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Question 7Register

[Maximum mark: 15]



Let \( A(-1,-1) \) and \( B(5,2) \).


a) Find the coordinates for the middle of \( [AB] \), that we will call \( I \).


b) Find the equation for the perpendicular bisector of \( [AB] \).


c) Give the coordinates of the y-intercept of this bisector, that we will call \( M \).


d) Find the length of segments \( [BI] \) and \( [IM] \).


e) Find the area of the triangle \( MIB \).


f) Find the area of the triangle \( AMB \).

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Question 8Register

[Maximum mark: 10]



Consider the diagram below with a triangle \( ABC \), where \( Q \) is the midpoint of \( [AC] \). It is known that \( AB = 7\text{cm} \), \( AQ = 6\text{cm} \), and the angle \( \hat{QBC} = 120^\circ \).



a) Find the size of the angle \( \hat{AQB} \).


b) Find the length of \( [QC] \).


c) Find the size of the angle \( \hat{ABQ} \).


d) Hence, find the size of the angle \( \hat{BAQ} \).


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Question 9Premium

[Maximum mark: 6]



A car park is being built. It is designed in the shape of a triangle \( ABC \), such that the side \( BC = 320\text{m} \), and the side \( AC = 410\text{m} \). The angle \( \hat{ACB} = 61^\circ \).



a) Find the length of \( AB \).


The car park is to be filled with cement. The cost of cement is 30 cents per square meter.


b) How much will it cost to fill the entire car park with cement? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.


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Question 10Premium

[Maximum mark: 10]



A quadrilateral \( ABCD \) is shown on the diagram below. It is such that \( AB = 8 \text{m} \), \( BC = 6 \text{m} \), \( \hat{ABC} = 92^\circ \), and \( \hat{CDA} = 110^\circ \).



a) Find the length of \( [AC] \).


b) Find the area of the triangle \( ABC \).


c) Find the size of the angle \( \hat{ACD} \).


d) Find the area of the quadrilateral \( ABCD \).


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Question 11Premium

[Maximum mark: 11]



A public park has designed a garden with the following pattern.





a) What area of soil will be needed to fill in this garden?


b) Calculate the length of the outer path.


This garden will be divided into three parts with different flowers in each. From bottom to top, there will be roses for the first 2 meters of the radius, then tulips for 5 meters, and the rest will be daisies.


c) Draw a diagram.


d) Calculate the area covered by each flower.


We want to put in some decorative stones between the flower areas.


e) Calculate the length of the two stone paths.

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Question 12Premium

[Maximum mark: 15]



A new children's toy is designed in a shape of a right pyramid \( ABCD \) and vertex \( E \). The vertex has coordinates (1,8,0), and point \( B \) has coordinates (-3,1,8).


One unit is the equivalent of one centimeter.



a) Find the exact value of \( BE \).


It is known that the angle \( \hat{ABE} = 68^\circ \).


b) Find \( AB \).


c) Find the area of the base \( ABCD \).


The volume of this toy is 720cm3. Another toy is to be made in a shape of a cylinder with base radius \( r \) and height \( h \). It is known that the volume of the cylinder is equal to the volume of the pyramid.


d) Find the formula for the surface area \( S \) of the cylinder in terms of \( r \).


e) Hence, find the value of \( r \) which minimizes the surface area.

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Question 13Premium

[Maximum mark: 13]



The height above ground of a passenger on a Ferris wheel is given by the function \( h(t) = 28 \cos \left( \frac{\pi}{4}(t - 3) \right) + 30 \), where \( t \) is the time in minutes spent aboard the wheel. The height \( h(t) \) is measured in meters.


a) Find the minimum and maximum height above ground of a passenger.


b) Find the altitude of a passenger after two minutes on the ride.


c) Determine how long it takes for a passenger to reach maximum altitude.


d) Calculate the number of minutes that a passenger is more than 40 meters above the ground during one spin of the wheel. Round your answer to two decimal places.


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Question 14Premium

[Maximum mark: 15]



The height of water at a beach is modeled by the function \( h(t) = 5 \cos \left( \frac{\pi}{3} t + \frac{\pi}{3} \right) + 6 \), where \( t \) is the time of the day, in hours, starting at midnight. The height is expressed in meters. A family is planning their beach vacation around this model.


a) What's the height of the water at noon?


b) How often is the highest tide in?


c) Find the minimum and maximum heights of the water.


d) The family plans on visiting the beach between the hours of 10AM and 6PM.


i. Find at what times of their visit the tide will be at the highest and at the lowest.


ii. Because the family has a young child, they cannot go in the water if the height is above 7 meters. How long will the child be able to enjoy swimming during their visit?


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