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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 \( y = a^2 + x^2 - 2ax^2(cos°) − 21.42 \), 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) Give 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: 8]



For each situation below, draw a diagram and find the answer. Give all results to 2 significant figures.


a) Scientists track the movements of whales through the year. A whale swims 100km to the east, then 85 kilometers to the south. How far is it now from its starting point?


b) A hiking trail goes 10 km north, then 16km east, before going back in a straight line to the beginning. What is the total length of the trail?


c) A mountain has a height of 3.5km. The ski slope from the bottom up to the top is 10km long in a straight line. Calculate the length of the mountain’s base.

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Question 5

[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 6Register

[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 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 8Premium

[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: 15]



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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