"Full Coverage": Non-Right Angled Triangles

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Question 1
Categorisation: Use the sine rule to determine a missing side.

[Edexcel IGCSE May2015-4H Q16]

Work out the value of 𝑥 .

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

.......................... cm

Question 2
Categorisation: Use the cosine rule to determine the side opposite the known angle.
[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2016-4H Q21]

Calculate the length of 𝐵𝐶 .

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

𝐵𝐶 = .......................... cm

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Question 3
Categorisation: Use the cosine rule to determine the perimeter of a triangle.

[Edexcel GCSE March2012-4H Q20]

Here is a triangle ABC.

AC = 90 m.
BC = 60 m.
Angle ACB = 130°

Calculate the perimeter of the triangle. Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

.......................... m

Question 4
Categorisation: Use trigonometry of right-angled triangles to determine a side
subsequently used in the sine or cosine rules.
[Edexcel, GCSE Nov2011-4H Q20b Edited]

PQRS is a trapezium. PQ is parallel to SR. Angle PSR = 90°. Angle PRS = 62°
PQ = 14 cm. PS = 8 cm.

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Determine the length of QR.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... cm

Question 5
Categorisation: As above, but in reverse; using a side determined using sine or
cosine rules in a subsequent calculation involving a right-angled triangle.

[Edexcel GCSE June2006-6H Q23]

The diagram shows a vertical tower DC on horizontal ground ABC.

ABC is a straight line.

The angle of elevation of D from A is 28 ° .

The angle of elevation of D from B is 54 ° . AB = 25 m.

Calculate the height of the tower.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... m

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Question 6
Categorisation: Use the cosine rule in context.

[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2014-4H Q17]

A circular clock face, centre O, has a minute hand OA and an hour hand OB.
OA = 10 cm. OB = 7 cm.

Calculate the length of AB when the hands show 5 o’clock.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... cm

Question 7
Categorisation: Use the cosine rule involving algebraic sides.

[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2015-3H Q22]

The diagram shows a triangle ABC. 𝐴𝐵 = (2𝑥 + 1) cm, 𝐴𝐶 = (2𝑥 − 1) cm and 𝐵𝐶 =

2√7 cm. Angle BAC = 60°
Work out the value of 𝑥 .

..........................

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Question 8
Categorisation: Use cosine or sine rules in the context of bearings.

[Edexcel IGCSE May2014(R)-4H Q19 Edited]

A, B and C are 3 villages. B is 6.4 km due east of A. C is 3.8 km from A on a bearing of

210°. Calculate the bearing of B from C. Give your answer correct to the nearest
degree.

.......................... °

Question 9
Categorisation: Use the cosine rule in the context of sectors/segments.

[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2015-4H Q24]

The diagram shows a sector OAPB of a circle, centre O.

AB is a chord of the circle. OA = OB = 6 cm. The area of sector OAPB is 5𝜋 cm2.

Calculate the perimeter of the shaded segment. Give your answer correct to 3
significant figures.

.......................... cm

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Question 10
Categorisation: Use the sine rule twice within the same triangle.

[Edexcel GCSE Nov2013-2H Q26]

The diagram shows triangle LMN.

Calculate the length of LN.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... cm

Question 11
Categorisation: Use the cosine rule to determine an unknown angle.

[Edexcel GCSE Nov2006-6H Q20a]

The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 4.2 cm, 5.3 cm and 7.6 cm.

Calculate the size of the largest angle of the triangle.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

.......................... °

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Question 12
Categorisation: Use sine and cosine rules in the context of a 3D shape.

[Edexcel GCSE Nov2007-6H Q25]

The diagram shows a tetrahedron.

AD is perpendicular to both AB and AC.
AB = 10 cm. AC = 8 cm. AD = 5 cm. Angle BAC = 90°

Calculate the size of angle BDC. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

.......................... °

Question 13
𝟏
Categorisation: Determine the area of triangle using 𝒂𝒃 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝑪.
𝟐

[Edexcel GCSE June2013-2H Q24a]

ABC is a triangle.

Work out the area of triangle ABC. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

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Question 14
Categorisation: Determine the area of a triangle requiring prior use of sine/cosine
rules.

[Edexcel GCSE June2012-2H Q24]

ABC is a triangle. AB = 8.7 cm. Angle ABC = 49°. Angle ACB = 64°

Calculate the area of triangle ABC.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

Question 15
Categorisation: Use a known area to determine the length of a side.

[Edexcel GCSE Nov2015-2H Q24]

𝐴𝐵𝐶 is a triangle.

𝐴𝐶 = 8.4𝑚. Angle 𝐴𝐶𝐵 = 40° . The area of the triangle = 100 m2.

Work out the length of 𝐴𝐵. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
You must show all your working.

𝐴𝐵 = .......................... m

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Question 16
𝟏
Categorisation: Solve multi-step problems involving a combination of 𝟐 𝒂𝒃 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝑪 and
trigonometry.

[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2014(R)-3H Q21]

The diagram shows a regular pentagon inside a circle, centre O.

The points A and B lie on the circle such that AB is a side of the pentagon.
OA = 7 cm. TA is a tangent to the circle and OBT is a straight line.

Calculate the area of triangle ABT.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

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Question 17
Categorisation: Determine the area of a segment.

[Edexcel GCSE June2010-4H Q26]

The diagram shows a sector of a circle with centre 𝑂. The radius of the circle is 8 cm.

𝑃𝑅𝑆 is an arc of the circle.𝑃𝑆 is a chord of the circle. Angle 𝑃𝑂𝑆 = 40°

Calculate the area of the shaded segment. Give your answer correct to 3 significant
figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

Question 18
Categorisation: Determine the area of a parallelogram.

[Edexcel GCSE June2014-2H Q27]

ABCD is a parallelogram.

AC = 9 cm. DC = 11 cm. Angle DAC = 100°

Calculate the area of the parallelogram. Give your answer correct to 3 significant
figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

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Question 19
Categorisation: Determine the area of composite shapes combining triangles and
sectors/segments.

[Edexcel IGCSE May2014-3H Q22b Edited]

The diagram shows a metal plate.

The metal plate is made from a sector OAB of a circle, centre O, and a triangle OCB.

Angle AOB = 65° Angle OCB = 35° OA = OB = 8 cm.

AOC is a straight line.

Given that 𝐵𝐶 = 12.6 cm correct to 3 significant figures, calculate the total area of the
metal plate. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

Question 20
Categorisation: Determine the area of a kite.
[Edexcel IGCSE May2015(R)-3H Q16]
ABCD is a kite.

AB = 3 cm. BC = 8 cm. Angle ABC = 110°

Calculate the area of the kite ABCD. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

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Question 21
Categorisation: Determine the area of a pentagon.

[Edexcel IGCSE May2016-3H Q22]

The diagram shows a pentagon.

Work out the area of the pentagon.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

Question 22
𝟏
Categorisation: Use the 𝟐 𝒂𝒃 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝑪 formula involving algebraic sides.

[Edexcel GCSE Nov2012-2H Q25 Edited]

The diagram shows the triangle PQR.

PQ = 𝑥 cm. PR = 2𝑥 cm. Angle QPR = 30°

The area of triangle PQR = A cm2. Find an expression for 𝑥 .

𝑥 = ..........................

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Question 23
Categorisation: Solve problems involving equating areas of triangles which use
algebraic sides.

[Edexcel IGCSE May2015-4H Q22]

The diagram shows two triangles, A and B.

The area of triangle B is 3 times the area of triangle A.

Given that 𝑏 > 4 , find an expression for 𝑎 in terms of 𝑏 .

𝑎 = ..........................

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Answers

Question 1
13.3 cm

Question 2
𝐵𝐶 = 9.87 cm

Question 3
any value in the range 286 m to 287 m

Question 4
any value in the range 12.6 cm to 12.62 cm

Question 5
21.7 m

Question 6
16.4 cm

Question 7
𝑥 = 2.5

Question 8
°
068

Question 9
any value in the range 10.2 cm to 10.31 cm

Question 10
any value in the range 3.73 cm to 3.74 cm

Question 11
°
105.7

Question 12
°
76.3

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Question 13
any value in the range 18.1 𝑐𝑚2 to 18.2 𝑐𝑚2

Question 14
29.3 𝑐𝑚2

Question 15
𝐴𝐵 = 31.1 m

Question 16
52.1 𝑐𝑚2

Question 17
1.77 𝑐𝑚2

Question 18
any value in the range 43.8 𝑐𝑚2 to 43.9 𝑐𝑚2

Question 19
61.6 𝑐𝑚2

Question 20
22.6 𝑐𝑚2

Question 21
any value in the range 188 𝑐𝑚2 to 188.5 𝑐𝑚2

Question 22
𝑥 = √2𝐴

Question 23
2𝑏+4
𝑎= 𝑏−4

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