MATHEMATICS (EXTENDED) 0580

REVISION 4
TRIGONOMETRY

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1. Calculate the value of x.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

2. The line AB represents the glass walkway between the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
The walkway is 58.4 metres long and is 170 metres above the ground.
The angle of elevation of the Point P from A is 78.3°.

Calculate the height of P above the ground.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

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3.

A helicopter flies 8 km due north from A to B. It then flies 5 km from B to C and

returns to A. Angle ABC = 150°.

(a) Calculate the area of triangle ABC.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

(b) Find the bearing of B from C.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

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4.

The diagram shows a pyramid on a square base ABCD.

The diagonals of the base, AC and BD, intersect at M.
The sides of the square are 8 cm and the vertical height of the pyramid, PM, is 5 cm.

Calculate

(a) the length of the edge PB

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

(b) the angle between PB and the base ABCD.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

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5.

Three buoys K, L and M show the course of a boat race.

MK = 4 km, KL = 9 km and angle MKL = 108°.

(a) Calculate the distance ML.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

(b) The bearing of L from K is 125°.

(i) Calculate how far from L is south of K.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

(ii) Find the three-figure bearing of K from M.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

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6.

The diagram shows straight roads connecting the towns A, B, C and D.

AB = 17 km, AC = 12 km and CD = 10 km.

Angle BAC = 30° and angle ADC = 95°.

(a) Calculate angle CAD.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

(b) Calculate the distance BC.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

(c) The bearing of D from A is 040°. Find the bearing of

(i) B from A
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]

(ii) A from B.

Answer: ………………………………………… [1]

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 (d) Angle ACB is obtuse.
Calculate angle BCD.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

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The diagram shows a triangular prism of length 12 cm.

Triangle ABC is a cross section of the prism.
Angle BAC = 90°, AC = 6 cm and AB = 5 cm.

Calculate the angle between the line CE and the base ABED.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

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8.

In the diagram, BCD is a straight line and ABDE is a quadrilateral.

Angle BAC = 90°, angle ABC = 30° and angle CAE = 52°.
AC = 15.7 cm, CE = 16.5 cm and CD = 23.4 cm.

(a) Calculate BC.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

(b) Use the sine rule to calculate angle AEC.

Show that it rounds to 48.57°, correct to 2 decimal places.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

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(c) (i) Show that angle ECD = 40.6°, correct to 1 decimal place.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

(ii) Calculate DE.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

(d) Calculate the area of the quadrilateral ABDE.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

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9. (a)

The diagram shows triangle LMN with LM = 12 cm, LN = 15 cm and MN = 21 cm.

(i) Calculate angle LMN.

Show that this rounds to 44.4°, correct to 1 decimal place. [4]

(ii) Calculate the area of triangle LMN.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

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 (b)

The diagram shows triangle PQR with PQ = 6.4 cm, angle PQR = 82° and angle QPR = 43°.
Calculate the length of PR.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

10. Calculate the length of AB.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

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11.

The diagram shows a pyramid on a square base ABCD with diagonals, AC and BD of
length 8 cm. AC and BD meet at M and the vertex, P, of the pyramid is vertically
above M. The sloping edges of the pyramid are of length 6 cm.

Calculate

(a) the perpendicular height, PM, of the pyramid

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

(b) the angle between the sloping edge and the base of the pyramid.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

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12. A triangle has sides of length 2 cm, 8 cm, and 9 cm.
Calculate the value of the largest angle in this triangle.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

13. Calculate PR.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

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14.

ABCDEFGH is a cuboid.
AB = 4 cm, BC = 3 cm and AG = 12 cm.

Calculate the angle that AG makes with the base ABCD.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

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The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABCD.

Angle BAD = 49° and angle ABD = 55°.
BD = 80 m, BC = 95 m and CD = 90 m.

(a) Use the sine rule to calculate the length of AD.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

(b) Use the cosine rule to calculate angle BCD.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

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(c) Calculate the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

(d) The quadrilateral represents a field.

Corn seeds are sown across the field at a cost of $3250 per hectare.

Calculate the cost of the corn seeds used.

1 hectare = 10 000 m2.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

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16. (a)

The diagram shows triangle PQR with PQ = 12 cm and PR = 17 cm.

The area of triangle PQR is 97 cm2 and angle QPR is acute.

(i) Calculate angle QPR.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

(ii) The midpoint of PQ is X.

Use the cosine rule to calculate the length of XR.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

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(b)

Calculate the value of a.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

(c) sin x = cos 40°, 0 < x < 180°.

Find the two values of x.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

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17. (a)

The three sides of an equilateral triangle are tangents to a circle of radius r cm.
The sides of the triangle are 8 cm long.

Calculate the value of r.

Show that it rounds to 2.3, correct to 1 decimal place.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

(b)

The diagram shows a box in the shape of a triangular prism of height 12 cm.
The cross section is an equilateral triangle of side 8 cm.

Calculate the volume of the box.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

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(c) The box contains biscuits.
Each biscuit is a cylinder of radius 2.3 centimetres and height 4 millimetres.

Calculate

(i) the largest number of biscuits that can be placed in the box.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

(ii) the volume of one biscuit in cubic centimetres.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

(iii) the percentage of the volume of the box NOT filled with biscuits.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

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18. Calculate the value of x.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

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Calculate BC.

Answer: ………………………………………… [3]

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20. The circumference of a circle is 30 cm.

(a) Calculate the radius of the circle.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

(b) The length of the arc of the semi-circle is 15 cm.

Calculate the area of the semi-circle.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

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21.

The area of triangle PQR is 38.5 cm2.

Calculate the length QR.

Answer: ………………………………………… [6]

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22. (a) Andrei stands on level horizontal ground, 294 m from the foot of a vertical tower
which is 55 m high.

(i) Calculate the angle of elevation of the top of the tower.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

(ii) Andrei walks a distance x metres directly towards the tower.

The angle of elevation of the top of the tower is now 24.8°.

Calculate the value of x.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

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(b) The diagram shows a pyramid with a horizontal rectangular base.

The rectangular base has length 4.8 m and width 3 m and the height is 4 cm.

(i) Calculate y, the sloping edge of the pyramid.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

(ii) the angle between a sloping edge and the rectangular base of the pyramid.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

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23. (a)

In the triangle PQR, QR = 7.6 cm and PR = 8.4 cm.

Angle QRP = 62°.

Calculate

(i) PQ

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

(ii) the area of triangle PQR

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

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(b)

The diagram shows the positions of three small islands G, H and J.

The bearing of H from G is 045°.
The bearing of J from G is 126°.
The bearing of J from H is 164°.

Calculate the distance GJ.

Answer: ………………………………………… [5]

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24. The diagram shows the positions of two ships, A and B, and a coastguard station C.

(a) Calculate the distance, AB, between the two ships.

Show that it rounds to 138 km, correct to the nearest kilometre.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

(b) The bearing of the coastguard station C from ship A is 146°.

Calculate the bearing of ship B from ship A.

Answer: ………………………………………… [4]

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(c) At noon, a lighthouse, L, is 46.2 km from ship B on the bearing 021°.
Ship B sails north west.

Calculate the distance ship B must sail from its position at noon at be at its closest
distance to the lighthouse.

Answer: ………………………………………… [2]

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