10X Trig test review [83 marks]

The following diagram shows triangle ABC, with AB = 6 and AC = 8.

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1a. Given that cos A = 5 ^.
find the value of sin A [3 marks]
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1b. Find the area of triangle ABC. [2 marks]

Adam sets out for a hike from his camp at point A. He hikes at an average speed
of 4.2 km/h for 45 minutes, on a bearing of 035° from the camp, until he stops for
a break at point B.

2a. Find the distance from point A to point B. [2 marks]

 Adam leaves point B on a bearing of 114° and continues to hike for a distance of
4.6​ km until he reaches point C.

2b. ∧ [2 marks]
Show that A B C is 101°.

2c. Find the distance from the camp to point C. [3 marks]

2d. ∧ [3 marks]
Find B C A.

Adam’s friend Jacob wants to hike directly from the camp to meet Adam at point C
.

2e. Find the bearing that Jacob must take to point C. [3 marks]

2f. Jacob hikes at an average speed of 3.9 km/h. [3 marks]

Find, to the nearest minute, the time it takes for Jacob to reach point C.

3. Consider a triangle ABC, where AC = 12, CB = 7 and BÂC = 25°. [5 marks]

Find the smallest possible perimeter of triangle ABC .

 The height of water, in metres, in Dungeness harbour is modelled by the function
H(t) = a sin(b(t − c)) + d, where t is the number of hours after midnight, and
a, b, c and d are constants, where a > 0, b > 0 and c > 0.
The following graph shows the height of the water for 13 hours, starting at
midnight.

The first high tide occurs at 04 : 30 and the next high tide occurs 12 hours later.
Throughout the day, the height of the water fluctuates between 2. 2 m and 6. 8 m .
All heights are given correct to one decimal place.

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4a. Show that b= 6
. [1 mark]

4b. Find the value of a . [2 marks]

4c. Find the value of d. [2 marks]

4d. Find the smallest possible value of c. [3 marks]

4e. Find the height of the water at 12 : 00. [2 marks]

4f. Determine the number of hours, over a 24-hour period, for which the [3 marks]
tide is higher than 5 metres.
 Three airport runways intersect to form a triangle, ABC. The length of AB is 3.1 
km, AC is 2.6 km, and BC is 2.4 km.

A company is hired to cut the grass that grows in triangle ABC, but they need to
know the area.

5a. Find the size, in degrees, of angle BAC. [3 marks]

5b. Find the area, in km2, of triangle ABC. [3 marks]

A buoy is floating in the sea and can be seen from the top of a vertical cliff. A boat
is travelling from the base of the cliff directly towards the buoy.
The top of the cliff is 142 m above sea level. Currently the boat is 100 metres from
the buoy and the angle of depression from the top of the cliff to the boat is 64°.

6. Draw and label the angle of depression on the diagram. [1 mark]

( ) = 2 sin 2
 Consider the graph of the function f (x) = 2 sin x, 0 ≤ x < 2π . The graph of f
intersects the line y = −1 exactly twice, at point A and point B. This is shown in
the following diagram.

7. Consider the graph of g (x) = 2 sin px, 0 ≤ x < 2π, where p > 0. [3 marks]
Find the greatest value of p such that the graph of g does not intersect the line
y = −1.

A ladder on a fire truck has its base at point B which is 4 metres above the
ground. The ladder is extended and its other end rests on a vertical wall at point
C, 16 metres above the ground. The horizontal distance between B and C is 9
metres.

8a. Find the angle of elevation from B to C. [3 marks]

8b. A second truck arrives whose ladder, when fully extended, is 30 metres [3 marks]
long. The base of this ladder is also 4 metres above the ground. For
safety reasons, the maximum angle of elevation that the ladder can make is 70º.
Find the maximum height on the wall that can be reached by the ladder on the
second truck.

The lengths of two of the sides in a triangle are 4 cm and 5 cm. Let θ be the angle
5√15 2
between the two given sides. The triangle has an area of 2  cm .

9a. √15 [1 mark]

Show that sin θ = 4
.

9b. Find the two possible values for the length of the third side. [6 marks]

A flat horizontal area, ABC, is such that AB = 100 m , BC = 50 m and angle ACB =
43.7° as shown in the diagram.

10a. Show that the size of angle BAC is 20.2°, correct to 3 significant figures. [3 marks]

10b. Calculate the area of triangle ABC. [4 marks]

10c. Find the length of AC. [3 marks]

10d. A vertical pole, TB, is constructed at point B and has height 25 m. [5 marks]
Calculate the angle of elevation of T from, M, the midpoint of the side AC.
 A park in the form of a triangle, ABC, is shown in the following diagram. AB is 79 
∧
km and BC is 62 km. Angle ABC is 52°.

11a. Calculate the length of side AC in km. [3 marks]

11b. Calculate the area of the park. [3 marks]

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