QQQ – Year 9 Right-Angled 5 A cat is stuck at the top of a tree which is

20m high. You have a ladder which is

Triangles 30m long, and you place the ladder such
that the top is right by the cat. What is
Name __________________ the angle of inclination of the ladder to
the ground?
1 Determine x.
______° (to 2dp)
3
x 6 Determine the length b .
35°

x = _________ (to 2dp)

2 Determine x , giving your answer to 2dp. b=¿ ¿ (to 3sf)

7 Determine θ .

x=¿ ¿ (to 2dp)

3 Determine x .

θ = ____________ (to 2dp)

8 Find an expression for the area of a
regular polygon of unit side which has n
sides. Express your answer in terms of n .
(You may wish to check your formula gives you an
area of 1 when n=4 )
x = _________ (to 2dp)

4 Determine θ.

3
θ
4

θ = ______° (to 2dp)

Score ________ / 8 Award ___________

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 6 Determine the length b . (To 3sf)

ANSWERS
1 Determine x.

3
x b=10.9
35° 7 Determine θ . (To 2dp)

x = 1.72
2 Determine x , giving your answer to 2dp.

x=6.71
3 Determine x .
θ=tan −1(2t an 65¿)=76.88 ° ¿
8 Find the area of a regular polygon of unit
side which has n sides. Express your
answer in terms of n .

x=3.84
4 Determine θ.

3
θ
4
θ = 36.87°
5 A cat is stuck at the top of a tree which is
20m high. You have a ladder which is
30m long, and you place the ladder such Splitting up into 2 n right-angled
that the top is right by the cat. What is triangles, we can use trigonometry to
the angle of inclination of the ladder to find the height of each triangle as
the ground? 1

41.81° 2 tan ( )
360 . Thus the total area is:
2n

n
A=
4 tan ( )
180
n
(If they have a different formula, test it
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 works by checking the area is 7.694
when n=10)
Score ________ / 8 Award ___________

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