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Question 1
EASY
[Maximum mark: 6]
Mary (M) sits on the top of the Eastern side of the Grand Canyon. Below her stands Peter (P), at the
bottom of the canyon. It is known that the depth of the Grand Canyon is 1 850 meters at this point.
Nathan (N) stands on the Western side of the bottom of the Canyon, with a distance of 2.5 km to Peter.
(a) Write down the depth of the Grand Canyon, MP, in kilometers. [1]
(b) On the diagram, label the angle of elevation from N to M with an x. [1]
(c) Find the size of the angle of elevation from N to M. [2]
(d) Find MN, the distance in kilometers between Mary and Nathan. [2]
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Question 2
EASY
[Maximum mark: 6]
A ladder 3.7 m long leans against a vertical wall. The distance from the top of the ladder to the ground is
3.1 m.
(a) Represent this information on a diagram in the space provided above. Show the ground, the ladder
and the wall as the labelled line segments. [1]
(b) Find the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the wall. [2]
(c) Write down the acute angle made by the ladder with the wall. [3]

Question 3
EASY
[Maximum mark: 6]
^ C is 150°, where M is the midpoint of

The diagram below shows a triangle ABC. The size of angle AM
AB. MBC is an isosceles triangle, with MC = MB = 4 cm.
(a) Write down the length of AM. [1]

^ B.
(b) Find the size of angle CM [1]
^ C.
(c) Find the size of angle AB [2]
(d) Find the length of CB. [2]

Question 4
EASY
[Maximum mark: 6]
A lawn sprinkler watering a garden sprays at an arc of 140° with a maximum spray distance of 3.5
metres, as shown in the diagram below.
(a) Calculate the area of lawn that is watered by the sprinkler. [3]
(b) Calculate the length of the outer arc, where the maximum spray
distance lands. [3]

EASY
Question 5
[Maximum mark: 6]
In a school playground, the grass is watered by lawn sprinklers that are set to spray at an arc of 220°
with a maximum spray distance of 5 metres, as shown in the diagram below.
(a) Calculate the area of grass that is watered by this sprinkler. [3]
(b) Calculate the length of the sprinkler arc edge, where the maximum
spray distance lands. [3]

Question 6
EASY
[Maximum mark: 5]
There are two traffic lights on a road below a 120 m high skyscraper. From the top of the skyscraper, the
traffic lights can be seen at angles of depression of 35° and 65° on each side of the skyscraper, as
illustrated in the diagram below.
Find the distance between the two traffic lights, correct to the nearest whole metre.

Question 7
EASY
[Maximum mark: 6]
A triangular plot of farming land is shown in the diagram below. The longest side is 120 m, with the two
adjoining angles to this length being 35° and 25°.
(a) Find the lengths of two other sides of this plot of land. [4]
(b) Find the area of the plot of farming land. [2]

EASY
Question 8
[Maximum mark: 6]
A national park is in the form of a triangle, ABC, as shown in the following diagram. Side length AB is
49 km and side length BC is 66 km. Angle AB ^C is 58 °.
(a) Calculate the side length AC in km. [3]
(b) Calculate the area of the park. [3]

Question 9
EASY
[Maximum mark: 7]
John is building furniture using cylindrical logs of length 1.8 m and radius 9.2 cm. A wedge is cut from
one log and the cross-section of this log is illustrated in the following diagram.
(a) Find the length of the wedge arc, ABC. [2]
(b) Find the area of the empty sector, OABC. [2]
(c) Find the volume of each log. [3]

Question 10
EASY
[Maximum mark: 4]
A farmer has a field in the form of a triangle, ABC, as shown in the following diagram. Side length AB is
150 m and side length BC is 200 m. Angle AB ^C is 62 °.
(a) Calculate the side length AC. [2]
(b) Calculate the area of the field, rounding your answer to the nearest square meter. [2]

Question 11
EASY
[Maximum mark: 6]
During a hiking trip, Jim stopped and checked his compass for directions. The compass has a circular
face with centre at O and the diameter of 20 cm. The needle of the compass is at an angle of θ to the East
of North, covering an arc length of l, as illustrated in the diagram below.
(a) Determine the circumference of the face of the compass. [1]

(b) Using the diagram, write down the size of the angle θ in degrees. [1]
(c) Calculate the arc length, l. [2]
(d) Calculate the total area of the shaded sectors on the diagram. [2]

Question 12
EASY
[Maximum mark: 5]
A rotating sprinkler waters part of a lawn, shown as the shaded area in the diagram below. The sprinkler
covers a distance of 13 m, reaching a maximum distance of 17 m and covering an angle of 130∘ .
(a) Calculate the length of the outer arc the sprinkler can reach, the arc from point A to point B. [2]
(b) Find the area the sprinkler can cover. Give your answer to the nearest square metre. [3]

Question 13
EASY
[Maximum mark: 5]
A surveillance camera records the area in front of a warehouse, shown as the shaded area in the following
diagram. The camera's field of view has a radial distance of 15 m, reaching a maximum distance of 21 m
away from the camera, and covering an angle of 150∘ .
(a) Calculate the length of the outer arc the camera can record, the arc from point A to point B. [2]
(b) Find the area the camera can record. [3]

Question 14
EASY
[Maximum mark: 6]
A right pyramid has apex V and square base ABCD with the base diagonal AC = 4 cm. The sloping
edges are 7 cm long.
(a) Calculate the size of the angle that sloping edge VC makes with
the pyramid base. [2]
(b) Calculate the vertical height of the pyramid, VO. [2]
(c) Calculate the volume of the pyramid. [2]

EASY
Question 15
[Maximum mark: 6]
Triangle Island is a small island located off the north-western tip of British Columbia, Canada. Two side
lengths of Triangle Island are equal to 1600 and 1800 metres and the angle between these two sides is
equal to 78°.
(a) Calculate the length of the third side of Triangle island. [3]
(b) Find the area of a Triangle Island in m2 . Give your answer in the form a × 10k , where 1 ≤ a < 10
and k ∈ Z. [3]

Question 16
EASY
[Maximum mark: 6]
The quadrilateral ABCD has side lengths AB = 17 cm, BC = 12 cm, and CD = 11 cm. The size of angle
^ C is 105° and the size of angle CA^D is 25°.
AD
(a) Find the length of AC in centimetres. [3]
^ C.
(b) Find the size of angle AB [3]

Question 17
EASY
[Maximum mark: 6]
Consider the analogue clock below. The clock has a diameter of 30 cm and is shaded between 1 and 6.
(a) Find the length of the arc between 1 and 6, rounded to the nearest cm. [3]
(b) Find the area of the sector between 1 and 6, rounded to the nearest
integer. [3]

Question 18
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
A right pyramid has apex V and square base ABCD. The vertical height of the pyramid, VM, is 5 cm.
The sloping edges are 8 cm long.
(a) Calculate the length of MC. [2]
(b) Calculate the size of the angle that sloping edge VC makes with the
vertical height of the pyramid. [2]
(c) Calculate the area of the triangle ABC. [2]

Question 19
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
The diagram below shows quadrilateral ABCD with side lengths of AD = 12 m, DC = 7 m and BC = 5
m. Angle BA^D = 50° and angle BC^D = 100°.
A new line is drawn from B to D direct.
(a) Calculate the length of this new line, BD. [3]
^ D.
(b) Calculate the size of angle AB [3]

Question 20
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 4]
Cylindrical logs of length 2.2 m and radius 7.6 cm are used to construct a fence line. Part of the logs are
removed, as illustrated in the diagram below.
Find the volume of each log.

Question 21
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
A bakery has designed a box to deliver their speciality birthday cakes. The box has a rectangular prism
base, with a rectangular pyramid top, as illustrated in the diagram below with dimensions shown.
After the cake is put into the box, the outside of the box is completely wrapped in colourful gift paper.
Point O shown on the diagram is the midpoint of the base of the pyramid.
(a) Find the value of a shown in the diagram; the slant height of one of the pyramid faces. [2]
(b) Find the total outer surface area of the box to be wrapped in gift paper. [4]

Question 22
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 5]
Joe creates a small baseball field in his backyard to play with his children. The field is covered by grass
in the shape of a sector of a circle with radius 8 metres, as shown in the following diagram. The angle at
the centre of the sector is θ∘ .
A total of 48 m2 of grass was used to cover the field.
(a) Find the value of θ. [2]
Joe asks his son, Lancer, to run around the field twice to warm up before playing a game.
(a) Find the total distance that Lancer runs. [3]

Question 23
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
A right pyramid has apex V and square base ABCD, with AB = 3 cm. The vertical height of the
pyramid, VM, is 12 cm.
(a) Calculate the length of VA. [4]
(b) Calculate the volume of the pyramid. [2]

MEDIUM
Question 24
[Maximum mark: 15]
The sides of a triangle ABC have the following lengths AB = 40 mm, BC = 30 mm, and CA = 55 mm.
^ C.
(a) Calculate the size of the angle AB [3]
(b) Calculate the area of the triangle ABC. [2]
A point D is located outside of the triangle, such that angle DA^B is 80° and angle DB
^A is 10°.
^ B is 90°.
(c) Show that the angle AD [1]
(d) Find the distances AD and BD. [4]
(e) Find the shortest path which starts at point B and passes through all
points A, C, D (in any order). [5]

MEDIUM
Question 25
[Maximum mark: 6]
Two hot air balloons, located at points A and B, float in the sky 50 m apart from each other on the same
height above a flat (horizontal) ground. Two straight ropes, AP and BP, are attached to the same point,
P, on the ground. The length of AP is
36m and angle AB ^P is 45°.
(a) On the diagram, draw and label with an α the angle of elevation of A
[1]
Angle APB is acute.
^ B.
(b) Find the size of angle AP [3]
(c) Find the size of the angle of elevation of A from P. [2]

Question 26
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
A plot of farmland is shown by the shaded region in the diagram below. The plot has a curved border
which can be described as an arc, PQ, of a circle with centre O and radius, r = 500 m, such that PÔQ =
80°. The straight border of the farmland is defined by the chord PQ.
The farm owner wishes to construct a fence along the curved border of the plot.
(a) Find the length of the fence to be built. [2]
(b) Find the area of the farmland, rounding your answer to the nearest m2 . [4]

Question 27
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 13]
A large triangular garden, ABC, is shown in the diagram below. A walking path passes through the
garden at point D and leaves at point E, such that DE is parallel to the garden boundary BC.
Triangles ABC and ADE are found to be similar (same shape, but side lengths can vary). Angles AD̂ E =
AB̂ C = θ and AÊD = AĈB = α.
(a) Find the value of

(i) x.
(ii) y . [4]
(b) Find the value of
(i) α.
(ii) θ.
(iii) γ . [6]
(c) Find the area of the triangle ABC, rounding your answer to the nearest m2 . [3]

Question 28
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
A toy house has a roof in the shape of a right-angled isosceles triangle, ABC.
AB = 6 cm and angle AC ^ B = 90°.
(a) Find the length of AC. [2]
(b) Calculate the area of triangle ABC. [2]
^N =
The garage of the toy house also has a roof in the shape of right-angled triangle, LMN. , angle LM
^
56° and angle NLM = 90°.
(c) Calculate the length of MN. [2]

MEDIUM
Question 29
[Maximum mark: 5]
From a sailboat moored at sea, the angle of elevation to the top of a 20 m high cliff is 22°. On the cliff top
there is a coconut tree. The angle of elevation to the coconut tree is 29°.
(a) Draw a diagram representing the situation. [2]
(b) Find the height of the coconut tree. [3]

Question 30
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 15]
The quadrilateral ABCD shown below represents a sports complex, where AB = 210 m, BC = 90 m and
CD = 130 m. Angle AB^C is 70° and angle CD
^ A is 105°.
A straight path through the sports complex joins points A and C.
(a) Find the length of the path AC. [3]

(b) Show that the angle DA^C is 39.4∘ , correct to three significant figures. [3]
(c) Find the area of the sports complex. [4]
A new path, DE, is to be built such that E is the point on AC closest to D.
(d) Find the length of the path DE. [2]
The section of the sports complex represented by triangle CDE will be an outdoor running track. A track
will be marked along the sides of this section.
(e) Calculate the total length of the track. [3]

MEDIUM
Question 31
[Maximum mark: 15]
The quadrilateral ABCD is shown below, where AB = 56 m, AD = 122 m, CD = 40 m, and the angles
BA^D and AD^ C are 68° and 80° respectively.
(a) Find the length of line AC. [3]
(b) Find the area of triangle ACD. [3]
(c) Find the angle DA^C . Give your answer in degrees correct to one
decimal place. [3]
(d) Find the shortest distance between point B and the line AC. [2]
(e) Find the length of the perimeter of triangle ABC. [4]

MEDIUM
Question 32
[Maximum mark: 5]
A flagpole stands at the top of a building. The angle of elevation from a point on the ground 40m from
the base of the building to the bottom of the flagpole is 29°, and to the top of the flagpole is 31°.
(a) Draw a diagram representing the situation. [2]
(b) Find the length of the flagpole. [3]

Question 33
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
Consider the triangle below, which has side lengths AB = 25 cm and BC = 35 cm. The angle adjacent to
these side lengths, AB̂ C, is 70°.
(a) Find the area of the triangle, rounding your answer to the nearest cm2 . [2]
When drawing the triangle, George measured each side length correct the nearest centimetre, and angle
AB̂ C correct to the nearest degree.
(b) Calculate the maximum possible area of the triangle, rounding your answer to the nearest cm2 . [4]

MEDIUM
Question 34
[Maximum mark: 6]
The angle of depression from a lookout at the top of a lighthouse (A) down to a boat located at point C is
30°.
The boat travels towards the lighthouse and after 1 minute has travelled a distance of 50 m and is now
located at point B. The angle of elevation from the boat at B up to the lighthouse lookout is 60°.
(a) Write down the value of x∘ in the diagram. [1]
(b) Find the height of the lighthouse. [4]
(c) Find the speed of the boat, in metres per second, from C to B. [1]

Question 35
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 8]
Melody is camping with her friends in a forest. After setting up the tent, she goes for a walk to see the
nearby surroundings. She walks 200 m on a bearing of 280°, changes direction, then walks another 150 m
on a bearing of 035°.
(a) Find the distance Melody is from the tent at this point. [4]
(b) Determine the bearing Melody should walk on to return to the tent. [4]

Question 36
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 8]
On a trip to Morocco, a group of tourists experience a horse trek through the Saharan desert. They start
from a horse farm, moving on a bearing of 075° for 3.2 km to reach an oasis. After taking a rest there,
they take another ride on a bearing of 210° for 2.1 km to visit the Draa valley.
(a) Find the distance that they need to cover to get back to the farm. [4]
(b) Determine the bearing they should ride on to get back to the farm. [4]

Question 37
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
Daniela (D) stands near the window on the second floor of the six-story apartment building and can see
Andrea (A), who is 14 m from the base of the building. The angle of depression from Daniela to Andrea
is 20°.
(a) Calculate the distance from Daniela to Andrea, AD. [2]
Clara (C) is standing at the window of the sixth floor, three times higher from the ground than Daniela.
(b) Calculate the angle of depression from C to A. [4]

Question 38
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 15]
A triangular farm is shown in the diagram below. A river runs along the edge from A to B and the farm
house is located at C, a safe distance from the river. The distance from the farm house to point A is 270
m and to point B is 360 m. The angle AC ^B is 130°.
(a) Calculate the distance along the river from A to B. [2]
The cost of fencing is 130 Australian dollars (AUD) per metre.
(b) Calculate the total cost of fencing the whole perimeter of the farm, providing your answer to the
nearest dollar. [2]
(c) Find the sizes of angels CA^B and AB

^ C. [2]
(d) Calculate the area of the farm. Give your answer correct to the nearest whole square metre. [2]
(e) Calculate the shortest distance from the farm house to the river. [3]
A tower is located at point B. The angle of elevation to the top of the tower, H, from point C is measured
to be 1°.
(f) Calculate the vertical height, BH, of the tower, correct to the nearest centimetre. [2]
(g) Calculate the distance between the top of the tower, H, to point A. [2]

Question 39
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
In the shaded region shown below, the radius of the smaller arc is 6 cm and the distance between the two
arcs is 4 cm.
(a) Find the perimeter of the shaded region. [3]
(b) Find the area of the shaded region. [3]

Question 40
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
Consider the shape shown below (shaded region). The radius of the longer arc is 12 cm and the distance
between the arcs is 3 cm.
(a) Find the perimeter of the shape. [3]
(b) Find the area of the shape. [3]

Question 41
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
BT represents the height of a skyscraper, with its base at B and top at T. Jack has an apartment on the
32nd floor at C, three fifths of the way to the top of the building.
From a point A, on horizontal ground 200 m from B, the angle of elevation to C is 38°.
(a) Calculate BC, the height of Jack's apartment above the ground. [2]
(b) Calculate the angle of depression from T to A. [4]

Question 42
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 6]
A lawn sprinkler is setup in the corner of a rectangular lawn which is enclosed by a fence. The sprinkler
has a maximum spray distance of 5 m. The lawn has side lengths 4 m and 10 m. This situation is
illustrated in the diagram below, where the sprinkler is positioned in the top right corner.
(a) Find the angle α in the diagram, leaving your answer in degrees. [2]
(b) Find the area of grass that is currently being watered by the sprinkler
in this position. [4]

MEDIUM
Question 43
[Maximum mark: 6]
A motion sensing security light is installed in the corner of a front garden. The sensor can detect any
movement up to 7 meters. The garden has boundaries of two 12 m long parallel walls, and the house
facade and a wooden fence which are 6 m long. This creates to a rectangular area as shown in the follow
diagram, where the motion light is positioned in the top right corner.
(a) Find the angle α in the diagram, leaving your answer in degrees. [2]
(b) Find the area of the front garden that is currently being monitored by the motion sensing system. [4]

Question 44
MEDIUM
[Maximum mark: 8]
Bus-1 and Bus-2 leave a terminal, T, at the same time. Bus-1 travels 65 km on a true bearing of 140° to
point U, then a further 40 km on a true bearing 235° to point V. Bus-2 travels directly from the terminal
to point V.
(a) Find the distance, d, travelled by Bus-2. [3]
(b) Find the true bearing on which Bus-2 travels. [2]
Bus-1 averages a speed of 55 km/h and Bus-2 averages a speed of 36 km/h.
(c) Determine which bus arrives at point V first. Justify your answer. [3]
HARD
Question 45
[Maximum mark: 16]
The side lengths of a quadrilateral ABCD are AB = 6 mm, BC = 5 mm, CD = 8 mm, and DA = 9 mm.
The angle AB ^C is equal to 90°.
(a) Calculate the length of AC. [2]
^ C.
(b) Calculate the size of angle AD [3]
(c) Calculate the area of triangle ACD. [2]
(d) Calculate the area of quadrilateral ABCD. [3]
A point P is chosen on the side CD in a such a way that the area of triangle ACP is equal to the area of
the triangle ABC.
(e) Calculate the length of CP. [4]
(f) Calculate the length of AP. [2]

Question 46
HARD
[Maximum mark: 14]
A picnic area is shaped like a quadrilateral, ABCD, where AB = 10 m andCD = 17.5 m. Three of the
internal angles have been measured; angle AD ^ C = 51°, angle CA^D = 70° and angle AC
^B = 42°. This
information is represented in the following diagram.
(a) Calculate the distance AC. [3]
^C.
(b) Calculate the angle AB [3]
There is a lamp post at A, perpendicular to the ground. The angle of elevation to the top of the lamp
post from B is 32°.
(c) Calculate the height of the lamp post. [2]
Patrick's family is having a barbecue party on the picnic area. The family brings a 1.5 litre bottle of
lemonade and cone-shaped paper cups.
Each cup has a vertical height of 8 cm and the top of the cup has a diameter of 5 cm.
(d) Calculate the volume of one paper cup. [3]
(e) Calculate the maximum number of cups that can be completely filled
with the 1.5 litre bottle of lemonade. [3]

Question 47
HARD
[Maximum mark: 6]
The diagram below shows a triangular backyard ABC. A dog is on a leash attached to a pole at point A.
The length of the leash is 10 metres.
(a) Find the area of the backyard that the dog cannot reach. [4]
The owner of the dog estimates that the area the dog cannot reach is 50 m2 .
(b) Calculate the percentage error in the dog owner's estimate. [2]

Question 48
HARD
[Maximum mark: 6]
Two drones are being flown in a park. Drone A starts at point P and travels towards point Q in a
straight line on a true bearing of 115° at a speed of 2.5 ms−1 . The distance from P to Q is 800m.
Drone B starts at point Q and travels towards point R in a straight line on a true bearing of 215° at a
speed of 7.5 ms−1 .
These two paths are shown on the diagram below.
(a) Find the acute angle PQ̂R [2]

(b) Find the distance between Drone A and Drone B after 4 minutes, rounding your answer to the
nearest metre. [4]

Question 49
HARD
[Maximum mark: 16]
Consider the analogue clock below, which has a circular face with centre at point O. The minute hand of
the clock, OP, has a length of 12 cm and the hour hand, OQ, has a length of 10 cm.
In Figure: 1 the time on the clock is 7:00 pm.
(a) For Figure: 1, find
(i) the size of the reflex angle, PÔQ, in degrees.
(ii) the distance between the ends of the hour and minute hands. [4]
In Figure: 2, the time is now 7:18 pm, and as such, the end point of the minute hand has rotated through
an angle, θ, covering an arc length of l.
(b) For figure: 2, find
(i) the size of the angle θ in degrees.
(ii) the arc length l.
(iii) the area of the shaded sector. [6]
Another circular analogue clock, shown below, has a face radius of 14 cm, and minute and hour hands of
length 14 cm. The current time shown on the clock is 6:00 pm. The bottom of the clock face is 4cm above
the base of the frame holding the clock.
The height, h, of the end point of the minute hand above the base of the frame is modelled by the
function
h(θ) = 14 cos θ + 18
where θ is the angle rotated by the minute hand after 6:00 pm.
(c) Find the value of h when θ = 170° [2]
The height, g , of the end point of the hour hand above the base of the frame is modelled by the function
g(θ) = −14 cos ( ) + 18

θ
12

where θ is the angle rotated by the minute hand after 6:00 pm.
The end points of the minute and hour hands have the same height from the base of the frame for the
first time when θ = k .
(d) Find the value of k . [4]

Question 50
HARD
[Maximum mark: 18]
An airplane leaves Doha airport bound for Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. There are lights located at
the end of the runway at points A(0, 4) and B(6, 8), relative to a terminal at the origin. The takeoff path
of the airplane is the perpendicular bisector of line AB .
(a) Find the equation of the takeoff path in the form ax + by + d = 0, where a, b, d ∈ Z. [4]
The airplane travels at an average speed of 570 km hr−1 in a straight line. Once the airplane has reached
cruising altitutde, an air traffic controller at the top of a 200 m high air traffic control tower at C(7, 0)
observes that the angle of elevation to the airplane is 40°. Five minutes later, the controller observes
that the angle of elevation is 10°.
(b) Find the cruising altitude of the airplane in metres. [5]
As the airplane is about to land at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, the pilot is asked to delay the
landing due to a traffic issue. The pilot is instructed to turn the airplane on a bearing of 045° for 10 km
until reaching point P, then travel on a bearing of 165° for 30 km to point Q before flying back to the
original point O for landing.
(c) Find the angle OP̂ Q. [2]
(d) Find the shortest distance from Q back to O for landing. [3]
(e) Find the bearing the airplane must travel on to get back to O from Q. [4]

Question 51
HARD
[Maximum mark: 19]
The temperature in New York ranges from −4∘ C to 22∘ C throughout the course of a year. The
temperature, T , can be modelled by the function
T (t) = −a cos(b t) + d,
Where t is time measured in months from the beginning of the year, and a, b and d ∈ Z+ .
(a) Show that
(i) a = 13;
(ii) b = 30;
(iii) d = 9. [6]
(b) Sketch the function T (t) for 0 ≤ t ≤ 12, clearly labelling the coordinates of the maximum and
minimum points. [3]
(c) Find the temperature when t = 4. [2]
(d) (i) Determine the number of months in a year that the temperature is above 9∘ C.
(ii) Find the probability that on a randomly chosen day of the year, the temperature is above 9∘ C
. [5]
(e) If the temperature in New York ranged from −7∘ C to 25∘ C instead of −4∘ C to 22∘ C, describe how
this would affect the probability found in (d) part (ii). [3]

Question 52
HARD
[Maximum mark: 14]
A large plot of land is shaped like a trapezoid, ABCD, where AB is parallel to CD, AB = 12 km and CD
= 8 km. The diagonal BD of the trapezoid is equal to 10 km. The internal angle AB ^D is equal to 58°.
Let a new point, H, be a point on AB closest to D.
(a) Calculate the distance from H to D. [2]
(b) Calculate the length of AD. [2]
(c) Calculate the size of the angle DA^B. [2]
A landowner estimates that the length of AD is equal to 11.5 km.
(d) Calculate the percentage error in the landowner's estimate. [2]
The landowner decides to install cone-shaped concrete bollards along the perimeter of the plot of land.
The bollards are to be installed at a distance of 100 m from each other. The radius of the base of each
bollard is 20 cm and the height of each bollard is 40 cm.
(e) Calculate the volume of one of the bollards. [2]
(f) Calculate the total volume of concrete needed to install all the bollards. [4]

HARD
Question 53
[Maximum mark: 15]
The quadrilateral ABCD represents a recreational park, where AB = 250 m, BC = 110 m and CD = 130
m. Angle AB^C is 80° and angle CD
^ A is 115°. This information is shown in the following diagram.
A straight path through the park joins the points A and C.
(a) Find the length of the path AC. [3]
(b) Show that the angle DA^C is 27.5°, correct to three significant figures. [3]
(c) Find the total area of the recreational park. [4]
A new path, DE, is to be built such that E is the point on AC closest to D.
(d) Find the length of the path DE. [2]
The section of the park represented by triangle CDE will be used for a school cross country carnival. A
track will be marked along the sides of this section.
(e) Calculate the total length of the track CDE. [3]

Question 54
HARD
[Maximum mark: 6]
The diagram below shows a triangular park ABC. Alice is in the park with her dog. She stops at the
corner B of the park to make a phone call. The dog's leash is 12 metres long.
(a) Find the area of the park that the dog cannot reach when attached to its leash. [4]
(b) Determine the percentage of total park area that the dog can reach while attached to its leash [2]

Question 55
HARD
[Maximum mark: 7]
On the diagram below, points X and Y are the centres of two circles containing the two arcs from A to B.
(a) Find the length from point A to point Y. [2]
(b) Find the perimeter of the shaded region. [2]
(c) Find the area of the shaded region. [3]


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(c) Find the size of the angle of elevation from N to M. [2]

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^ C is 150°, where M is the midpoint of

(a) Write down the length of AM. [1]

(d) Find the length of CB. [2]

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(b) Find the area of the plot of farming land. [2]

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(a) Calculate the side length AC in km. [3]

(b) Calculate the area of the park. [3]

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(a) Find the length of the wedge arc, ABC. [2]

(b) Find the area of the empty sector, OABC. [2]

(c) Find the volume of each log. [3]

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(a) Determine the circumference of the face of the compass. [1]

(c) Calculate the arc length, l. [2]

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(b) Find the area the camera can record. [3]

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(b) Calculate the vertical height of the pyramid, VO. [2]

(c) Calculate the volume of the pyramid. [2]

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(a) Calculate the length of MC. [2]

(c) Calculate the area of the triangle ABC. [2]

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(a) Calculate the length of this new line, BD. [3]

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Find the volume of each log.

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A total of 48 m2 of grass was used to cover the field.

(a) Find the value of θ. [2]

(a) Find the total distance that Lancer runs. [3]

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(b) Calculate the volume of the pyramid. [2]

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[Maximum mark: 15]

(b) Calculate the area of the triangle ABC. [2]

(d) Find the distances AD and BD. [4]

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Angle APB is acute.

(c) Find the size of the angle of elevation of A from P. [2]

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(a) Find the length of the fence to be built. [2]

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[Maximum mark: 13]

(a) Find the value of

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(a) Find the length of AC. [2]

(b) Calculate the area of triangle ABC. [2]

(c) Calculate the length of MN. [2]

(a) Draw a diagram representing the situation. [2]

(b) Find the height of the coconut tree. [3]

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[Maximum mark: 15]

(a) Find the acute angle PQ̂R [2]