Practice exam for preMA3 HL exam full mark: 88

Part 1 Calculator is NOT allowed for this part.

1. (a)
In a triangle ABC, AB = 7 cm, BC = 5 cm,

cosACB = . Find the exact length of AC.

[2 marks]

(b)

In a right-angled triangle ABC, ABC = 90,

DE  AB, C = 60, DBC = 45, ED = 2 cm.
Find the exact length of AC. [4 marks]

2. In a triangle ABC, AB = 3 , AC = 1, B = 30. Find the exact value of area of triangle ABC.
[6 marks]

3.
The area of a sector of a circle is 15 cm2 and the perimeter of
the sector is 16 cm. Find the radius r of the circle and the angle
 cut off at the center of the circle by the sector. [6 marks]

4.

In ABC, AB = 4, AD = 2, DC = 3, BD = BC = a.
Find the exact value of a. [6 marks]

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5.

Given that AOB = 90, AC // OB. O is the center of

a circle that passes through A and B. OA = OB = 3. A
is the center of a circle that passes through C and B.
AC = AB. Find the exact value of perimeter and area
of the shaded region (that is, the region enclosed by
AC, arc BC and arc AB.) [9 marks]

6.

In ABC, ABC = 45, AD  BC, BE  AC.

AD intersects BE at point F.

Prove that BFD ADC. [6 marks]

Part 2 Calculator is allowed for this part.

1.

The diagram on the left shows a vertical tree CD and two

observers at A and B, standing on horizontal ground.
AC = 25 m, DAC = 37, DBC = 42 and ACB = 75.

(a) Find the height of the tree, h. [2 marks]

(b) Find the distance between the two observers. [4 marks]

2. A rally car drives at 140 km per hour for 45 minutes on a bearing of 32and then 180 km per hour
for 40 minutes on a bearing of 317.
(a) Illustrate this information on a diagram. [3 marks]
(b) Find the distance of the car from its starting point. [3 marks]
(c) Find the bearing of the car from its starting point. [3 marks]

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3. In the pyramid VABCDEF, the vertex V is at a height of 5 cm above the centre of the regular
hexagon base ABCDEF. BC = 12 cm. VC = 13 cm.

Find
(a) the area of the regular hexagon base ABCDEF. [2 marks]
(b) the volume of the pyramid. [2 marks]
(c) the angle between VC and the base. [2 marks]
(d) the angle between the side face VBC and the base. [2 marks]
(e) the angle between the faces VAB and VED. [3 marks]

4. In a triangle ABC, AC = 11 cm, BC = 9 cm. Angle A = 40. Find the value(s) of

(a) angle C [3
marks]
(b) length of AB [3
marks]
(c) the area of triangle ABC. [3
marks]

5. In ABC, if A = 120, c = 5, b = 3, find the value of sinB  sinC. [6

marks]

6. In ABC, A + B = 2C (angle A plus angle B is equal to two of angle C.) The area of ABC is 10
and the perimeter of ABC is 20. Find the lengths of three sides ABC. [8 marks]

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