Trigonometry past paper 2 [144

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]

The following diagram shows a circle with centre O and radius 3.

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Points A, P and B lie on the circumference of the circle.

Chord [AB] has length L and AÔB = θ radians. canged
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2a. Show that arc APB has length 6π − 3θ. [2 marks]

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2b. Show that L = √18 − 18 cos θ. 2 [2 marks]
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APB [AB]
2c. Arc APB is twice the length of chord [AB]. [3 marks]
Find the value of θ.

Let a be a constant, where a > 1.

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3a. 2 2 2 2 [3 marks]
Show that a2 + ( a −1 a +1
2 ) =( 2 ) .

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Consider a right-angled triangle with sides of length
a, ( 2 ) and ( a +1
2 ).

3b. Find an expression for the area of the triangle in terms of a. [2 marks]

The following diagram shows triangle ABC, with AC = 24, BC = 17, and
AB̂C = 113°.

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4a. Find BÂC.
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4b. Find AB. [3 marks]
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ABCD AB = 2, BC = 4, CD = 6
 Consider a quadrilateral ABCD such that AB = 2, BC = 4, CD = 6 and
DA = 8, as shown in the following diagram. Let α = AB̂C and β = AD̂C.

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5a. Find AC in terms of α. [2 marks]

5b. Find AC in terms of β. [1 mark]

5c. Hence or otherwise, find an expression for α in terms of β. [1 mark]

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A =

5d. Find the maximum area of the quadrilateral ABCD. [4 marks]

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s))+ zu
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The following diagram shows a circle with centre O and radius 5 metres.
Points A and B lie on the circle and AÔB = 1. 9 radians.

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6a. Find the length of the chord [AB]. [3 marks]

6b. Find the area of the shaded sector.
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7. The following diagram shows triangle ABC, with AB = 10, BC = x and [7 marks]
AC = 2x.

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100 + u+2
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Given that cos Ĉ = 34 , find the area of the triangle. V1
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3+ 2/
1
sel-
=

p√q
Give your answer in the form 2 where p, q ∈ Z .
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=

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The following diagram shows a triangle ABC.

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852. 102. It
↳.

AC = 15 cm, BC = 10 cm, and AB̂C = θ.

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√3
Let .

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sin CÂB = 3 10. SM = 5U3
SMA=US
8a. Given that
3
AB̂C is acute, find sin θ. 13 [3 marks]
2
U3

8b.
Find cos (2 × CÂB).
SeO= 3
60 and 120
[3 marks]

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 The following diagram shows a right triangle ABC. Point D lies on AB such that CD
bisects ACB.

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ACD = θ and AC = 14 cm
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9a. Given that

1520= 2.92 [3 marks]

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sin θ = 35 , find the value of cos θ.

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9b. Find the value of
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cos 2θ
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9c. Hence or otherwise, find BC.
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[2 marks]

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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 .

10a.
Show that sin θ =
√15
4
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10b. Find the two possible values for the length of the third side. [6 marks]

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 The following diagram shows the quadrilateral ABCD.

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AB = 6.73 cm, BC = 4.83 cm, BCD = 78.2° and CD = 3.80 cm.

11a. Find BD. (3.2 (.8-2-3.8.4.8.3-ceS76.2[3 marks]

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11b. The area of triangle ABD is 18.5 cm2. Find the possible values of θ. [4 marks]
88.37
=(6.73) -
(H) -
Send 18.5
=

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An archaeological site is to be made accessible for viewing by the public. To do
this, archaeologists built two straight paths from point A to point B and from point
B to point C as shown in the following diagram. The length of path AB is 185 m,
∧
the length of path BC is 250 m, and angle A B C is 125°.

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12a. Find the distance from A to C.
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284 [3 marks]
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 The archaeologists plan to build two more straight paths, AD and DC. For the
∧
paths to go around the site, angle B A D is to be made equal to 85° and angle
∧
B C D is to be made equal to 70° as shown in the following diagram.

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12b. ant!s [3 marks]

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Find the size of angle B A C.

12c. ∧ e[1 mark]

Find the size of angle C A D.

12d. ∧ [2 marks]
Find the size of angle A C D.

12e. The length of path AD is 287 m. [4 marks]

Find the area of the region ABCD.

13. In triangle ABC, AB = 5, BC = 14 and AC = 11. [5 marks]

Find all the interior angles of the triangle. Give your answers in degrees to one
decimal place.

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

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14a. Show that the size of angle BAC is 20.2°, correct to 3 significant figures. [3 marks]

14b. Calculate the area of triangle ABC. [4 marks]

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14c. Find the length of AC. [3 marks]
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14d. 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.
 Two fixed points, A and B, are 40 m apart on horizontal ground. Two straight
ropes, AP and BP, are attached to the same point, P, on the base of a hot air
balloon which is vertically above the line AB. The length of BP is 30 m and angle
BAP is 48°.

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15a. On the diagram, draw and label with an x the angle of depression of B [1 mark]
from P.

Angle APB is acute.

15b. Find the size of angle APB.

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15c. Find the size of the angle of depression of B from P. 49.78 [2 marks]
 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°.

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16a. Calculate the length of side AC in km. [3 marks]

16b. Calculate the area of the park. [3 marks]

17. Triangle ABC has a = 8.1 cm, b = 12.3 cm and area 15 cm2. Find the [7 marks]
largest possible perimeter of triangle ABC.
2.(12.3)
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+ =

2.98
The following diagram shows quadrilateral ABCD.
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20.de
15
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18
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AB = 11 cm, BC = 6 cm, B A D =
∧
100∘ ,
∧
and C B D = 82∘
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gr=cos
[3 marks]
18a. Find DB. B
1
1

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18b. Find DC. [3 marks]

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 19a. Find the set of values of k that satisfy the inequality k2 [2 marks]

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− k − 12 < 0.
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19b. The triangle ABC is shown in the following diagram. Given that [4 marks]
cos B < 14 , find the range of possible values for AB.

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In a triangle ABC, AB = 4cm, BC = 3cm and BAC

^ = .

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π
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20a. Use the cosine rule to find the two possible values for AC. [5 marks]
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+ -

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20b. Find the difference between the areas of the two possible triangles ABC.[3 marks]

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