Math 102 Final Exam

December 12, 2016

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 Canton 10:30 MW  Gonzales 2:00 TR
 Kass 10:30 MW  Kass 12:30 TR
 Canton 1:30 MW  Eckman 6:30 W

Question: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Points: 25 15 18 15 10 15 10 24 10 8 150
Score:

Answer the questions in the spaces provided on the question sheets. If you run out of
room for an answer, continue on the back of the page. Show an appropriate amount of
work (including appropriate explanation) for each problem, so that graders can see not
only your answer but also how you obtained it. Include units in your answer when
possible. You may receive 0 points for a problem where you show no work.

Instructions:

1. Do not open this exam until you are told to do so.

2. No books or notes may be used on the exam.
3. Credit or partial credit will be given only when the appropriate explanation and/or algebra is shown.
4. Make sure your answer is clearly marked.

5. Read and follow directions carefully.

6. This exam has 10 questions, for a total of 150 points. There are 11 pages. Make sure you have them
all.
7. You will have 2 hours to complete the exam.

8. All cell phones and electronic devices (other than calculators) must be turned off during the exam.
9. With the exception of the last page, do not separate the pages of this exam. If they do become
separated, write your name on every page and point this out to your instructor when you hand in the
exam.

10. You may only use an approved calculator on the exam.

11. If you use graphs or tables to find an answer, be sure to include an explanation and sketch of the graph,
and to write out the entries of the table that you use.
Math 102 Final Exam December 12, 2016

1. [25 points] Using the triangle below, find the exact value of the following trigonometric functions.

θ
8
(a) sin(θ) (b) cos(θ)

(c) tan(θ) (d) csc(θ)

(e) sec(θ) (f) sin(2θ)

(g) cos(θ/2) (h) tan(2θ)

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2. [15 points] A person fell into the water and is being pulled with a rope towards a dock 10 ft above the
water. Initially, the rope forms a 26◦ angle with the water, as shown below. After 30 seconds of pulling
the person in, the length of rope between the person and the dock is now 20ft long.

dock

20ft 10ft

26◦ θ
water level
Initial position after 30s

(a) How long is the rope intially, that is, what is the distance shown by the dotted line from the initial
position to the top of the dock? Write your answer in a complete sentence, being sure to include
units.

(b) After 30 seconds, what angle, in degrees, does the rope form with the water? That is, what is θ?
Write your answer in a complete sentence, being sure to include units.

(c) How far from the the base of the dock was the person initially? After 30 seconds of being pulled
in, how much closer are they to the base of the dock? Write your answer in a complete sentence,
being sure to include units.

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3. [18 points] A wind turbine, pictured below, has three equally spaced blades 9 feet in length. Each blade
completes a full rotation every 20 seconds. The center of the turbine is 20 ft above the ground. In this
problem, we track the tip of one of the blades, starting at the 3 o’clock postion and rotating counter
clockwise (in other words, the tip is going up).

9 ft
starting position
20 ft

(a) What is the position of the blade after 12.5 seconds? That is what is the angle, in degrees, of the
tip of the blade relative to its starting (3:00) position?

(b) What is the height of the tip of the blade above the ground after 12.5 seconds?

(c) What two angles, in radians, has the blade turned, relative to the starting (3:00) position, if it is
at a height of 24.5ft above the ground?

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4. [15 points] Consider the point P whose Cartesian coordinates are (-7,4).
y

4
7 x

(a) What are the polar coordinates of the point P ?

(b) Find the length of the solid arc. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.

(c) Find the length of the dashed arc. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.

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5. [10 points] The straight-line distance between city A and city B is 444 miles. The straight-line distance
from city A to city C is 163 miles. The straight-line distance from city B to city C is 558 miles.
(a) Sketch the triangle formed by cities A, B, and C, labeling all known values.

(b) Find the measure, in radians, of all three angles in this triangle.

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6. [15 points] The temperature in a building was tracked for 10 hours, given in the table below. In the
table t is measured in hours and B(t) in degrees Fahrenheit.

time (t) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B(t) 75 90 75 60 75 90 75 60 75 90 75

(a) In a complete sentence, explain why B(t) is a periodic function and give the period.

(b) What are the midline and amplitude of B(t)?

(c) Find a trigonometric function that describes the temperature of the building. You can use either a
sine- or cosine-based function.

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7. [10 points] A circular race track has an inner diameter of 500ft and and outer diameter of 700ft. The
track is shown as the region between the two circles below. Two people are running on the track. Person
3π 11π
1 is located at the polar point P 1 = (630, ) and person 2 is located at the polar point P 2 = (600, ).
4 6

P1

P2

(a) Write a set of polar inequalities that describes the race track existing between the two runners in
polar coordinates (that is, describe the shaded region on the graph above).

(b) Find the exact Cartesian coordinates of both people, given by the points P 1 and P 2.

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 √
8. [24 points] (a) Find all possible solutions to 2 sin(θ) = 3.

 
1
(b) Find all possible solutions to 8 cos (x − 2) − 3 = 1 on the interval [0, 2π].
2

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(c) Find all possible solutions to 1 + sin(2θ) = 0.

(d) Find all possible solutions to tan(2θ) + tan(θ) = 0 for −π/2 < θ < π/2.

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 9. [10 points] Using sum or difference formulas, find the exact values of:
(a) sin(195◦ )

(b) cos(105◦ )

10. [8 points] Convert the following:

(a) 125◦ to radians.

(b) 2.3 radians to degrees.

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Additional Materials: This page contains a list of identities for you to reference, as well as a blank
copy of the unit circle, which you may fill in if you wish. No component of this page will count towards
your grade on the exam. You may separate this page from the exam.

Pythagorean Identity sin2 (θ) + cos2 (θ) = 1

Double-Angle Formulae sin(2θ) = 2 sin(θ) cos(θ) cos(2θ) = cos2 (θ) − sin2 (θ)
2 tan(θ)
tan(2θ) =
1 − tan2 (θ)
1 1
Half-Angle Formulae sin2 (θ/2) = (1 − cos(θ)) cos2 (θ/2) = (1 + cos(θ))
2 2
Angle-Sum Formulae sin(A + B) = sin(A) cos(B) + cos(A) sin(B)
cos(A + B) = cos(A) cos(B) − sin(A) sin(B)

Angle-Difference Formulae sin(A − B) = sin(A) cos(B) − cos(A) sin(B)

cos(A − B) = cos(A) cos(B) + sin(A) sin(B)

(0, 1)
 √   √ 
− 12 , 23 1
,
2 2
3

 √ √  √ √ 
2 2 2 2
− 2 , 2 2 , 2
2π π
 √  3 3
√ 
3 1 3 1
− 2 , 2 2 , 2
π
2
5π π π
3π 6
6 4 4

(−1, 0) (1, 0)
π 2π

7π 5π 7π 11π
6 4 4 6
3π
 √  2 √ 
3 1 3 1
− 2 , −2 2 , −2
4π 5π
3 3
 √ √  √ √ 
2 2 2 2
− 2 ,− 2 2 ,− 2
 √   √ 
3 3
− 12 , − 2
1
2, − 2
(0, −1)

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