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Trigonometry
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2. Check your answers seem right.
3. Always show your workings
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14. The diagram shows two right-angled triangles.
Calculate the value of x.
.........................cm
(5)
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15. Two right-angled triangles are shown below.
AB is 10cm
BC is 3cm
Angle BCD is 65°
Calculate the size of angle ABD
....................°
(5)
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16. The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.
Calculate the length of side x.
.........................cm
(3)
17. ABC is a right-angled triangle.
tan x = 0.6
Work out the length of BC
.........................cm
(3)
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18. Shown below are right-angled triangles, ABD and BCD.
AB = 15cm
Angle ABD = 70°
Angle ABD : Angle DBC = 5 : 2
Work out the length of CD
.........................cm
(5)
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19. ABCD is a rectangle.
BD = 9cm
Angle BDC = 40°
(a) Work out the length of BC
.........................cm
(2)
(b) Work out the perimeter of rectangle ABCD
.........................cm
(3)
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20. Shown below is a parallelogram.
Calculate the area of the parallelogram.
.........................cm²
(5)
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21. A regular hexagon can be divided into 6 equilateral triangles.
The diagram below shows one of the equilateral triangles.
(a) Use trigonometry to find the height, x, of the equilateral triangle.
.........................cm
(3)
(b) Calculate the area of the equilateral triangle.
........................cm²
(1)
(c) Calculate the area of the hexagon.
........................cm²
(1)
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22. Shown below is isosceles triangle, ABC, where AB = BC
(a) Work out the size of angle BAC
.........................°
(3)
(b) Work out the size of angle ABC
.........................°
(1)
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23. Humphrey is flying a kite.
The handle is held 80cm above the ground.
The kite is on a string which is 8m long.
The string makes an angle of 63° with the horizontal.
Calculate the height of the bottom of the kite above the ground.
.........................m
(4)
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24. A helicopter leaves Bristol and flies due east for 10 miles.
Then the helicopter flies 8 miles north before landing.
(a) Work out the direct distance of the helicopter from Bristol.
.................miles
(3)
(b) Calculate the bearing of the helicopter from Bristol.
.........................°
(3)
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25. A boat is approaching a cliff with a lighthouse on top.
The cliff is 100m high and the lighthouse is 30m tall.
The angle of elevation from the boat to the top of the lighthouse is 20°
(a) Calculate the distance of the boat from the base of the cliff.
.........................m
(3)
(b) Work out the angle of elevation from the boat to the top of the cliff.
.........................°
(3)
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26. ABCD is a trapezium
Angle BAD = 74°
CD = 19.2cm
AB = 26cm
AM = 2.5cm
Work out the size of angle ABC.
.........................°
(5)
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