Chapter 3 Trigonometry

Test A
Multiple-choice questions
You may use technology, where appropriate, to answer the following questions.

1 The value of a is
A b cos 70
b
B
cos 70
C b sin 70
b
D
sin 70
E b cos 20

2 Which of the following is NOT equal to cos 20°?

A cos 160o
B cos 340o

C cos
9
D sin 70o
17
E cos
9
3 A ship sails on a bearing 140 for 80 km. In relation to its starting point, the ship is
now approximately
A 51 km east and 61 km south.
B 95 km west and 67 km north.
C 95 km east and 67 km south.
D 61 km east and 51 km south.
E 51 km west and 61 km south.

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4 A ladder 4.8 m long rests with one end on horizontal ground while the other end
rests against a vertical wall at a point 3.9 m above the ground.
The angle between the ladder and the
wall, to the nearest degree, is
A 0.8o
B 36o
C 39o
D 53o
E 54o

5 The length of the shadow of a pole is 8 m when the angle of elevation of the sun is
21o.
The height of the pole is
A 8  tan 21
B 8  tan 69
tan 21
C
8
8
D
tan 21
E 8  cos 21
[5  2 = 10 marks]

Short-answer questions
You may use technology, where appropriate, to answer the following questions.
1 a Convert the following angles from degrees to degrees and minutes correct to
the nearest minute.
i 51.27° ii 143.189°
b Convert the following angles from degrees to radians in terms of  .
i 64° ii 240°
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[ 4   2 marks]
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2 a Convert the following angles from degrees and minutes to a decimal number
of degrees correct to 3 decimal places.
i 53°24' ii 18°52'
b Convert the following angles from radians to degrees.
3 11
i ii
8 9
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[ 4   2 marks]
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3 a Evaluate each of the following correct to four decimal places.
i cos 2316 ' ii tan 6815'
b Find the value of  in degrees and minutes correct to the nearest minute.
i sin   0.3174 ii tan   2.9168
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[ 4   2 marks]
2
4 Give the exact values for each of the following.

a tan 60° b sin
6
1
[ 2   1 mark]
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5 a Find the value of x. Give your answer correct to an appropriate number of
decimal places. Show your working.

b Find the size of the angle marked  in the diagram below, giving the angle
i as a decimal number of degrees correct to 1 decimal place .
ii in degrees and minutes correct to the nearest minute.
Show your working.

[2 + 3 = 5 marks]

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6 Mandy is standing 15 m from the base of a flagpole. She measures the angle of
elevation to the top of the flagpole as  15  1  . What is the approximate percentage
error in Mandy’s calculation of the height of the flagpole if she uses 15° in her
calculations?
[4 marks]
7 a Jack is standing on the top of a 12 m cliff watching a whale in the sea. If the
angle of depression from the cliff top to the whale is 15°, how far is the whale
from the base of the cliff? Include a diagram. Give the distance to the nearest
metre.
b Jack sees a second whale directly in line with the first whale. The angle of
depression to the second whale is 5°. How far apart are the whales correct to
the nearest metre?
[2 + 2 = 4 marks]
[20 marks]

Extended-response questions
You may use technology, where appropriate, to answer the following questions.
1 Vanessa rides her mountain bike for 35 km on a bearing 68°30' she then turns and
rides for a further 60 km on a bearing 148°56'.
a Draw a careful diagram to show her route, labelling all the given information.
b Calculate how far east/west of the starting point she has ridden.
c Calculate how far north/south of the starting point she has ridden.
d What is her bearing from her starting point?
(1 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 5 marks]
2 A communication tower is located on top of a hill. When Vanessa is a horizontal
distance of 100 metres away from the base of the hill, the angle to the top of the hill
is 20°. From the same point, the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 26°.
a Draw a clearly labelled diagram to represent this information.
b What is the height of the hill correct to one decimal place?
c What is the height of the tower?
d If Vanessa cycles on the horizontal ground so that she is 20 metres closer to
the hill, what is the angle of elevation to the top of the tower? Give your
answer correct to the nearest tenth of a degree.
[1 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 5 marks]
[Total = 40 marks]

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Solutions:

Chapter 3

Multiple-choice questions
1 D
2 A
3 A
4 B
5 A

Short-answer questions
1 a i 51°16′ ii 143°11′
16 4
b i ii
45 3
2 a i 53.400° ii 18.867°
b i 67.5° ii 220°
3 a i 0.9187 ii 2.5065
b i 18°30 ii 71°5′
4 a 3 b 0.5
5 a 23.0 m
b i 63.9° ii 63°′56
6 7%
7 a 45 m b 137 m – 45 m = 92 m

Extended-response questions
1 a

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b 63.5 km east
c 38.6 km south
d 121.3o
2 a

b 36.4 m
c 12.4 m
d 31.4o

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