IB MATH SL: Trigonometry Review Questions 1

Part 1: Non-Calculator

Work each question on separate paper. Full marks are not necessarily awarded for a correct answer with no
working. Answers must be supported by working and/or explanations.

1. Find the exact values of the following:

2. If 0° £ A£ 360° , find the possible measures of  A

3. If 0 £ A£ 2p , find the possible measures of  A

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4. Given that sin θ = – 2 , cos q < 0 and 0 £ q £ 2p ,

a. find the value of θ;

b. write down the exact value of tan θ.

Part 2: Calculator Active:

Solutions found from a graphic display calculator should be supported by suitable working, e.g. if graphs are used
to find a solution, you should sketch these as part of your answer.

1. A triangle has sides of length 4, 5, 7 units. Find, to the nearest tenth of a degree, the size of the largest angle.
2. The following diagram shows a triangle with sides 5 cm, 7 cm, 8 cm.

3. In triangle ABC, AC = 5, BC = 7, Â = 48°, as shown in the diagram. Find B̂, giving your answer correct to
the nearest degree.

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48°
A B
4. The points P, Q, R are three markers on level ground, joined by straight paths PQ, QR, PR as shown in the
diagram. QR = 9 km, PQ̂R = 35°, PR̂Q = 25°.

35° 25°
Q R
9 km Diagram not to scale

a. Find the length PR.

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b. Tom sets out to walk from Q to P at a steady speed of 8 km h . At the same time, Alan sets out to
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jog from R to P at a steady speed of a km h . They reach P at the same time. Find the value of a.

c. The point S is on [PQ], such that RS = 2QS, as shown in the diagram. Find the length QS.

P
S

Q R Diagram not to scale

5. In the triangle PQR, PR = 5 cm, QR = 4 cm and PQ = 6 cm. Calculate

a. the size of PQ̂R ;

b. the area of triangle PQR.

6. The following diagram shows a triangle ABC, where BC = 5 cm, B̂ = 60°, Ĉ = 40°.
A

60° 40° Diagram not to scale

B C
5 cm
a. Calculate AB.

b. Find the area of the triangle.

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7. In triangle PQR, PQ is 10 cm, QR is 8 cm and angle PQR is acute. The area of the triangle is 20 cm . Find the
size of angle PQ̂R.

8. A farmer owns a triangular field ABC. One side of the triangle, [AC], is 104 m, a second side, [AB], is 65 m
and the angle between these two sides is 60°.

a. Use the cosine rule to calculate the length of the third side of the field.

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b. Given that sin 60° = 2 find the area of the field in the form p 3 where p is an integer.

Let D be a point on [BC] such that [AD] bisects the 60° angle. The farmer divides the field into two parts A1
and A2 by constructing a straight fence [AD] of length x metres.

65x
c. i. Show that the area of Al is given by 4 .

ii. Find a similar expression for the area of A2.

iii. Hence, find the value of x in the form q 3 , where q is an integer.

d. i. Explain why sin AD̂C  sin AD̂B .

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
ii. Use the result of part (i) and the sine rule to show that DC 8 .
9. The diagram below shows a quadrilateral ABCD. AB = 4, AD = 8, CD =12, B Ĉ D = 25, BÂD =.

4 5  4 cos q
a. Use the cosine rule to show that BD = .

Let  = 40.

b. i. Find the value of sin CB̂D .

ii. Find the two possible values for the size of CB̂D .

iii. Given that CB̂D is an acute angle, find the perimeter of ABCD.

c. Find the area of triangle ABD.

10. The diagrams show a circular sector of radius 10 cm and angle θ radians which is formed into a cone of slant
height 10 cm. The vertical height h of the cone is equal to the radius r of its base. Find the angle θ radians.

10cm

10cm
h

r
11. Find all of the missing sides and angles.

12. The diagram below shows a sector AOB of a circle of radius 15 cm and center O. The angle  at the center of
the circle is 2 radians.

A B

O Diagram not to scale

a. Calculate the area of the sector AOB.

b. Calculate the area of the shaded region.

13. The diagram below shows a circle, center O, with a radius 12 cm. The chord AB subtends at an angle of 75° at
the center. The tangents to the circle at A and at B meet at P.

A
12 cm

P d ia g r a m n o t to
O 75º
s c a le

21 – cos 75°

a. Using the cosine rule, show that the length of AB is 12 .

b. Find the length of BP.

c. Hence find

i. the area of triangle OBP

ii. the area of triangle ABP.

d. Find the area of sector OAB.

e. Find the area of the shaded region.

14. The following diagram shows the triangle AOP, where OP = 2 cm, AP = 4 cm and AO = 3 cm.
 A

d ia g r a m n o t to
s c a le

O P

a. Calculate AÔP , giving your answer in radians.

The following diagram shows two circles which intersect at the points A and B. The smaller circle C1 has
center O and radius 3 cm, the larger circle C2 has center P and radius 4 cm, and OP = 2 cm. The point D lies
on the circumference of C1 and E on the circumference of C2. Triangle AOP is the same as triangle AOP in the
diagram above.

A
C 2

C 1

O P d ia g r a m n o t to
D E
s c a le

b. Find AÔB , giving your answer in radians.

c. Given that AP̂B is 1.63 radians, calculate the area of

i. sector PAEB

ii. sector OADB.

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d. The area of the quadrilateral AOBP is 5.81 cm .

i. Find the area of AOBE.

ii. Hence find the area of the shaded region AEBD.