Math 10C Trigonometry Unit test Name:

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Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer for each question. (12 marks)

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1. Given the triangle below, which of the following is the value of Sin X?
! !
A. !
B. !

! !
C. !
D. !

2. Claudette drives 18 km up a hill that has an angle of inclination

of 12°. What horizontal distance has she covered?

A. 3.7 km B. 17.6 km C. 18.4 km D. 84.7 km

3. Suppose Cos B = 0.732. What is the measure of ∠B to the nearest degree?

A. 1° B. 36° C. 43° D. 47°

4. Triangle 𝐷𝐸𝐹 has a right angle at ∡𝐹. ∡𝐸 = 36! and 𝑒 = 15 𝑐𝑚. The length of 𝑓 is:

A. 15sin (36°) !"

D. !"# (!"°)
!"
B. !"# !"°
C. 15cos (54°)

5. Determine the length of z to the nearest tenth of a centimetre.

X

z
4.7 cm
61°
Z Y

A. 9.7cm
B. 2.6cm
C. 5.4cm
D. 8.5cm

6. A ski jump is 116 meters (diagonally) long and has a vertical rise of 49 meters. What is the
angle of elevation of the jump?

A. 23° C. 65°
B. 25° D. 67°

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7. A ladder leans against the side of a building. The top of the ladder is 5m from the ground. The
base of the ladder is 1.0m from the wall. What angle, to the nearest degree, does the ladder
make with the ground?
A. 79°
B. 11°
C. 9°
D. 83°

8. Solve Δ 𝐴𝐵𝐶, given that ∠𝐴 = 43°, ∠𝐵 = 47°, and b = 79.

A. ∠C = 90° , a = 73.67 , c = 108.02 C. ∠C = 90° , a = 84.72 , c = 115.84

B. ∠C = 270° , a = 84.72 , c = 115.84 D. ∠C = 270° , a = 73.67 , c = 108.02

9. A person in a building looks down at a car parked 200 m away from the base of the building.
The angle of depression is 14°. How high is the building? (Rounded to the nearest metre)

A. 50 m
B. 194 m
C. 206 m
D. 802 m

10. A flagpole casts a shadow that is 21 m long when the angle between the sun’s rays and the
ground is 48°. Determine the height of the flagpole, to the nearest meter.
A. 19m
B. 16m
C. 14m
D. 23m

Use the following information to answer question 8

A student was given a diagram of a right triangle, shown below:

X Z
25°

15 m

11. What is the length of XZ to one decimal place?

A. 16.6 m B. 18.4 m C. 32.2 m D. 35.5 m

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 Use the following information to answer question 9
Find the area of the triangle shown.
!!
(Hint: 𝐴 = ! )
14.9 cm

7.8 cm

12. The area of the triangle is: C. 87.5 cm2

A. 58.1 cm2 D. 129.8 cm2
B. 64.9 cm2

Numerical Response (4 marks)

1. A rectangle has the dimensions of 6 cm and 9 cm. If a diagonal line is drawn determine the
smallest angle between the diagonal and the side of the rectangle.
Round to the nearest tenth of a degree.

Use the information in the diagram below to answer Numerical Response 2

A student was given the following triangle to solve where m and n are the lengths
of the two missing sides of the triangle.
𝒏

2. To the nearest tenth, the value of n - m is .

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 Use the following triangles to answer Numerical Response 3

1 2 3 9c 500 4
x m

17 19 c
m
cm
5 cm
14 cm x
o
x
x

cm
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3. In the 1st box place the triangle number where x can be solved in one step using Pythagorean
Theorem.

In the 2nd box place the triangle number where x can be solved in one step using a Primary
Trigonometric Ratio. 1st box nd
2 box

Use the following information to answer Numerical Response 4.

Column A Column B

!
A. tan 30° =
!

!
B. cos 30° =
!

A ladder that is ‘c’ metres long rests against a wall
C. o
forming a 30 angle with the ground. The height the
ladder reaches up the wall is represented by ‘a’ metres.

o
In triangle ABC, angle A is 90 . The angle of elevation
D. o
is 30 .

4. Match each descriptor in Column One with its corresponding diagram in Column Two:

__________, ___________, ___________, ___________

A B C D

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Written Response: Show all work to receive full marks. (27 marks)

1.
a) Determine the length of 𝑅𝑆 to b) Find ∡𝐿𝑁𝑀 = 𝜃, to the
the nearest tenth of a centimetre. nearest degree. (4 marks)
(4 marks) K L
R
49°
8.9 cm
54° M
Q
S
8.2 cm

4.2 cm
39° 33°

N
T

𝑅𝑆 = ________ 𝜃 = _______
2. A rock face is 100 meters from the base of a Californian redwood tree. The angle of elevation
from the top of the rock face to the top of the tree is 25°. The angle of depression to the
bottom of the tree is 10°.

a) Determine the height, ℎ, of the rock face, to the nearest tenth of a meter. (2 marks)

b) Using any known methods, determine the height of the tree, to the nearest tenth of a
meter. (3 marks)

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3. Using algebraic methods, solve the following triangles. Give measures to the nearest tenth.
(4 marks each)
a.

L M

19.9 cm
57°

b.
7.3 km
A B

11.7 km