BLAKEHURST HIGH SCHOOL PRELIMINARY MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT TASK (3 OF 4) 2006 TRIGONOMETRY

Total Marks: 50 Question 1: a) Without using a calculator find the exact value of: (3 marks) i) sin 45 ii) cot 60 iii) sec 30 b) Find the value of each angle correct to 3 decimal places: (3 marks) i) cos 210 ii) sin 30941 iii) cot 1079 c) sin =
2 and is an acute angle. Find the exact value of: (5 marks) 3 i) cos ii) tan iii) sec(90 )

d) If sin = 0.725 , find the values of: (3 marks) i) sin(180 ) ii) sin ( ) iii) sin(180 + ) Question 2: a) If tan A = 2.245 and 0 A 360 , find all possible values of A correct to nearest minute. (3 marks) 1 b) If cos B = and sin B < 0, find the value of B correct to the nearest minute if 5 0 B 360 (2 marks) c) Graph y = cos x for 0 x 360 (2 marks) d) Solve 5 cos x = 3 + 2 cos x if 0 x 360 (3 marks) Question 3: a) Simplify the following: (4 marks) i) sin cot ii) cos ec 2 cot 2 iii) sin 2 sin 2 cos 2 b) Prove the following identity: (4 marks)

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1 1 + = 2 sec 2 1 sin 1 + sin

Question 3: a)
A 3cm B 6cm 5cm C

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In the diagram, ABC is a triangle in which AB = 3cm, BC = 6cm and CA = 5cm. i) Use the cosine rule to show that BAC = 94 (to the nearest degree) (2 marks) ii) Calculate the area of the triangle ABC. Give your answer correct to two significant figures. (2 marks) b) Zac obserbs a cliff AB from his yacht at position P. He then sails 500 metres closer to the cliff to position Q. The angle of elevation of the cliff top from P is APB = 5 and from Q is AQB = 8
A

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8 Q

5 500m P

i) Find the size of PAQ . (1 marks) ii) Calculate the length of AQ to the nearest metre. (2 marks) iii) Hence, or otherwise, find the length of QB correct to the nearest 10 metres. (2 marks)

Question 5: A person on top of a building 49 metres in height wishes to find the height of an adjacent building. If the angle of depression of the adjacent building is 4721 from where the person is standing and the buildings are a distance of 12 metres apart.
i) Draw a diagram to represent this information. (1 marks) ii) Calculate the height of the adjacent building. Answer correct to two decimal places. (2 marks)

Question 6: Novy leaves her base camp, O, and walks in the direction 150T until she reaches point A on the bank of the river. Unable to cross the river, she follows it on a bearing of 030T and stops at point C. The bearing and distance of C from O are 120T and 4km respectively.

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O C

A i) Copy the diagram on to your answer sheet showing all relevant information. (1 marks) ii) Show that OAC = 60 (2 marks) iii) Show that: The total distance, O to C walked by Novy = 4 3 km (3 marks)

ANSWERS: Q1. 1 1 2 ii) iii) a) i) 2 3 3 b) i) -0.866 (3dp) ii) -0.77 (3dp) iii) -0.309 (3dp) 3 5 2 5 ii) iii) c) i) 3 5 2 d) i) 0.725 ii) -0.725 iii) -0.725
Q2. a) b) c) d) Q3. a) i) cos ii) 1 iii) sin4 Q4. a) i) 94 ii) 7.5 b) i) 3 ii) 833m iii) 820m Q6. ii) 60 A = 6559, 24559 25828 graph 0, 360