Trigonometry Problems

Ch15-Trigonometry
1.
en tran ce
3 .1 7 m
hm
5°
p av em en t
NOT TO SCALE
A shop has a wheelchair ramp to its entrance from the pavement.

The ramp is 3.17 metres long and is inclined at 5° to the horizontal.
Calculate the height, h metres, of the entrance above the pavement.
Show all your working.
Answer ……….………………….…… m
[2]
2. A square ABCD, of side 8 cm, has another square, PQRS, drawn inside it.
P, Q, R and S are at the midpoints of each side of the square ABCD, as shown in the
diagram.
A P B
S Q
D C
R NOT TO SCALE
(a) Calculate the length of PQ.
Answer (a) ……….………………….…… cm

[2]
(b) Calculate the area of the square PQRS.
Answer (b) ……….………………….…… cm2 [1]
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3. A plane flies from Auckland (A) to Gisborne (G) on a bearing of 115°.
The plane then flies on to Wellington (W). Angle AGW = 63°.
N orth
11 5°
A
N orth
63 ° G
410 km
400 km
W
NOT TO SCALE
(a) Calculate the bearing of Wellington from Gisborne.
Answer (a) ………..………………….…… [2]
(b) The distance from Wellington to Gisborne is 400 kilometres.

The distance from Auckland to Wellington is 410 kilometres.
Calculate the bearing of Wellington from Auckland.
Answer (b) ………..………………….…… [4]
4.
A E B
D C
NOT TO SCALE
A, B, C and D lie on a circle, centre O, radius 8 cm.

AB and CD are tangents to a circle, centre O, radius 4 cm.
ABCD is a rectangle.
(a) Calculate the distance AE. Answer (a) AE = …………….………… cm [2]
(b) Calculate the shaded area.
Answer (b) ………………….………… cm2 [3]

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5. In triangle ABC, AB = 6 cm, AC = 8 cm and BC = 12 cm. Angle ACB = 26.4°.
Calculate the area of the triangle ABC.
A
6 cm
8 cm
B
26 .4 ° 12 cm
C NOT TO SCALE
Answer ……………………………… cm2

[2]
6.
150 cm
7x cm
24x cm NOT TO SCALE
The right-angled triangle in the diagram has sides of length 7x cm, 24x cm and 150 cm.
(a) Show that x2 = 36 [2]
(b) Calculate the perimeter of the triangle. Answer (b) ….………………… cm [1]
7.
A 13x cm B
5x cm
y°
D
C
17x cm 12x cm NOT TO SCALE
ABCD is a trapezium.
(a) Find the area of the trapezium in terms of x and simplify your answer.
Answer (a) …………………………. cm2 [2]
(b) Angle BCD = y°. Calculate the value of y. Answer (b) y = ………..………… [2]
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8.
70°
B C
NOT TO SCALE
The diagram shows three touching circles.

A is the centre of a circle of radius x centimetres.
B and C are the centres of circles of radius 3.8 centimetres. Angle ABC = 70°.
Find the value of x.
Answer x = ………….…………
[3]
9.
9 cm
D C
7 cm
A B
12 cm NOT TO SCALE
The diagram shows a trapezium ABCD.

AB = 12 cm, DC = 9 cm and the perpendicular distance between these parallel sides
is 7 cm.
AD = BC.
(a) Approximately halfway down your page, draw a line AB of length 12 cm.
[1]
(b) Using a straight edge and compasses only, construct the perpendicular
bisector of AB.
[2]
(c) Complete an accurate drawing of the trapezium ABCD.

[2]
(d) Measure angle ABC, giving your answer correct to the nearest degree. [1]
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(e) Use trigonometry to calculate angle ABC.
Show all your working and give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
[2]
(f) On your diagram,
(i) draw the locus of points inside the trapezium which are 5 cm from D,
[1]
(ii) using a straight edge and compasses only, construct the locus of points
equidistant from DA and from DC,
[2]
(iii) shade the region inside the trapezium containing points which are less
than 5 cm from D and nearer to DA than to DC.
[1]
10.
C
D
B
d c
E A
O NOT TO SCALE
OABCDE is a regular hexagon.

With O as origin the position vector of C is c and the position vector of D is d.
(a) Find, in terms of c and d,
(i) DC , [1]
(ii) OE , [2]
(iii) the position vector of B. [2]
(b) The sides of the hexagon are each of length 8 cm.
Calculate
(i) the size of angle ABC, [1]
(ii) the area of triangle ABC, [2]
(iii) the length of the straight line AC, [3]
(iv) the area of the hexagon. [3]
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11. NOT TO SCALE
l
0 .7 cm h
16.5 cm 1.5 cm
The diagram shows a pencil of length 18 cm.

It is made from a cylinder and a cone.
The cylinder has diameter 0.7 cm and length 16.5 cm.
The cone has diameter 0.7 cm and length 1.5 cm.
(a) Calculate the volume of the pencil.
1
[The volume, V, of a cone of radius r and height h is given by V =  r h.
2
3
[3]
(b)
1 8 cm
x cm
w cm NOT TO SCALE
Twelve of these pencils just fit into a rectangular box of length 18 cm, width w
cm and height x cm.
The pencils are in 2 rows of 6 as shown in the diagram.
(i) Write down the values of w and x. [2]
(ii) Calculate the volume of the box. [2]
(iii) Calculate the percentage of the volume of the box occupied by the pencils.
(c) Showing all your working, calculate
(i) the slant height, l, of the cone, [2]
(ii) the total surface area of one pencil, giving your answer correct to 3
significant figures.
[The curved surface area, A, of a cone of radius r and slant height l is

given by
A = πrl.] [6]
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12.
S
N orth
7 km
30 °
P R
55 ° 15 km
14 km
Q NOT TO SCALE
The quadrilateral PQRS shows the boundary of a forest.

A straight 15 kilometre road goes due East from P to R.
(a) The bearing of S from P is 030° and PS = 7 km.
(i) Write down the size of angle SPR.

[1]
(ii) Calculate the length of RS.

[4]
(b) Angle RPQ = 55° and QR = 14 km.
(i) Write down the bearing of Q from P.

[1]
(ii) Calculate the acute angle PQR.

[3]
(iii) Calculate the length of PQ.

[3]
(c) Calculate the area of the forest, correct to the nearest square kilometre.
[4]
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13.
P
D C
3 cm
5 cm
M
F
A B
6 cm NOT TO SCALE
The diagram shows a pyramid on a rectangular base ABCD, with AB = 6 cm and AD

= 5 cm.
The diagonals AC and BD intersect at F.
The vertical height FP = 3 cm.
(a) How many planes of symmetry does the pyramid have? [1]
(b) Calculate the volume of the pyramid.
1
[The volume of a pyramid is × area of base × height.] [2]
3
(c) The mid-point of BC is M.

Calculate the angle between PM and the base. [2]
(d) Calculate the angle between PB and the base. [4]
(e) Calculate the length of PB. [2]
14.
P
1 3 cm
D
C
E 6 cm
A 8 cm B NOT TO SCALE
The diagram shows a pyramid on a horizontal rectangular base ABCD.

The diagonals of ABCD meet at E.
P is vertically above E. AB = 8 cm, BC = 6 cm and PC = 13 cm.
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(a) Calculate PE, the height of the pyramid.
[3]
(b) Calculate the volume of the pyramid.

1
[The volume of a pyramid is given by × area of base × height.]
3
[2]
(c) Calculate angle PCA.
(d) M is the mid-point of AD and N is the mid-point of BC.

Calculate angle MPN.
[3]
(e) (i) Calculate angle PBC.

[2]
(ii) K lies on PB so that BK = 4 cm.

Calculate the length of KC.
[3]
15.
2y – 1
y
y+ 2 NOT TO SCALE
The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

The lengths of the sides are given in terms of y.
(i) Show that 2y2 – 8y – 3 = 0.

[3]
(ii) Solve the equation 2y2 – 8y – 3 = 0, giving your answers to 2 decimal places.
[4]
(iii) Calculate the area of the triangle.

[2]
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16.
N orth L
m
0k
140 H
m
1600 k
13°
W 36°
95°
J NOT TO SCALE
The diagram shows the positions of four cities in Africa, Windhoek ( W),
Johannesburg (J), Harari (H) and Lusaka (L).
WL = 1400 km and WH = 1600 km.
Angle LWH = 13°, angle HWJ = 36° and angle WJH = 95°.
(a) Calculate the distance LH. [4]
(b) Calculate the distance WJ. [4]
(c) Calculate the area of quadrilateral WJHL. [3]
(d) The bearing of Lusaka from Windhoek is 060°.

Calculate the bearing of
(i) Harari from Windhoek, [1]
(ii) Windhoek from Johannesburg. [1]
(e) On a map the distance between Windhoek and Harari is 8 cm.

Calculate the scale of the map in the form 1 : n. [2]
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17.
A
B
55
40.3 cm
26.8 cm
92
X 20.1 cm
cm
D NOT TO SCALE
A, B, C and D lie on a circle.

AC and BD intersect at X.
Angle ABX = 55° and angle AXB = 92°.
BX = 26.8 cm, AX = 40.3 cm and XC = 20.1 cm.
(i) Calculate the area of triangle AXB

You must show your working.
[2]
(ii) Calculate the length of AB.

[3]
(iii) Write down the size of angle ACD. Give a reason for your answer.
[2]
(iv) Find the size of angle BDC.

[1]
(v) Write down the geometrical word which completes the statement
“Triangle AXB is ___________ to triangle DXC.”

[1]
(vi) Calculate the length of XD.

[2]
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18.
B E
2 5 cm
M
O C
1 4 cm
D NOT TO SCALE
OBCD is a rhombus with sides of 25 cm. The length of the diagonal OC is 14 cm.
(a) Show, by calculation, that the length of the diagonal BD is 48 cm.
[3]
(b) Calculate, correct to the nearest degree,
(i) angle BCD,

[2]
(ii) angle OBC.

[1]
(c) DB = 2p and OC = 2q.

Find, in terms of p and q,
(i) OB ,
[1]
(ii) OD .
[1]
(d) BE is parallel to OC and DCE is a straight line.

Find, in its simplest form, OE in terms of p and q.
[2]
(e) M is the mid-point of CE.

Find, in its simplest form, OM in terms of p and q.
[2]
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(f) O is the origin of a co-ordinate grid. OC lies along the x-axis and q = 7
  .
0
( DB is vertical and | DB | = 48.)
Write down as column vectors
(i) p,
[1]
(ii) BC .
[2]
(g) Write down the value of | DE |.

[1]
19.
S
D C
8 cm
P 6 cm N R
7 cm
M
A B
NOT TO SCALE
The diagram above shows the net of a pyramid.
The base ABCD is a rectangle 8 cm by 6 cm.
All the sloping edges of the pyramid are of length 7 cm.
M is the mid-point of AB and N is the mid-point of BC.

(a) Calculate the length of
(i) QM, [2]
(ii) RN. [1]
(b) Calculate the surface area of the pyramid. [2]

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(c)
P
7 cm
D G C
H N 6 cm
X
M
A B
8 cm
NOT TO SCALE
The net is made into a pyramid, with P, Q, R and S meeting at P.
The mid-point of CD is G and the mid-point of DA is H.
The mid-point of CD is G and the mid-point of DA is H.
The diagonals of the rectangle ABCD meet at x.
(i) Show that the height, PX, of the pyramid is 4.90 cm, correct to 2 decimal
places.
[2]
(ii) Calculate angle PNX.

[2]
(iii) Calculate angle HPN.

[2]
(iv) Calculate the angle between the edge PA and the base ABCD.
[3]
(v) Write down the vertices of a triangle which is a plane of symmetry of the
pyramid.
[1]
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20.
18 m
D C
30 m
80º
A B
26 m NOT TO SCALE
The diagram shows the plan of a garden.
The garden is a trapezium with AB = 26 metres, DC = 18 metres and angle DAB =

80°.
A straight path from B to D has a length of 30 metres.
(a) (i) Using a scale of 1: 200, draw an accurate plan of the garden.
[3]
(ii) Measure and write down the size of angle ADB and the size of angle DCB.
[2]
(iii) A second path is such that all points on it are equidistant from AB and
from AD.
Using a straight edge and compasses only, construct this path on your
plan.
[2]
(iv) A third path is such that all points on it are equidistant from A and from
D.
Using a straight edge and compasses only, construct this path on your
plan.
[2]
(v) In the garden, vegetables are grown in the region which is nearer to AB
than to AD and nearer to A than to D.
Shade this region on your plan. [1]
b) Use trigonometry, showing all your working, to calculate
(i) angle ADB, [3]
(ii) the length of BC, [4]
(iii) the area of the garden. [3]

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Ch15-Trigonometry

A shop has a wheelchair ramp to its entrance from the pavement.

(a) Calculate the length of PQ.

Answer (a) ……….………………….…… cm

(b) Calculate the area of the square PQRS.

Answer (b) ……….………………….…… cm2 [1]

(a) Calculate the bearing of Wellington from Gisborne.

Answer (a) ………..………………….…… [2]

(b) The distance from Wellington to Gisborne is 400 kilometres.

Answer (b) ………..………………….…… [4]

A, B, C and D lie on a circle, centre O, radius 8 cm.

(b) Calculate the shaded area.

Answer (b) ………………….………… cm2 [3]

Answer ……………………………… cm2

24x cm NOT TO SCALE

(a) Show that x2 = 36 [2]

Answer (a) …………………………. cm2 [2]

The diagram shows three touching circles.

The diagram shows a trapezium ABCD.

(c) Complete an accurate drawing of the trapezium ABCD.

(f) On your diagram,

OABCDE is a regular hexagon.

(iii) the position vector of B. [2]

(b) The sides of the hexagon are each of length 8 cm.

(i) the size of angle ABC, [1]

(ii) the area of triangle ABC, [2]

(iii) the length of the straight line AC, [3]

(iv) the area of the hexagon. [3]

The diagram shows a pencil of length 18 cm.

(a) Calculate the volume of the pencil.

(i) Write down the values of w and x. [2]

(ii) Calculate the volume of the box. [2]

(c) Showing all your working, calculate

(i) the slant height, l, of the cone, [2]

[The curved surface area, A, of a cone of radius r and slant height l is

The quadrilateral PQRS shows the boundary of a forest.

(a) The bearing of S from P is 030° and PS = 7 km.

(i) Write down the size of angle SPR.

(ii) Calculate the length of RS.

(b) Angle RPQ = 55° and QR = 14 km.

(i) Write down the bearing of Q from P.

(ii) Calculate the acute angle PQR.

(iii) Calculate the length of PQ.

The diagram shows a pyramid on a rectangular base ABCD, with AB = 6 cm and AD

(b) Calculate the volume of the pyramid.

(c) The mid-point of BC is M.

(d) Calculate the angle between PB and the base. [4]

(e) Calculate the length of PB. [2]

The diagram shows a pyramid on a horizontal rectangular base ABCD.

(b) Calculate the volume of the pyramid.

(c) Calculate angle PCA.

(d) M is the mid-point of AD and N is the mid-point of BC.

(e) (i) Calculate angle PBC.

(ii) K lies on PB so that BK = 4 cm.

The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

(i) Show that 2y2 – 8y – 3 = 0.

(iii) Calculate the area of the triangle.

(a) Calculate the distance LH. [4]

(b) Calculate the distance WJ. [4]

(c) Calculate the area of quadrilateral WJHL. [3]

(d) The bearing of Lusaka from Windhoek is 060°.

(i) Harari from Windhoek, [1]