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TOPIC TEST

Trigonometry
• Part A: 7 multiple-choice questions (7 marks)
• Part B: 9 free-response questions (38 marks)
• Total: 45 marks
• Note: All diagrams are not to scale

Part A
7 multiple-choice questions
1 mark each: 7 marks
Circle the correct answer.
m
1 If tan θ = , then which is the correct 3 A right-angled triangle with a 16.5 cm long
n hypotenuse has one angle of size 51°34ʹ. Find
cos θ the length of its shortest side.
expression for ?
sin θ
A 21.1 cm
m n B 12.9 cm
A B
n m
C 13.1 cm
m2 D 10.3 cm
C mn D
n2

4 Which trigonometric ratio below is correct for

2 Calculate h, the height of this isosceles triangle. the triangle shown in the diagram?

A 5 cm B 6 cm
C 7.07 cm D 8.66 cm

4 4
A sin θ = B cos θ =
5 5
3 3
C tan θ = D tan θ = −
4 4

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5 A car is parked 120 metres from the base of a 7 What is the size of angle B in this triangle?
building that is 235 metres tall. What is the angle
of depression from the top of the building to
the car?

A 63° B 59° A 32°12' B 37°23'

C 31° D 27° C 37°14' D 110°34'

6 Which is the correct sine rule for this triangle?

a b a c
A = B =
sin 40 sin 95 sin 95 sin 40
b c b c
C = D =
sin 40 sin 45 sin 40 sin 95

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Part B
9 free-response questions
38 marks
Show your working where appropriate.

6.5 tan30
8 Show that the value of AD = .
sin 21

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9 A taxi drives due north from a hotel for 3 km and then turns to drive due west for 8 km to drop off a passenger
at a conference centre. What is the bearing of the conference centre from the hotel, to the nearest degree?
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10 Find the size of the smallest angle of this triangle, correct to the nearest degree.
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11 Calculate the value of the obtuse angle θ, correct to the nearest minute.
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12 A runner sets out on an orienteering course on a bearing of 160° from the starting base for 2.4 km and reaches
his first control point. He then turns on a bearing of 225° and runs for 3.5 km to the second control point. From
this point, he returns straight back to the starting base to complete the course.
a Sketch a diagram to display this information.

b Calculate the total distance the runner has completed around the course from the start to the finish, correct
to one decimal place.
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13 In the diagram KL = LM = 25 cm.

∠KLP = 70° and ∠MLP = 10°.
What is the length of KP, correct to the nearest centimetre?
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[4 marks]

14 A helicopter flying at 60 km/h at a constant altitude of 2400 m is

observed to have an angle of elevation of 77°. After one minute, the
angle of elevation is 68°.
Calculate the angle θ through which the observer has turned during
the one minute.
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15 The area of a circle is 354 cm2. Find, in degrees and minutes, the angle subtended at the centre of the circle by a
2.9 cm arc.
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16 In ABC, AB = 25 cm, BC = 39 cm and C = 38°4ʹ.

a Sketch a diagram to display this information.

b Find the size of the obtuse angle A, correct to the nearest minute.
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This is the end of the test.

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Answers
1 B 2 A 3 D 4 C 5 A
6 C 7 C 8 D 9 B 10 B
BD
11 tan 33 =
6.5
 BD = 6.5 tan30
BD
sin 21 =
AD
6.5 tan33
i.e. AD =
sin 21
12 291°
13 44°
14 47°44ʹ
15 10.6 km
16 27 cm
1
17
2
18 22°40'
19 15°39'
20 105° 52'

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