Geometry. Level 10. Trigonometry. 3D Trigonometry and Pythagoras (B)
Geometry. Level 10. Trigonometry. 3D Trigonometry and Pythagoras (B)
Grade A*
3D Trigonometry
Progression: Quick
and Pythagoras (B)
NOT TO
Give answers to 2 decimal places. SCALE
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1) The formula for the volume of a pyramid is
1⁄ × 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 × 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. ABCDE is a pyramid. 10 cm
3
AE = DE = CE = BE = 10 cm, AB = DC = 6 cm and BC = AD = 4 cm.
Work out the volume of the pyramid. C
D
4 cm
A 6 cm B
2) The diagram shows a tent. The base ABCD is a rectangle 9 m by 4 m.
The triangular ends are isosceles triangles. Y
DX = AX = CY = BY = 7 m and XY = 5 m. M is the midpoint of AD. 5m
Work out: X
a. the length of MX B
C
b. the size of the angle between MX and the base ABCD 7m
c. the size of angle XDC.
A M 9m
3m
D
5 cm
4) On a three-dimensional coordinate grid point P is given as (3, 9, 6). Find the distance between
point A and the origin (0, 0 , 0).
G
H
5) ABCDEFGH is a cuboid. X is a point on edge AB.
AE = y cm and BX = 15 cm. E F
A tetrahedron, ABXE, is created by slicing through the two
X D
vertices E and B and point X. Calculate: y 22
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