KILLARA HIGH SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS
2 UNIT/EXTENSION COURSE
YEAR 11, TERM 2 ASSESSMENT
June 2004

Time Allowed: 70 minutes

Total Marks: 60 marks

Instructions:

All question should be attempted.

Answer on one side of your paper only.
Show ALL necessary working.
Marks may NOT be awarded for careless or badly arranged work.
Board approved calculators may be used.
Start each SECTION on a new page.

SECTION A: Trigonometry (18 marks)

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1. State the exact value of 3

(a) sin 45° (b) tan 330° c) cosec 150°

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2. If cos θ = − and tan θ > 0 find the exact value of 4
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a) sin θ b) sec θ c) tan (180 − θ)

3. Find the length of AC in metres, correct to 3 decimal places. 3

4. A ship sails due east 25 nautical miles from port and then turns due south and sails 3
37 nautical miles on this course.

a) How far is the ship from its port?

 b) Find the bearing of the port from the ship's final position.

5. A rope is stretched tightly around three pegs X, Y and Z, forming a triangle with 5
XY = 9m, YZ = 40m, XZ = 41m.

a) Sketch the triangle XYZ and label it fully.

b) Calculate the angle between the two longer sides.

c) Use this result to (or otherwise) calculate the area of triangle XYZ to the nearest m2.

SECTION B - Trig Equations/Identities (24 marks)

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1. Solve for 0° ≤ θ ≤ 360° 8

a) 5tan θ − 3 = 0

b) 2cos2 θl = 1

c) 3sin θ=7cos θ

2. a) Simplify sin( 90 − θ) × cosec θ 8

b) Prove that 3sec2A + tan2 A = 4 tan2 A + 3

c) Simplify sec4 θ − sec2 θ tan2 9

3. a) Simplify the expression (cos θ − sin θ)2 + ( cos θ +sin θ)2 8

3 cos A 4 sin A
b) Simplify +
cos ecA sec A

c) Given x = 4+cos θ and y =3 − sin θ use trigonometric identities to find a relationship

connecting x and y but not involving θ.

SECTION C - Linear Functions (18 marks)

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1. State (a) the gradient; (b) the y intercept of the straight line given by 2x−5y+3= 0. 2

2. If A is the point (−1,−3) and B is (4,−5) find the: 4

a) length of AB
b) gradient of AB
c) equation of AB
3. Give the coordinates of the points where the line 3x + 5y + 12 = 0 crosses the 2
x and y axes.

4. a) Determine the point of intersection A, of the lines whose equations are 4

3x−2y = 8 and 4x + 7y = 1.

b) Show that the line 5x− 6y= 16 is concurrent with the first two lines.

5. Find whether each of the following lines - 6

a) intersects

b) touches

c) lies entirely outside the circle with equation x2 +y2 = 4.

Give your reason(s) for each answer.

(i) 2x − 3y − 9 = 0

(ii) 3x+4y − 10 = 0

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