M111 Practice Test #4 Part II Name____________________________

(1) One ship leaves a port at a heading of 45º, travelling an average of 16 mph, at 2pm.
Another ship leaves the same port at a heading of 105º, travelling an average of 23 mph,
at 3pm. How far apart will the ships be at 5pm?

(2) (this is #36 from the text – there is a picture there). Two observers, in the same
vertical plane as a kite and at a distance of 30 feet apart, observe the kite at angles of 62º
and 78º. Find the height of the kite.

(3) A vacant lot is triangular in shape and priced at a value of $7.50/ft2. Find the price of
the lot if it measures 100 by 106 by 110 feet.

(4) Give the trigonometric representation of each vector, and use the formula on p. 683 to
give the product of z1 = 3 2 - 3 2i and z2 = 2 + 2 3i .

Solutions:
(1) We have the following geometric representation:
a

46 48

60º

With the following explanations:

distance = rate * time:
46 = 23*(5pm – 3pm)
48 = 16*(5pm - 2pm)
60º =105º - 45º
We have SAS, so we can solve using the Law of Cosines:
a 2 = 46 2 + 482 - 2(46)(48) cos(60),
a 2 �8626,
a �93 miles.

(2) Kite

b
Obs1 Obs2

62º 78º
30
Note that one angle in the triangle will be the complement of the 78º angle, and will have
measure 180-78 =102º, making the final angle 180 – (102+62) = 16º. We will then have
ASA, and can solve for the height of the kite using the Law Of Sines:
 30 b
= ,
sin(16� ) sin(62� )
sin(62� ) *30
b= ,
sin(16)
b �96 ft

(3) The cost of the lot will be area * cost/ft2. We can find the area using Heron's formula:

1
s= ( 100 + 106 + 110 ) = 158,
2
K = 158(158 - 100)(158 - 106)(158 - 110),
K �4783
cost = 4783*7.50 = $35,869.57

(4) First, we need to find the trigonometric representation of each complex number.
z1 = 3 2 - 3 2i

( 3 2 ) + ( -3 2 )
2 2
r1 = = ( 9(2) ) + (9(2) = 36 = 6.

�-3 2 � p
q1 = tan -1 �
�3 2 ��= - 4 ,
� �
�p �
z1 = 6cis � - �
� 4�
z2 = 2 + 2 3i

( )
2
( 2)
2
r2 = + -2 3 = 4 + (4(3)) = 16 = 4,

�2 3 � p
q 2 = tan -1 �
�2 � �=
� � 3
�p �
z2 = 4cis � �
�3 �
Then we use the formula to find the product:
z1 * z2 = r1r2 cis ( q1 + q 2 )
�p p � �p �
= (6 � - + �= 24cis � �
4)cis �
� 4 3� �12 �