Year 12 Standard 2 Trigonometry and

Investments Quiz
Student Name Class/Teacher Time Mark

50 Minutes /24

Section 1: Multiple Choice (5 marks)

1. Richard has 2000 shares with a current market value of $4.80 each. During the
past twelve months, Richard received a total dividend of $240. What is the
current dividend yield on these shares?

(A) 0.025%
(B) 2%
(C) 2.5%
(D) 40%

2. Which equation should be used to obtain the value of x in this triangle?

x 7
(A) =
sin 6 0 sin 7 0o
o

(B) x 2=1 02 +72−2 ×10 ×7 cos 6 0o

x 2+1 02−72
(C) cos 6 0 o=
2× 10× 7
(D) x 2=1 02−7 2
3. What is the interest earned, in dollars, if $800 is invested for x months at a
simple interest rate of 3% per annum?

(A) 2x
(B) 24x
(C) 200x
(D) 2400x

4. What is the area of this triangle to the nearest square metre?

(A) 33 m2
(B) 37 m2
(C) 42 m2
(D) 44 m2

5. Which compass bearing is the same as a true bearing of 110°?

(A) S20oE
(B) S20oW
(C) S70oE
(D) S70oW
Section 2: Extended Response (19 marks)

6. Minh invests $24 000 at an interest rate of 4.75% per annum, compounded
monthly. What is the value of the investment after 3 years? (2 marks)

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7.

a) Find the
perimeter of △PQR to one decimal place. (2 marks)

b) Find the size of ∠QPS to the nearest degree. (1 mark)

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8. Josephine invested $1000 at the end of each year for five years. Her investment
earned interest at 4.8% per annum compounded annually. What was the total
value of Josephine’s investment (to the nearest dollar) at the end of the fifth
year? (2 marks)

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9. Town B is 80 km due north of Town A and 59 km from Town C.

Town A is 31 km from Town C.

What is the bearing of Town C from Town B? (2 marks)

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10. Sam purchased 500 company shares at $3.20 per share. Brokerage fees were
1.5% of the purchase price. Sam is paid a dividend of 26 cents per share, then
immediately sells the shares for $4.80 each. If he pays no further brokerage fees,
what is Sam’s total profit? (2 marks)

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11. The following notebook entry was made during a radial survey of a field.

a) What is the
size of ∠AOB? (1 mark)
b) Calculate the area of the triangle AOB. Round your answer to the nearest
square metre. (2 marks)
c) Find the distance from A to B. (2 marks)

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 12. On an island of Wupetoi the unit of currency is the clam. The rate of inflation on
Wupetoi has been constant for many years. Assuming the rate of inflation
remains constant, the price of a surfboard will increase as shown in the graph.

The formula used to draw

this graph was P= A × ¿

Where P = price of a surfboard

And t = number of years after January 2000.

a) What is the value of A and what does it represent? (2 marks)

b) What annual rate of inflation has been assumed? (1 mark)

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