MATHEMATICS ASSIGNMENT

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS TO BE SUBMITTED ON

TUESDAY 15TH JUNE 2021, BEFORE 8 A.M. PLEASE
NOTE THAT NO EXCUSE WILL BE TOLERATED FOR
LATE SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ON SHEET

OF PAPER

1. In XYZ , X  110 , x  15 cm, y  10 cm, find XYZ. .

Town A is 40 km due West of town C and town B is 50 km
due South of C. Given that the bearing of B from A is 1410.
(a) What is the bearing of A from B? (b) Find the distance
AB to the nearest kilometer.

2. PQR is a triangle, given that | PQ | 15m , | QR | 17m and | RP | 18m .

Find PQR .
3. In PQR , p  5cm , q  7cm and PRQ  60 . Find the value of r ,
correct to two decimal places.

4. The foot of the ladder is 6m from the base of an electric pole.

The top of the ladder rest against the pole at a point 8m
above the ground. How long is the ladder?

5. From the top of a vertical cliff 20 m high, a boat at sea can be

sighted 75 m away and on the same horizontal position as the
foot of the cliff. Calculate, correct to the nearest degree, the
angle of depression of the boat from the top of the cliff.
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6.
70 0
O
Z Y
NOT DRAWN TO SCALE

In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle of radius. If

22
ZXY  70 0 , calculate the length of arc ZY . [Take   ]
7

S Q

T
R
NOT DRAWN TO SCALE

In the diagram, RT is a tangent to the circle at R , PQR  70 0 ,

QRT  52 0 , QSR  y and PRQ  x . Use the diagram to answer
questions 11 and 12
7. Find the value of y.

8. Calculate the value of x .

9. If O is the centre of the circle in the figure below. Find the

value of PRQ .
 206
R
O

P Q

10. If O is the centre of the circle in the figure below, find the
value of RPS .
P

R S
11. In the figure
107
below, RT is a diameter of the circle PQRST .


If PQR  109 , find PRT .


Q

Q
109
P R

T
S
12. In  PQR , P  35 , Q  24 and q  16 cm . Find p .
 

13. In the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle, PR and

QR are tangents. If QPO  30 and PRQ  45 , find
PQR.
P
30

O 45 R

Q
14. A ladder 9m long leans against a vertical wall making an
angle 64 with the horizontal ground. Calculate correct to
0

one decimal place. How far the foot of the ladder is from the
wall.
N
N N

500 Q 72 0

P R

15. The positions of three ships P , Q and R at sea are illustrated

in the diagram. The arrows indicated the North direction. The
bearing of Q from P is 0500 and PQR  720. Calculate the bearing
of R from Q.