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In the diagram, A B C represents a horizontal triangular field and A D represents a vertical tree in the
corner of the field. A path runs along the edge BC of the field.

A B = 83 m, AC = 46 m and angle BAC = 67"

(a) The angle of elevation of the top of the tree when viewed from B is 14".
Calculate the height of the tree.

(b) Calculate the length of the path BC. [41

(c) Calculate the area of the field ABC. PI

(d) Calculate the shortest distance from A to the path BC. PI
(e) Calculate the greatest angle of elevation of the top of the tree when viewed from any point on
the path. PI
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3 A crane stands on level ground. It may be represented by a tower ABCD, of height 11m, and a jib
BR. The jib is of length 20 m and can rotate in a vertical plane about B. A vertical cable, RS, carries
a load S.The diagrams show two possible positions of the jib, cable and load.

D A

Diagram I Diagram I1

(a) Diagram I shows the situation when BS is horizontal and RS = 8 m.

Calculate
(i) the distance BS,
(ii) the angle that the jib, BR, makes with the horizontal.

(b) Diagram I1 shows another situation.

The jib, BR, has been rotated and the length RS increased.
The load, S, is now on the ground at a point 5 m from A.

Calculate
(i) the angle through which the jib has been rotated,
(ii) the length by which RS has increased.

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Section A [52 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1 (a) One day the rate of exchange between American dollars ($) and British pounds (2)
was $1S O = E l .
(i) Pat changed f240 into dollars.
Calculate how many dollars she received. c11
(ii) On the same day, the rate of exchange between French francs (F) and pounds was
7.65F = f l .
Calculate the rate of exchange between francs and dollars, giving the number of francs to
the dollar. PI
(iii) Robert was planning a trip to America and received $900 in exchange for British pounds.
Calculate how many pounds (E) he changed. PI
(iv) Robert was unable to make the trip so he changed the $900 back into pounds at a different
rate of exchange.
(a) Given that he received f552, calculate the new rate of exchange, in dollars to the
pound, giving your answer correct to the nearest cent. PI
(b) Calculate the resultant percentage loss that he made by changing his money twice
(from pounds to dollars and back to pounds again). [21

(b) Adam bought a camera for f275. This price included a Sales Tax of 10%.
Calculate the tax that was paid. [31

t+a
2 (a) Given that Y',_6*

express t in terms of a, b and y. [31

In an experiment, the ends of a string of length 8 metres are attached to two points, A and B.
A weight is fixed to a point C on the string.
The two parts of the string, A C and BC,are both straight.
The length of BC is x metres.
(i) Write down, in terms of x , the length of AC.
(ii) Given also that A B = 7 metres and ACB = 90°, use Pythagoras Theorem to form an
equation involving x , and show that it simplifies to

k 2- 1 6 +~15 = 0. 131
(c) Solve the equation 2x2- 16x + 15 = 0, giving both answers correct to two decimal places. [5]

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Section B [48marks]

Answer four questions in this section.

Each question in this section carries 12 marks.

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Three buoys, A, B and C, are positioned in a lake to provide a course for a yacht race.
A B = 800m. AB^C = 32", BA^C = 22" and N is the point on AB which is 200 m from A.

(a) Show that the distance AC is 524 m, correct to the nearest metre. PI
(b) Calculate the distance NC. [41

(c) A helicopter, H , is hovering at a point vertically above N .

(i) The angle of elevation of the helicopter from A is 12".

Calculate the height of the helicopter.

(ii) P is the point on A C which is nearest to the helicopter.

Calculate the angle of elevation of the helicopter from P. [41

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A radio mast AB, of height 20 m, stands at the top of a slope which is inclined at 18" to the hori-
zontal.

(a) The mast is supported by a wire AC attached to a point C on the slope, where BC = 30 m.
Calculate
(i) AEC,
(ii) the length of the wire AC.

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When the sun is in a certain position, the shadow cast by the mast lies down the slope,
shown in the diagram by the line BD.
Given that A 6 B = 42",
calculate
(i) the angle of elevation of the sun,
(ii) D ~ B ,
(iii) the length of the shadow BD.

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The diagram shows four towns, A, B , C and D.

C is 110 km due East of A.

A& = 90" and AB = 70 km.

(a) Calculate
(i) the distance BC,
(ii) the bearing of B from A.
(b) Given that D is due South of C and that Cdo = 28", calculate the distance CD. 121
(c) An aircraft flies from A to B , then from B to C, then from C to D and finally from D to A.

Calculate the total distance that it flies. PI

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