Year 2 Math Assignment 5: Pythagoras Theorem and Trigonometry

Q1 A straight rod 4 m long leans at a corner of a room and makes an angle of 57° with the floor. If the
end of the rod is 1.2 m from one wall, how far is it from the other wall?

4m

57° 1.2 m

Q2 Two vertical telegraph poles AB and CD stand 50 m apart on one side of a straight road. At a point P
on the other side of the road, the angle of elevation of the top of both poles is 26° and the angle
BPD is 120° .
A C

B D

Find (i) the width of the road;

(ii) the height of the poles.

Q3 The figure shows a quadrilateral ABCD in which AB = AD , DC = 41cm , BC = 9cm and

∠DAB = ∠DBC = 90D . Calculate

(a) the length, in cm, of DB ,

(b) the length of AD ,

(c) the size of ∠ADC .

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Q4 In the figure below, BDC is a straight line, ∠ADC = 90°, ∠ABD = 70°, ∠ACB = 40° and AB = 6 cm.
Find x and y.

6 x

70°
40°
B D C
y

Q5 MN is a building, where N is the base of the building and M is the top of the building. Two
surveyors 10 metres apart, stand at P and Q respectively, looking at the top of the building at M.
Suppose the angles of depression of P and Q from M are 30° and 72° respectively.
Find
(i) the distance between N and Q,
(ii) the distance between P and M.

Q6 The diagram shows a right-angled triangle ABD with a right angle at B. AB = 12 cm, AD = 20 cm
and point C lies on BD such that AC = 13 cm. Find

(a) BC, B
(b) CD,
(c) sin ∠BAC ,
C 12 cm
( sin ∠BAC ) + ( cos ∠BAC ) .
2 2
(d)
13 cm

A
D
20 cm

Q7 A lighthouse stands on top of a cliff overlooking a harbour. A ship is anchored in the harbour 45 m
away from the foot of the cliff. Given that the angle of elevation of the top of the cliff from the ship
is 45° and the angle of depression of the ship from the top of the lighthouse is 60°, find the height of
the lighthouse.