Worksheet 6: Trig, Functions and Differentiation

Q1. A surveyor walks 380m from point A
to point B. Then the surveyor turns 80°
and walks 240m to point C. Approximate
the length AC of the marsh. Ans: 483.3m
Q2. A 100ft vertical tower is to be erected on the side
of a hill that makes a 6° angle with the horizontal. Find
the length of each of the two guide wires that will be
anchored 75ft uphill and downhill from the base of the
tower. Ans: 131.12ft, 118.56ft

Q3. A vertical mast [OM] of height 80m, Q4. ced is a triangle on horizontal ground. abcd is a
is built in a horizontal field. The angles of vertical rectangular wall. |bc| = 25cm, |< abe| = 43°,
elevation of the top of the mast, M, from |< aeb| = 75° and |< bec| = 14°. Find |< aed| Ans: 18°
two points A and B in the field are 20°
and 30° respectively. A is due south of
the mast and B is a bearing 50° east of
north from the mast. Calculate:
(i) |OA| (ii) |OB| (iii) |AB| (iv) area of OAB.
Q5. p, q and r are three points on horizontal ground.
[sr] is a vertical flag-pole of height h metres. The angle
of elevations of s from p and q are A and B. |pr| = 8m, |
qr| = 12m.

Ans: (i) 219.8m (ii) 138.6m (iii) 326.6m

(iv) 11668.5m2
2
x +1
Q6. f : x → is defined for all (i) Express tan A in terms of tan B .
2x
x ∈ R \{ 0 }. π
(ii) Given that A+B= , find h.
(i) Show that if ab=1, then f ( a )=f (b). 4
3 tan B
(ii) If f injective? Give a reason. Ans: No Ans: (i) tan A= (ii) h = 4m
2
Q7. The function f : x → x 2 +2 has a 1
Q8. Two functions are: f : x →2 x+ 1 and g : x → .
domain of 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 , x ∈ R and its codomain x +1
−1 −1
is equal to its range. (i) Explain why f is (i) Express f (x) and g ( x ) in terms of x.
−1
bijective. (ii) Find an expression for (ii) Express f o g (x) and (f o g) ( x) in terms of x.
−1 −1 −1
f ( x). Ans: y= √ x−2=f (x) (iii) Show that ( f o g ) ( x )=g o f ( x ).
−1 −1

−1 x−1 −1 1−x x+3 3−x

Ans: (i) f (x)= and g (x )= (ii) ,
2 x x+1 x−1
x2 −1 Q10. Differentiate the following: (i) (4x2 – 2x)(x3 – 5)
Q9. Differentiate the following (i) 2
x +1 1−x 1
(ii) 2 (iv) (v) 3x(x2 + 2)3 (vi) tan 4 x
(ii) √ 1+3 x (iii) ( x +1) (iv) cos x (v)
4 5 3
2 x−x √ 2 x
3
−3 x
−1 x (vii) sin(3 x−5) (viii) x 2 . sin x (ix) cos 4 5 x
tan 7 x (vi) sin
−1 2
(vii) e 3 x (viii) log( x )
5 Ans: (i) 20x4 – 8x3 – 40x + 10 (ii) (iv) (v) (x2 +
4x 3 2)2(21x2 + 6) (viii) x 2 . cos x +2 x . sin x (ix)
Ans: (i) 2 (ii) (iii)
2 √ 1+3 x
2
( x +1) −20 sin 5 x cos 5 x
3
 3 4 4 7 2
20 x ( x +1) (v) 2 (viii)
1+ 49 x x
2
1+ x dy Q12. Differentiate the following (i) e cos x (ii) e x ln x.
Q11. If y=ln ( )
2 , find . Ans: x ln x
1−x dx Ans: (ii) e ( ln x +1)
4x
4
1−x

Past Exam Questions to try:

Q1. 2016 Paper 2 Q7 Q2. 2019 Paper 2 Q4(b) Q3. 2016 Paper 1 Q5(b)
Q4. 2016 Paper 1 Q6(b) Q5. 2014 Paper 1 Q4(b) Q6. 2017 Paper 1 Q3(b)