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Trig Function PPQs
Trig Function PPQs
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The following diagram shows a ball attached to the end of a spring, which is
suspended from a ceiling.
The height, h metres, of the ball above the ground at time t seconds after being
released can be modelled by the function h(t)= 0. 4 cos(πt)+1. 8 where t ≥ 0.
1a. Find the height of the ball above the ground when it is released. [2 marks]
1b. Find the minimum height of the ball above the ground. [2 marks]
1c. Show that the ball takes 2 seconds to return to its initial height above [2 marks]
the ground for the first time.
1d. For the first 2 seconds of its motion, determine the amount of time that [5 marks]
the ball is less than 1. 8 + 0. 2√2 metres above the ground.
1e. Find the rate of change of the ball’s height above the ground when t 1 [4 marks]
= 3
. Give your answer in the form pπ√q ms−1 where p ∈ Q and q ∈ Z+ .
2b. Hence or otherwise solve log3 (2 sin x) = log9 (cos 2x + 2) for [5 marks]
0 < x < π2 .
The first high tide occurs at 04 : 30 and the next high tide occurs 12 hours later.
Throughout the day, the height of the water fluctuates between 2. 2 m and 6. 8 m .
All heights are given correct to one decimal place.
π
3a. Show that b= 6
. [1 mark]
3f. Determine the number of hours, over a 24-hour period, for which the [3 marks]
tide is higher than 5 metres.
4a. Show that sin 2x + cos 2x − 1 = 2 sin x(cos x − sin x). [2 marks]
4b. Hence or otherwise, solve sin 2x + cos 2x − 1 + cos x − sin x = 0 for [6 marks]
0 < x < 2π.