MHF 4U1/b UNIT 6 TEST: Trigonometric Functions

KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING /20 THINKING /10

APPLICATION /15 COMMUNICATION /10

KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING (20 marks)

MULTIPLE CHOICE: (10 marks)

1. Which of the following functions has the longest period?

a) y  7 cos(x)  13 c) y  8 cos(2 x)  4
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b) y  6 sin x   20 d) y  2 sin(0.5x)  11
5 

2. Which of the following radian measures is the largest?

7 5 4
a) b) c) d) 
3 4 9

3. If the radius of a pizza is 20 cm, what is the central angle in degrees that gives one person 30 cm of crust?
a) 120° b) 35° c) 86° d) 43°

5
4. Which of the following is an equivalent expression for tan in terms of the related acute angle?
4
     3
a) tan b) tan  c)  tan d)  tan
4  4  4 4

5. A loop on a roller coaster has its highest point at 42 m and its lowest point at 18 m. If the height of a cart
on the loop of the roller coaster were modelled by a sine or cosine function, what would the amplitude be?
a) 24 m b) 12 m c) 30 m d) 14 m

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6. A plane makes a loop in the air modelled by the function h(t )  3 cos t   5 , where h is in km and t is in
 16 
seconds. If the plane makes only one full loop, at what time(s) is the instantaneous rate of change equal to
0?
a) 8, 24 sec b) 0, 16, 32 sec c) 16, 48 sec d) 0, 32 sec

7. In which quadrant is the following true? csc  0 and sec  0

a) Q1 b) Q2 c) Q3 d) Q4

8. Starting on the positive x-axis and moving of the way around a circle that has radius 3 m, how far would

one travel?

a) 360 m b) 0.69 m c) 3.14 m d) 6.28 m

9. The point (-5, 7) lies on the terminal arm of angle . What is the measure of  in radians?

a) 4.09 b) 125.5 c) 2.19 d) 0.95

10. Which of the following values of x , where x   2 ,2  , satisfy tan x  3 ?

 7   2  5  5
a) and b) and c) and d) and
6 6 3 3 6 6 3 3

For the following questions, show all work!

11. For the function y  2 sin3x     4 , state the main characteristics given and sketch two
cycles of the function. [Amplitude, Period, Equation of Axis, Horizontal Translation, Reflection]
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12. Sketch the graph of the function f ( x)  csc x, 0  x  2

Label all asymptotes. State the function’s RANGE.
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 APPLICATION (15 marks)

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13. The terminal arm of  is in the second quadrant. If cot    , then calculate the EXACT value of
3
sin  cot   cos 2  . Show all work and no decimals!! All ratios should be rationalized.
[5]
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14. A hamster wheel has a point on the wheel with height modelled by the equation h(t )  3 cos 2t    5 ,
 4
where h is in cm and t is in seconds. What is the EXACT average rate of change for the interval

0t  ? Include correct units. All ratios should be rationalized.
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[4]

15. The radius of a monster truck tire is 4 m and makes one rotation every 10 seconds.
a) Determine the angular velocity in radians per second.
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b) How far does the tire roll in two minutes, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a metre?
[2]

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16. A fish swimming is modelled by the equation h(t )  3 cos t   6 where h(t ) is the height of the fish
7 
below the surface of the water and t is in seconds. On the interval 0  t  14 , at what times is the
instantaneous rate of change the greatest?
[3]

THINKING (10 marks)

17. The graph of a sinusoidal function has been horizontally stretched by a factor of 2 and vertically shifted
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up 2 units. The graph has a minimum at  ,3  . If the x-axis is in radians, state the amplitude of the
5 
function and name one point where the graph has a maximum. Justify your reasoning by showing some
mathematical work.
[3]

18. The productivity of a person at work (on a scale of 0 to 10) is modelled by the function
 
P(t )  5 cos t   5 where t is in hours. If the person starts work at t  0 being 8:00 a.m., then
2 
at what times during a regular work day (8am - 4pm) is the worker the most productive?
[3]

19. A bird is perched on the blade of a windmill which is turning in a clockwise direction. The blade is 10.5 m
above the ground. The bird reaches a minimum height of 3.5 m above the ground and a maximum height of
17.5 m above the ground. Determine the equation of a sine function that represents the height of the bird
above the ground, as a function of the total distance it moved around the windmill.
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COMMUNICATION (10 marks)

20. Describe the transformations of the function g ( x)   sec5x  2 . SHOW work!
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21. Determine an expression which represents the locations of the maximum values of the function y  cos x .
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22. State the EXACT primary trigonometric ratios of the angle .
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23. The function h(t )  6 sin 3 t    4 , where h(t ) is in metres and t is in seconds, models the movement
 3
of a spinning wheel relative to the ground. Explain what is wrong with the equation.
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