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Ch. 6 Additional Topics in Trigonometry
6.1 The Law of Sines
1 Use the Law of Sines to Solve Oblique Triangles
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
80°
5
45°
2)
7
35° 125°
Solve the triangle. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.
3) B = 54°
C = 107°
b = 22
A) A = 19°, a = 8.9, c = 26 B) A = 17°, a = 26, c = 8.9
C) A = 19°, a = 10.9, c = 28 D) A = 17°, a = 28, c = 10.9
4) A = 49°
B = 43°
a = 31.0
A) C = 88°, b = 28, c = 41.1 B) C = 89°, b = 28, c = 41.1
C) C = 88°, b = 41.1, c = 28 D) C = 89°, b = 41.1, c = 28
5) A = 26°, B = 51°, c = 28
A) C = 103°, a = 12.6, b = 22.3 B) C = 103°, a = 22.3, b = 12.6
C) C = 103°, a = 62.2, b = 35.1 D) C = 97°, a = 12.4, b = 21.9
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2 Use the Law of Sines to Solve, if Possible, the Triangle or Triangles in the Ambiguous Case
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Two sides and an angle (SSA) of a triangle are given. Determine whether the given measurements produce one
triangle, two triangles, or no triangle at all. Solve each triangle that results. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and
angle measures to the nearest degree.
1) A = 30°, a = 14, b = 28
A) B = 90°, C = 60°, c = 24.2 B) B = 60°, C = 90°, c = 24.2
C) B = 60°, C = 60°, c = 24.2 D) no triangle
2) B = 82°, b = 3, a = 24
A) no triangle B) A = 42°, C = 57°, c = 31
C) A = 41°, C = 57°, c = 27 D) A = 40°, C = 57°, c = 29
3) B = 53°, b = 5, a = 25
A) no triangle B) A = 49°, C = 77°, c = 27
C) A = 51°, C = 75°, c = 30 D) A = 52°, C = 76°, c = 31.5
5) A = 80°, a = 2, b = 6
A) no triangle B) B = 41°, C = 59°, c = 12
C) A = 40°, C = 60°, c = 8 D) B = 39°, C = 61°, c = 10
7) B = 41°, a = 4, b = 3
A) A1 = 61°, C1 = 78°, c1 = 4.5; B) A1 = 61°, C1 = 78°, c1 = 0.1;
A2 = 119°, C2 = 20°, c2 = 1.6 A2 = 119°, C2 = 20°, c2 = 0.1
C) A = 29°, C = 110°, c = 5.7 D) no triangle
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Find the area of the triangle having the given measurements. Round to the nearest square unit.
1) A = 32°, b = 15 inches, c = 9 inches
A) 36 square inches B) 57 square inches C) 34 square inches D) 59 square inches
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3) C = 100°, a = 3 yards, b = 8 yards
A) 12 square yards B) 24 square yards C) 47 square yards D) 2 square yards
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2) Two tracking stations are on the equator 129 miles apart. A weather balloon is located on a bearing of
N39°E from the western station and on a bearing of N23°W from the eastern station. How far is the balloon
from the western station? Round to the nearest mile.
A) 134 miles B) 143 miles C) 114 miles D) 105 miles
3) To find the distance AB across a river, a distance BC of 1176 m is laid off on one side of the river. It is
found that B = 105.0° and C = 14.9°. Find AB. Round to the nearest meter.
A) 349 meters B) 352 meters C) 302 meters D) 299 meters
4) A guy wire to a tower makes a 65° angle with level ground. At a point 38 ft farther from the tower than the
wire but on the same side as the base of the wire, the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 30°. Find
the length of the wire (to the nearest foot).
A) 33 feet B) 38 feet C) 66 feet D) 71 feet
5 Additional Concepts
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
45°
36°
61
A) 16.68 B) 7.28 C) 6.22 D) 9.66
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2)
59° 24°
1.1
A) 0.78 B) 0.52 C) 1.64 D) 2.32
Solve the triangle. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.
1)
7 6
9
A) A 51°, B 42°, C = 87°
= = B) A = 42°, B = 51°, C = 87°
C) A = 51°, B = 87°, C = 42° D) A = 42°, B = 87°, C = 51°
2)
9
6
4
=
A) A 127°, B = 32°, C = 21° B) A = 32°, B = 127°, C = 21°
C) A = 127°, B = 21°, C = 32° D) A = 32°, B = 21°, C = 127°
3) a = 6, b = 9, C = 106°
A) c = 12.1, A = 28°, B = 46° B) c = 15, A = 30°, B = 44°
C) c = 17.9, A = 26°, B = 48° D) no triangle
4) a = 5, c = 12, B = 120°
A) b = 15.1, A = 17°, C = 43° B) b = 18, A = 19°, C = 41°
C) b = 20.9, A = 15°, C = 45° D) no triangle
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5) b = 6, c = 9, A = 127°
A) a = 13.5, B = 21°, C = 32° B) a = 16.4, B = 23°, C = 30°
C) a = 19.3, B = 19°, C = 34° D) no triangle
6) b = 2, c = 4, A = 80°
A) a = 4.1, B = 29°, C = 71° B) a = 4.1, B = 71°, C = 29°
C) a = 5.1, B = 29°, C = 71° D) a = 3.1, B = 71°, C = 29°
7) a = 7, c = 6, B = 90°
A) b = 9.2, A = 50°, C = 40° B) b = 9.2, A = 40°, C = 50°
C) b = 10.2, A = 50°, C = 40° D) b = 8.2, A = 40°, C = 50°
8) a = 8, b = 13, c = 15
A) A = 32°, B = 59°, C = 89° B) A = 34°, B = 57°, C = 89°
C) A = 30°, B = 59°, C = 91° D) no triangle
9) a = 5, b = 5, c = 2
A) A = 78°, B = 78°, C = 24° B) A = 79°, B = 79°, C = 22°
C) A = 24°, B = 78°, C = 78° D) A = 78°, B = 24°, C = 78°
10) a = 9, b = 6, c = 5
A) A = 109°, B = 39°, C = 32° B) A = 39°, B = 109°, C = 32°
C) A = 109°, B = 32°, C = 39° D) A = 39°, B = 32°, C = 109°
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2) Two airplanes leave an airport at the same time, one going northwest (bearing 135°) at 418 mph and the
other going east at 341 mph. How far apart are the planes after 4 hours (to the nearest mile)?
A) 2807 miles B) 702 miles C) 2204 miles D) 2337 miles
3) Two sailboats leave a harbor in the Bahamas at the same time. The first sails at 23 mph in a direction 350°.
The second sails at 33 mph in a direction 200°. Assuming that both boats maintain speed and heading,
after 3 hours, how far apart are the boats?
A) 162.5 miles B) 116 miles C) 129.2 miles D) 113.8 miles
4) Two points A and B are on opposite sides of a building. A surveyor selects a third point C to place a
transit. Point C is 54 feet from point A and 65 feet from point B. The angle ACB is 56°. How far apart are
points A and B?
A) 56.7 feet B) 105.2 feet C) 72 feet D) 95.4 feet
5) The distance from home plate to dead center field in Sun Devil Stadium is 402 feet. A baseball diamond is
a square with a distance from home plate to first base of 90 feet. How far is it from first base to dead center
field?
A) 344.3 feet B) 379.6 feet C) 470 feet D) 327.2 feet
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6) A painter needs to cover a triangular region 62 meters by 66 meters by 74 meters. A can of paint covers 70
square meters. How many cans will be needed?
A) 28 cans B) 317 cans C) 14 cans D) 3 cans
Use Heron's formula to find the area of the triangle. Round to the nearest square unit.
1) a = 17 yards, b = 20 yards, c = 13 yards
A) 110 square yards B) 113 square yards C) 116 square yards D) 119 square yards
D C
-5 5
B
-5
A) C B) D C) A D) B
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π
2) -2, -
2
5
D C
-5 5
-5
A) A B) D C) B D) C
Use a polar coordinate system to plot the point with the given polar coordinates.
3π
3) 4,
4
-5 5
-5
A) B)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
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C) D)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
-5π
4) -2,
4
-5 5
-5
A) B)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
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C) D)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
-5π
5) 2,
4
-5 5
-5
A) B)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
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C) D)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
5π
6) -4,
4
-5 5
-5
A) B)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
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C) D)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
7) (4, 315°)
5
-5 5
-5
A) B)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
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C) D)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
8) (-4, 405°)
5
-5 5
-5
A) B)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
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C) D)
5 5
-5 5 -5 5
-5 -5
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
-5 5 r
-5
Find another representation, (r, θ), for the point under the given conditions.
π
1) 1, , r > 0 and 2π < θ < 4π
3
7 5 4 2
A) 1, π B) 1, - π C) 1, π D) 1, - π
3 3 3 3
π
2) 6, , r < 0 and 0 < θ < 2π
3
4 2 7 5
A) -6, π B) -6, - π C) -6, π D) -6, - π
3 3 3 3
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π
3) 5, , r > 0 and -2π < θ < 0
6
11 13 5 7
A) 5, - π B) 5, π C) 5, - π D) 5, π
6 6 6 6
π
4) 3, , r < 0 and 2π < θ < 4π
4
13 11 9 5
A) -3, π B) -3, - π C) -3, π D) -3, π
4 4 4 4
Select the representation that does not change the location of the given point.
5) (9, 50°)
A) (9, 410)° B) (9, 230)° C) (-9, 410)° D) (-9, 140)°
6) (-4, 8π)
A) (4, 7π) B) (-4, 9π) C) (-4, 7π) D) (4, 6π)
Polar coordinates of a point are given. Find the rectangular coordinates of the point.
1) (-2, 180 °)
A) (2, 0) B) (0, 2) C) (-2, 0) D) (0 , -2)
2) (-4, -90°)
A) (0, 4) B) (4 , 0 ) C) (0, -4) D) (-4, 0)
3) (-7, 120°)
7 -7 3 7 -7 3 7 7 3 7 7 3
A) , B) - , C) , D) - ,
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
4) (-3, -135°)
3 2 3 2 3 2 -3 2 -3 2 -3 2 -3 2 3 2
A) , B) , C) , D) ,
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
5) (5 , -27°)
A) (4.5 , -2.3) B) (-2.3, 4.5) C) (-4.5, 2.3) D) (2.3 , -4.5)
2π
6) 7,
3
7 7 3 7 7 3 7 -7 3 7 -7 3
A) - , B) , C) - , D) ,
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3π
7) 5,
4
-5 2 5 2 5 2 -5 2 5 2 5 2 -5 2 -5 2
A) , B) , C) , D) ,
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
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4π
8) 4.1,
9
A) (0.7, 4) B) (4, 0.7) C) (-0.7, -4) D) (-4, -0.7)
The rectangular coordinates of a point are given. Find polar coordinates of the point. Express θ in radians.
1) (11 , -11)
7π 7π 7π π
A) 11 2, B) 11 2, - C) 11, - D) 11,
4 4 4 4
2) (2, -2 3)
5π 5π 11π 11π
A) 4, B) 2, C) 4, D) 2,
3 3 6 6
3) (5 3, 5)
π π π π
A) 10, B) 5, C) 10, D) 5,
6 6 3 3
4) (-1, 0)
π 3π
A) (1, π) B) 1, C) (1, 0) D) 1,
2 2
5) (0, - 3)
A) (- 3, 90°) B) (- 3, 270°) C) (- 3, 180°) D) ( 3, 90°)
6) (-5 2, -5 2)
A) (10, 225°) B) (5 2, 225°) C) (5 2, 135°) D) (10, 135°)
7) (5, -5)
A) (-5 2, 135°) B) (-5 2, 225°) C) (-5 2, 45°) D) (5 2, 135°)
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2) y = 9
9 9
A) r = B) r = C) sin θ = 9 D) r = 9
sin θ cos θ
3) x2 + y 2 = 4
A) r = 2 B) r = 4
C) r(cos θ + sin θ) = 2 D) r(cos θ + sin θ) = 4
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4) 8x - 9y + 1 = 0
-1 -1
A) r = B) r =
(8 cos θ - 9 sin θ) (8 sin θ - 9 cos θ)
5) y 2 = 3x
A) r = 3 cot x cscx B) r = 9 cot x cscx
C) r2(cos θ + sin θ) = 3 D) r = 3 cot2 x
6) (x - 12)2 + y 2 = 144
A) r = 24 cos θ B) r = 24 sin θ C) r2 = 24 cos θ D) r = -24 sin θ + 144
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2π
2) θ =
3
3
A) y = - 3x B) y = x C) y = - 3x2 D) x2 + y 2 = 1
3
3) r cos θ = 9
A) x = 9 B) x2 + y 2 = 9 C) y 2 = 9 D) y = 9
4) r = 8 csc θ
A) y = 8 B) x = 8 C) y 2 = 8 D) x2 + y 2 = 8
5) r = -2 cos θ
A) x + 1 2 + y 2 = 1 B) x = -2 C) x - 1 2 + y 2 = 4 D) x2 + y 2 = 2
6) r = 9 cos θ + 3 sin θ
A) x2 + y 2 = 9x + 3y B) x2 - y 2 = 9x + 3y C) x2 + y 2 = 3x + 9y D) 9x + 3y = 0
7) r2 sin 2θ = 8
A) xy = 4 B) xy = 8 C) y 2 = 8 D) x2 + y 2 = 8
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7 Solve Apps: Polar Coordinates
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Polar coordinates of a point are given. Use a graphing utility to find the rectangular coordinates of the point to two
decimal places.
2π
1) 2.1, -
9
A) (1.61 , -1.35) B) (-1.35, 1.61 ) C) (1.61 , 1.35) D) (1.35, 1.61)
4π
2) -3.7,
9
A) (-0.64, -3.64) B) (-3.64, -0.64) C) (0.64, 3.64) D) (3.64, 0.64)
Rectangular coordinates of a point are given. Use a graphing utility in radian mode to find polar coordinates of the
point.
3) (3, 4) Express θ to three decimal places.
A) (5, 0.927) B) (5, 0.644) C) (7, 0.644) D) (5, 0.848)
9 Additional Concepts
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Convert the polar equation to a rectangular equation. Then determine the graph's slope and y-intercept.
π
1) r sin θ - =5
4
A) y = x + 5 2; slope: 1; y-intercept: 5 2 B) y = x - 5 2; slope: 1; y-intercept: - 5 2
C) y = -x - 5 2; slope: -1; y-intercept: - 5 2 D) y = -x + 5 2; slope: -1; y-intercept: 5 2
π
2) r cos θ + =1
6
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6.4 Graphs of Polar Equations
1 Use Point Plotting to Graph Polar Equations
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
The graph of a polar equation is given. Select the polar equation for the graph.
1)
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
2)
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
3)
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
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4)
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
5)
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
6)
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
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2 Use Symmetry to Graph Polar Equations
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Test the equation for symmetry with respect to the given axis, line, or pole.
1) r = -2 cos θ; the polar axis
A) has symmetry with respect to polar axis
B) may or may not have symmetry with respect to polar axis
π
2) r = -4 cos θ; the line θ =
2
π
A) may or may not have symmetry with respect to the line θ =
2
π
B) has symmetry with respect to the line θ =
2
π
5) r = 4 + 4 cos θ; the line θ =
2
π
A) may or may not have symmetry with respect to the line θ =
2
π
B) has symmetry with respect to the line θ =
2
π
6) r = 6 + 2 sin θ; the line θ =
2
π
A) has symmetry with respect to the line θ =
2
π
B) may or may not have symmetry with respect to the line θ =
2
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π
10) r = 3 sin 3θ; the line θ =
2
π
A) has symmetry with respect to the line θ =
2
π
B) may or may not have symmetry with respect to the line θ =
2
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
A) B)
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
C) D)
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
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13) r = 4 cos θ
6
5
4
3
2
1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
A) B)
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
C) D)
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
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14) r = 3 + sin θ
6
5
4
3
2
1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
A) B)
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
C) D)
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
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15) r = 2 + 2cos θ
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
A) B)
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
C) D)
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
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16) r = 2 - 2cos θ
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
A) B)
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
C) D)
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
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17) r = 2 - cos θ
10
-10 -5 5 10 r
-5
-10
A) B)
10 10
5 5
-10 -5 5 10 r -10 -5 5 10 r
-5 -5
-10 -10
C) D)
10 10
5 5
-10 -5 5 10 r -10 -5 5 10 r
-5 -5
-10 -10
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18) r = 3 sin 2θ
6
5
4
3
2
1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
A) B)
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
C) D)
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 r
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
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19) r2 = 9 cos (2θ)
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
A) B)
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
C) D)
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
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20) r cos θ = 4
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
A) B)
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
C) D)
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5r
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
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3 Solve Apps: Graphs of Polar Equations
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2) The wind is blowing at 10 knots. Sailboat racers look for a sailing angle to the 10-knot wind that produces
maximum sailing speed. This situation is now represented by the polar graph in the figure shown below.
Each point (r, θ) on the graph gives the sailing speed, r, in knots, at an angle θ to the 10-knot wind. What
angle to the wind produces the maximum sailing speed? What is the speed to the nearest knot, of the
sailboat sailing at 90° angle to the wind?
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4 Tech: Graphs of Polar Equations
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1
2
-1 1 r
-1 1
2 2
-1
2
-1
A) B)
1 1
1 1
2 2
-1 1 r -1 1 r
-1 1 -1 1
2 2 2 2
-1 -1
2 2
-1 -1
C) D)
1 1
1 1
2 2
-1 1 r -1 1 r
-1 1 -1 1
2 2 2 2
-1 -1
2 2
-1 -1
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π
2) r = 2 sin θ -
4
6
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 r
-2
-4
-6
A) B)
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 r -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 r
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
C) D)
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 r -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 r
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
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1
3) r =
2 - 4 sin θ
r
-2 -1 1 2
-1
-2
A) B)
2 2
1 1
r r
-2 -1 1 2 -2 -1 1 2
-1 -1
-2 -2
C) D)
2 2
1 1
r r
-2 -1 1 2 -2 -1 1 2
-1 -1
-2 -2
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4) r = sin4 4θ + cos 3θ
r
-2 -1 1 2
-1
-2
A) B)
2 2
1 1
r r
-2 -1 1 2 -2 -1 1 2
-1 -1
-2 -2
C) D)
2 2
1 1
r r
-2 -1 1 2 -2 -1 1 2
-1 -1
-2 -2
3
5) r =
θ
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A) B)
4 4
2 2
-4 -2 2 4 r -4 -2 2 4 r
-2 -2
-4 -4
C) D)
8 8
4 4
-8 -4 4 8 r -8 -4 4 8 r
-4 -4
-8 -8
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5 Additional Concepts
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-8 -4 4 8 r
-4
-8
A) B)
8 8
4 4
-8 -4 4 8 r -8 -4 4 8 r
-4 -4
-8 -8
C) D)
8 8
4 4
-8 -4 4 8 r -8 -4 4 8 r
-4 -4
-8 -8
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2) r = 3 - 4 sin 2θ
12
-12 -8 -4 4 8 12 r
-4
-8
-12
A) B)
12 12
8 8
4 4
-12 -8 -4 4 8 12 r -12 -8 -4 4 8 12 r
-4 -4
-8 -8
-12 -12
C) D)
12 12
8 8
4 4
-12 -8 -4 4 8 12 r -12 -8 -4 4 8 12 r
-4 -4
-8 -8
-12 -12
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3) r = 5 cos2 θ sin θ
-4 -2 2 4 r
-2
-4
A) B)
4 4
2 2
-4 -2 2 4 r -4 -2 2 4 r
-2 -2
-4 -4
C) D)
4 4
2 2
-4 -2 2 4 r -4 -2 2 4 r
-2 -2
-4 -4
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4) r = 3 sin2 θ cos θ
-4 -2 2 4 r
-2
-4
A) B)
4 4
2 2
-4 -2 2 4 r -4 -2 2 4 r
-2 -2
-4 -4
C) D)
4 4
2 2
-4 -2 2 4 r -4 -2 2 4 r
-2 -2
-4 -4
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6.5 Complex Numbers in Polar Form; DeMoivre's Theorem
1 Plot Complex Numbers in the Complex Plane
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2
-4
-6
A) B)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
C) D)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
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2) 3i
i
6
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2
-4
-6
A) B)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
C) D)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
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3) 6
i
6
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2
-4
-6
A) B)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
C) D)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
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4) -2 + i
i
6
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2
-4
-6
A) B)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
C) D)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
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5) -6 - i
i
6
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2
-4
-6
A) B)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
C) D)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
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6) -6 3 - 6i
i
10
-10 -5 5 10 R
-5
-10
A) B)
i i
10 10
5 5
-10 -5 5 10 R -10 -5 5 10 R
-5 -5
-10 -10
C) D)
i i
10 10
5 5
-10 -5 5 10 R -10 -5 5 10 R
-5 -5
-10 -10
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7) 2 2 - 2 2i
i
10
-10 -5 5 10 R
-5
-10
A) B)
i i
10 10
5 5
-10 -5 5 10 R -10 -5 5 10 R
-5 -5
-10 -10
C) D)
i i
10 10
5 5
-10 -5 5 10 R -10 -5 5 10 R
-5 -5
-10 -10
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8) -3 + 6i
10 i
-10 -5 5 R
-5
-10
A) B)
i 10 i
10
5 5
-10 -5 5 R -10 -5 5 R
-5 -5
-10 -10
C) D)
10 i 10 i
5 5
-10 -5 5 R -10 -5 5 R
-5 -5
-10 -10
2) z = -17
A) 17 B) -17 C) 34 D) 0
3) z = 14 - 11i
A) 317 B) 5 3 C) 3 D) 5
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4) z = 1 + 9i
A) 82 B) 4i 5 C) 2i 2 D) 10
Write the complex number in polar form. Express the argument in degrees.
1) 6
A) 6(cos 0° + i sin 0°) B) 6(cos 180° + i sin 180°)
C) 6(cos 90° + i sin 90°) D) 6(cos 270° + i sin 270°)
2) 6 i
A) 6(cos 90° + i sin 90°) B) 6(cos 270° + i sin 270°)
C) 6(cos 0° + i sin 0°) D) 6(cos 180° + i sin 180°)
3) 12 - 16i
A) 20(cos 306.9° + i sin 306.9°) B) 20(cos 126.9° + i sin 126.9°)
C) 20(cos 53.1° + i sin 53.1°) D) 20(cos 233.1° + i sin 233.1°)
Write the complex number in polar form. Express the argument in radians.
4) 2 - 2i
7π 7π 7π 7π
A) 2 2 cos + i sin B) 2 cos + i sin
4 4 4 4
5π 5π 5π 5π
C) 2 2 cos + i sin D) 2 cos + i sin
4 4 4 4
5) - 6 3 - 6i
7π 7π 13π 13π
A) 12 cos + i sin B) 6 3 cos + i sin
6 6 6 6
4π 4π 4π 4π
C) 12 cos + i sin D) 6 3 cos + i sin
3 3 3 3
6) - 5 + 5 3i
2π 2π 5π 5π
A) 10 cos + i sin B) 5 3 cos + i sin
3 3 6 6
5π 5π 2π 2π
C) 10 cos + i sin D) 5 3 cos + i sin
6 6 3 3
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3) 8(cos 44° + i sin 44°)
A) 5.8 + 5.6i B) 5.6 + 5.8i C) 2 + 2i D) -2 - 2i
2π 2π
5) 3 (cos + i sin )
3 3
3 3 3 3 -3 3 3 3 3 3 -3 3
A) - + i B) - + i C) + i D) + i
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3π 3π
6) -9(cos + i sin )
4 4
9 2 -9 2 -9 2 9 2 -9 2 -9 2 9 2 9 2
A) + i B) + i C) + i D) + i
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
7) 3(cos π + i sin π)
A) -3 B) -3i C) 3 D) 3i
Find the product of the complex numbers. Leave answer in polar form.
1) z1 = 5(cos 20° + i sin 20°)
z2 = 4(cos 10° + i sin 10°)
A) 20(cos 30° + i sin 30°) B) 20(cos 200° + i sin 200°)
C) 9(cos 30° + i sin 30°) D) 9(-cos 200° - i sin 200°)
π π
3) z1 = 2 cos + i sin
3 3
π π
z2 = 5 cos + i sin
2 2
5π 5π π π
A) 10 cos + i sin B) 7 cos + i sin
6 6 6 6
5π 5π π π
C) 7 cos + i sin D) 10 cos + i sin
6 6 6 6
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π π
4) z1 = 8 cos + i sin
6 6
π π
z2 = 3 cos + i sin
2 2
2π 2π π π
A) 24 cos + i sin B) 11 cos + i sin
3 3 12 12
2π 2π 2π 2π
C) 24 sin + i cos D) 11 cos + i sin
3 3 3 3
7π 7π
5) z1 = 3 cos + i sin
4 4
9π 9π
z2 = 6 cos + i sin
4 4
5π 5π 5π 5π
C) 3 2 cos + i sin D) 3 2 sin + i cos
4 4 4 4
3π 3π
6) z1 = 6 cos + i sin
2 2
5π 5π
z2 = 12 cos + i sin
6 6
π π π π π π π π
A) 72 cos + i sin B) 18 cos + i sin C) 72 cos - i sin D) 18 cos - i sin
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
7) z1 = 4i
z2 = -6 + 6i
5π 5π 5π 5π
A) 24 2 cos + i sin B) 24 2 sin + i cos
4 4 4 4
3π 3π 3π 3π
C) 24 2 cos + i sin D) 24 2 sin + i cos
8 8 8 8
8) z1 = 2 + 2i
z2 = 3 - i
π π 23π 23π
A) 4 2 cos + i sin B) 4 2 cos + i sin
12 12 12 12
π π 23π 23π
C) 4 cos + i sin D) 4 cos + i sin
12 12 12 12
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6 Find Quotients of Complex Numbers in Polar Form
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
z1
Find the quotient of the complex numbers. Leave answer in polar form.
z2
1) z1 = 32(cos 30° + i sin 30°)
z2 = 4(cos 18° + i sin 18°)
5 5
C) 28 cos ° + i sin ° D) 28(cos 12° - i sin 12°)
3 3
1 2π 2π
3) z1 = cos + i sin
4 3 3
1 π π
z2 = cos + i sin
5 4 4
5 5π 5π 1 11π 11π
A) cos + i sin B) cos + i sin
4 12 12 20 12 12
5 8 8 4 5π 5π
C) cos + i sin D) cos - + i sin -
4 3 3 5 12 12
π π
4) z1 = 8 cos + i sin
2 2
π π
z2 = 3 cos + i sin
6 6
8 π π 8 2π 2π
A) cos + i sin B) cos + i sin
3 3 3 3 3 3
8 π π 8 π π
C) cos - i sin D) sin + i cos
3 3 3 3 3 3
7π 7π
5) z1 = 3 cos + i sin
4 4
9π 9π
z2 = 6 cos + i sin
4 4
2 3π 3π 2 3π 3π
A) cos + i sin B) cos - i sin
2 2 2 2 2 2
2 3π 3π 2 π π
C) sin + i cos D) cos + i sin
2 2 2 2 2 2
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3π 3π
6) z1 = 6 cos + i sin
2 2
5π 5π
z2 = 12 cos + i sin
6 6
1 2π 2π 1 2π 2π
A) cos + i sin B) cos - i sin
2 3 3 2 3 3
1 4π 4π 1 4π 4π
C) cos - i sin D) cos + i sin
2 3 3 2 3 3
7) z1 = 4i
z2 = -6 + 6i
2 7π 7π 2 π π
A) cos + i sin B) cos + i sin
3 4 4 3 4 4
2 7π 7π 2 π π
C) cos - i sin D) cos - i sin
3 4 4 3 4 4
Use DeMoivre's Theorem to find the indicated power of the complex number. Write the answer in rectangular form.
1) (cos 30° + i sin 30°)6
A) -1 B) 1 C) i D) -i
7π 7π 5
3) 2 2 (cos + i sin )
4 4
A) -128 + 128i B) -64 + 64i C) - 2 + 2i D) -64 2 + 64 2i
3π 3π 3
4) 10 (cos + i sin )
4 4
A) -500 2 + 500 2i B) 50 2 + 50 2i C) 15 2 + 15 2i D) 5 2 + 5 2i
5) (-2 + 2i 3)3
A) 64 B) 8 C) -2 + 2i 3 D) 8 + 6i 3
6) (1 - i)10
A) -32i B) 32 C) 32 - 32i D) -32 + 32i
7) (1 + i)20
A) -1024 B) 1024i C) -1024i D) 1024
8) (- 3 + i)6
A) -64 B) 64i C) -64 3 + 64i D) 64 - 64 3i
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8 Find Roots of Complex Numbers in Polar Form
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Find all the complex roots. Write the answer in the indicated form.
1) The complex square roots of 144(cos 210° + i sin 210°) (polar form)
A) 12(cos 105° + i sin 105°), 12(cos 285° + i sin 285°)
B) 12(cos 210° + i sin 210°), 12(cos 195° + i sin 195°)
C) 12(cos 105° + i sin 105°), 195(cos 285° + i sin 285°)
D) 12(cos 210° + i sin 210°), -12(cos 195° + i sin 195°)
2) The complex cube roots of 8(cos 198° + i sin 198°) (polar form)
A) 2(cos 66° + i sin 66°), 2(cos186° + i sin 186°), 2(cos 306° + i sin 306°)
B) 2(cos 66° + i sin 66°), 2(cos 106° + i sin 106°), 2(cos 146° + i sin 146°)
C) -2(cos 66° + i sin 66°), 2(cos 186° + i sin 186°), -2(cos 306° + i sin 306°)
D) -2(cos 66° + i sin 66°), 2(cos 106° + i sin 106°), -2(cos 146° + i sin 146°)
2π 2π
3) The complex square roots of 2 (cos + i sin ) (rectangular form)
3 3
2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6
A) + i, - - i B) - i, - + i
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
C) 6 + 2i, - 6 - 2i D) 6 - 2i, -6 - 2i
C) -1, 1 D) -i, i
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10) The complex square roots of 4 + 4 3i (rectangular form)
A) 6 + 2i, - 6 - 2i B) 6 - 2i, - 6 + 2i
2 6 2 6
C) + i, - - i D) - 6 - 2i, 6 - 2i
2 2 2 2
Use the result eiθ = cos θ + i sin θ to plot the complex number.
1) 2e(πi)/2
i
6
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2
-4
-6
A) B)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
C) D)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
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2) 4e(πi)/2
i
6
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2
-4
-6
A) B)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
C) D)
i i
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 R
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
10 Additional Concepts
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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2) x5 - 1 = 0
A) 1, cos(72°)+ i sin(72°), cos(144°) + i sin(144°), cos(216°) + i sin(216°), cos(288°) + i sin(288°)
B) -1, cos(72°)+ i sin(72°), cos(144°) + i sin(144°), cos(216°) + i sin(216°), cos(288°) + i sin(288°)
C) 1, cos(72°) + i sin(72°), cos(144°) + i sin(144°), cos(216°) + i sin(216°),-1
D) 1, cos(36°) + i sin(36°), cos(108°) + i sin(108°), cos(180°)+ i sin(180°), cos(252°) + i sin(252°)
3) x7 - 1 = 0
A) 1, cos(51.4°) + i sin(51.4°), cos(102.9°) + i sin(102.9°), cos(154.3°) + i sin(154.3°), cos(205.7°) + i
sin(205.7°), cos(257.1°) + i sin(257.1°), cos(308.6°) + i sin(308.6°)
B) 1, cos(25.7°) + i sin(25.7°), cos(51.4°) + i sin(51.4°), cos(77.1°) + i sin(77.1°), cos(102.9°) + i sin(102.9°),
cos(128.6°) + i sin(128.6°), cos(154.3°) + i sin(154.3°)
C) 1, cos(51.4°) + i sin(51.4°), cos(102.9°) + i sin(102.9°), cos(154.3°) + i sin(154.3°), cos(205.7°) + i
sin(205.7°), cos(257.1°) + i sin(257.1°), cos(308.6°) + i sin(308.6°), -1
D) -1, cos(25.7°) + i sin(25.7°), cos(51.4°) + i sin(51.4°), cos(77.1°) + i sin(77.1°), cos(102.9°) + i sin(102.9°),
cos(128.6°) + i sin(128.6°), cos(154.3°) + i sin(154.3°)
4) x3 = -64i
A) 4(cos 90° + i sin 90°), 4(cos 210° + i sin 210°), 4(cos 330° + i sin 330°)
B) 4(cos 210° + i sin 210°), 4(cos 270° + i sin 270°), 4(cos 330° + i sin 330°)
C) 4(cos 30° + i sin 30°), 4(cos 60° + i sin 60°), 4(cos 90° + i sin 90°)
D) 4(cos90° + i sin 90°), 4(cos 180° + i sin180°), 4(cos 270° + i sin 270°)
5) x3 - 64i = 0
A) 4(cos 30° + i sin 30°), 4(cos 150° + i sin 150°), 4(cos 270° + i sin 270°)
B) 4(cos 0° + i sin 0°), 4(cos 120° + i sin 120°), 4(cos 240 + i sin 240°)
C) 4(cos 60° + i sin 60°), 4(cos 180° + i sin 180°), 4(cos 300° + i sin 300°)
D) 1, -1, -i
6) x3 - (-6 3 + 6i) = 0
3 3 3
A) 12(cos 50° + i sin 50°), 12 (cos 170° + i sin 170°), 12 (cos 290° + i sin 290°)
3 3 3
B) 6 (cos 70° + i sin 70°), 6 (cos 190° + i sin 190°), 6 (cos 310° + i sin 310°)
3 3 3
C) 12 (cos 50° + i sin 50°), 12 (cos 170° + i sin 170°), 12 (cos 270° + i sin 270°)
D) 6 (cos 70° + i sin 70°), 6(cos 190° + i sin 190°), 6 (cos 310° + i sin 310°)
6.6 Vectors
1 Use Magnitude and Direction to Show Vectors are Equal
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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2 Visualize Scalar Multiplication, Vector Addition, and Vector Subtraction as Geometric Vectors
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) 3w
A) B)
C) D)
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2) -2v
A) B)
C) D)
1
3) - u
2
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A) B)
C) D)
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4) u + z
A) B)
C) D)
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5) v - w
A) B)
C) D)
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6) z - v
A) B)
C) D)
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3 Represent Vectors in the Rectangular Coordinate System
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-12 -8 -4 4 8 12 x
-4
-8
-12
A) v = 15 B) v = 225
y y
12 12
8 8
4 4
-12 -8 -4 4 8 12 x -12 -8 -4 4 8 12 x
-4 -4
-8 -8
-12 -12
C) v = 21 D) v = 15
y y
12 12
8 8
4 4
-12 -8 -4 4 8 12 x -12 -8 -4 4 8 12 x
-4 -4
-8 -8
-12 -12
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2) v = -5i + 3j
y
6
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2
-4
-6
A) v = 34 B) v = 2 2
y y
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
C) v = 8 D) v = -2
y y
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
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3) v = 3i - 4j
y
6
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2
-4
-6
A) v = 5 B) v = 7
y y
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
C) v = 7 D) v = -1
y y
6 6
4 4
2 2
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6
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4) v = -i - j
y
-2 -1 1 2 x
-1
-2
A) v = 2 B) v = 2
y y
2 2
1 1
-2 -1 1 2 x -2 -1 1 2 x
-1 -1
-2 -2
C) v = 0 D) v = 1
y y
2 2
1 1
-2 -1 1 2 x -2 -1 1 2 x
-1 -1
-2 -2
Let v be the vector from initial point P1 to terminal point P2. Write v in terms of i and j.
5) P1 = (-4, -3); P2 = (5, 3)
A) v = 9i + 6j B) v = 6i + 9j C) v = 8i + 7j D) v = 7i + 8j
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7) P1 = (6, 3); P2 = (-2, -2)
A) v = -8i - 5j B) v = -5i - 8j C) v = 8i + 5j D) v = 5i + 8j
Find the unit vector that has the same direction as the vector v.
1) v = 8i
1
A) u = i B) u = 8i C) u = 64i D) u = i
8
2) v = -7j
1
A) u = -j B) u = -7j C) u = 49j D) u = - j
7
3) v = -4i - 3j
4 3 3 4 5 5
A) u = - i - j B) u = -20i - 15j C) u = i + j D) u = - i- j
5 5 5 5 4 3
4) v = 5i + 12j
5 12 12 5 13 13
A) u = i + j B) u = 65i + 156j C) u = - i- j D) u = i+ j
13 13 13 13 5 12
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5) v = -3i + j
-3 1 -3 1 10
A) u = i+ j B) u = -3 10i + 10j C) u = i+ j D) u = i + 10j
10 10 11 11 -3
Write the vector v in terms of i and j whose magnitude v and direction angle θ are given.
1) v = 10, θ = 120°
A) v = -5i + 5 3j B) v = 5 3i - 5j C) v = -5 2i + 5 2j D) v = 5i - 5 3j
2) v = 7, θ = 225°
7 2 7 2 7 3 7 7 7 3 7 2 7 2
A) v = - i- j B) v = - i- j C) v = - i- j D) v = i+ j
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3) v = 8, θ = 30°
A) v = 4 3i + 4j B) v = 4i + 4 3j C) v = 4 2i + 4 2j D) v = -4 3i + 4j
4) v = 6, θ = 270°
2 2
A) v = -6j B) v = -6i C) v = 6 i- j D) v = -6i - 6j
2 2
5) v = 6, θ = 180°
A) v = -6i B) v = -6j C) v = 6j D) v = -6i - 6j
2) The magnitude and direction of two forces acting on an object are 35 pounds, N45°E, and 55 pounds,
S30°E, respectively. Find the magnitude, to the nearest hundredth of a pound, and the direction angle, to
the nearest tenth of a degree, of the resultant force.
A) F = 57.04; θ = -23.6° B) F = 65.19; θ = -7.5°
C) F = 43.30; θ = 2.7° D) F = 49.17; θ = -11.3°
3) Two forces, F 1 and F 2, of magnitude 60 and 70 pounds, respectively, act on an object. The direction of F 1
is N40°E and the direction of F 2 is N40°W. Find the magnitude and the direction angle of the resultant
force. Express the direction angle to the nearest tenth of a degree.
A) F = 99.37; θ = 93.7° B) F = 92.20; θ = 89.4°
C) F = 92.20; θ = 80° D) F = 94.63; θ = 87.2°
4) One rope pulls a barge directly east with a force of 67 newtons, and another rope pulls the barge directly
north with a force of 54 newtons. Find the magnitude of the resultant force acting on the barge.
A) 86 newtons B) 121 newtons C) 3618 newtons D) 13 newtons
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5) An aircraft going from Atlanta to Savannah on a heading of 105° (from north) is travelling at a speed of
530 miles per hour. The wind is out of the north at a speed of 23 miles per hour. Find the actual speed and
direction of the aircraft.
A) 536 miles per hour; 107° from north B) 525 miles per hour; 107° from north
C) 528 miles per hour; 107° from north D) 746 miles per hour; 107° from north
6) A power boat in still water maintains a speed of 45 miles per hour. The boat heads directly across a river
perpendicular to the current which has a speed of 8 miles per hour. Find the actual speed and direction of
the boat.
A) 46 miles per hour; 10° off course B) 45 miles per hour; 10° off course
C) 22 miles per hour; 21° off course D) 17 miles per hour; 28° off course
8 Additional Concepts
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Find the magnitude v and direction angle θ, to the nearest tenth of a degree, for the given vector v.
2) v = -3i - 4j
A) 5; 233.1° B) 5; 53.1° C) 5; 216.9° D) 7; 233.1°
3) v = -5i + 12j
A) 13; 112.6° B) 13; 67.4° C) 15; 112.6° D) 13; 157.4°
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2 Find the Angle Between Two Vectors
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Find the angle between the given vectors. Round to the nearest tenth of a degree.
1) u = -3i + 4j, v = 7i + 5j
A) 125.5° B) 135.5° C) 62.8° D) 52.8°
2) u = i - j, v = 4i + 6j
A) 101.3° B) 11.3° C) 106.1° D) -11.3°
3) u = -i + 3j, v = 4i - 2j
A) 135° B) 0.7° C) 83.6° D) 45°
4) u = 2j, v = 9i - 4j
A) 114° B) -24° C) 144.3° D) 78.3°
Use the dot product to determine whether the vectors are parallel, orthogonal, or neither.
1) v = 4i + j, w = i - 4j
A) orthogonal B) parallel C) neither
2) v = 3i + 2j, w = 2i - 3j
A) orthogonal B) parallel C) neither
3) v = 4i - j, w = 8i - 2j
A) parallel B) orthogonal C) neither
4) v = 2i + 4j, w = 4i + 8j
A) parallel B) orthogonal C) neither
5) v = 3i + 4j, w = 3i - 2j
A) parallel B) orthogonal C) neither
6) v = i + 2j, w = i - 3j
A) orthogonal B) parallel C) neither
7) v = 4i, w = -3i
A) parallel B) orthogonal C) neither
8) v = 2j, w = 4i
A) orthogonal B) parallel C) neither
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Find projwv.
1) v = i - 3j; w = 5i + 12j
155 372 155 372 31 186 31 93
A) - i- j B) - i- j C) - i- j D) - i+ j
169 169 13 13 2 5 10 10
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2) v = 2i + 3j; w = 8i - 6j
1 8 4 4
A) - (4i - 3j) B) - (i - 6j) C) - (i - 3j) D) - (i - 6j)
25 5 13 325
3) v = 3i + 2j; w = -3i + j
7 1 7 27
A) - (-3i + j) B) (-3i + j) C) - (-3i + j) D) (-3i + j)
10 10 9 10
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Decompose v into two vectors v1 and v2, where v1 is parallel to w and v2 is orthogonal to w.
1) v = i + 9j, w = i + j
11 9 7
A) v1 = 5(i + j), v2 = -4i + 4j B) v1 = (i + j), v2 = - i + j
2 2 2
2) v = i + 4j, w = -3i + j
1 13 39 1 9 39
A) v1 = (-3i + j), v2 = i + j B) v1 = (-3i + j), v2 = i + j
10 10 10 10 10 10
1 4 35 1 11 47
C) v1 = (-3i + j), v2 = i + j D) v1 = (-3i + j), v2 = - i + j
9 3 9 10 10 10
4) v = 3 i + 2j, w = 3 i + j
11 3 9 11 23 13
A) v1 = (3i + j), v2 = - i + j B) v1 = (3i + j), v2 = i + j
10 10 10 10 10 10
11 2 11 11 9 13
C) v1 = (3i + j), v2 = i + j D) v1 = (3i + j), v2 = i + j
9 3 9 10 10 10
6 Compute Work
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2) Find the work done by a force of 2 pounds acting in the direction of 35° to the horizontal in moving an
object 10 feet from (0, 0) to (10, 0).
A) 16.4 ft-lb B) 11.5 ft-lb C) 32.8 ft-lb D) 17.3 ft-lb
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3) A force is given by the vector F = 4i + 2j. The force moves an object along a straight line from the point
(10, 5) to the point (12, 14). Find the work done if the distance is measured in feet and the force is
measured in pounds.
A) 26 ft-lb B) -10 ft-lb C) -26 ft-lb D) 40 ft-lb
4) A force of 5 pounds acts in the direction of 5° to the horizontal. The force moves an object along a straight
line from the point (5, 4) to the point (18, 13), with distance measured in feet. Find the work done by the
force. Round the answer to one decimal place, if necessary.
A) 78.8 ft-lb B) 79.1 ft-lb C) 15.8 ft-lb D) 109.6 ft-lb
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Ch. 6 Additional Topics in Trigonometry
Answer Key
6.1 The Law of Sines
1 Use the Law of Sines to Solve Oblique Triangles
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
2 Use the Law of Sines to Solve, if Possible, the Triangle or Triangles in the Ambiguous Case
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
3 Find the Area of an Oblique Triangle Using the Sine Function
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
4 Solve Applied Problems Using the Law of Sines
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5 Additional Concepts
1) A
2) A
6.2 The Law of Cosines
1 Use the Law of Cosines to Solve Oblique Triangles
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
8) A
9) A
10) A
2 Solve Applied Problems Using the Law of Cosines
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
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3 Use Heron's Formula to Find the Area of a Triangle
1) A
2) A
3) A
6.3 Polar Coordinates
1 Plot Points in the Polar Coordinate System
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
8) A
9)
5
4
3
2
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 r
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
11π
(a) (4, - )
6
7π
(b) (-4, )
6
13π
(c) (4, )
6
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4 Convert a Point from Rectangular to Polar Coordinates
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
5 Convert an Equation from Rectangular to Polar Coordinates
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
6 Convert an Equation from Polar to Rectangular Coordinates
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
7 Solve Apps: Polar Coordinates
1) A
8 Tech: Polar Coordinates
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
9 Additional Concepts
1) A
2) A
6.4 Graphs of Polar Equations
1 Use Point Plotting to Graph Polar Equations
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
2 Use Symmetry to Graph Polar Equations
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
8) A
9) A
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10) A
11) A
12) A
13) A
14) A
15) A
16) A
17) A
18) A
19) A
20) A
3 Solve Apps: Graphs of Polar Equations
1) A
2) A
4 Tech: Graphs of Polar Equations
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
5 Additional Concepts
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
6.5 Complex Numbers in Polar Form; DeMoivre's Theorem
1 Plot Complex Numbers in the Complex Plane
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
8) A
2 Find the Absolute Value of a Complex Number
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
3 Write Complex Numbers in Polar Form
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
4 Convert a Complex Number from Polar to Rectangular Form
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
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5) A
6) A
7) A
5 Find Products of Complex Numbers in Polar Form
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
8) A
6 Find Quotients of Complex Numbers in Polar Form
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
7 Find Powers of Complex Numbers in Polar Form
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
8) A
8 Find Roots of Complex Numbers in Polar Form
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
8) A
9) A
10) A
9 Solve Apps: Complex Numbers
1) A
2) A
10 Additional Concepts
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
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6.6 Vectors
1 Use Magnitude and Direction to Show Vectors are Equal
1) A
2 Visualize Scalar Multiplication, Vector Addition, and Vector Subtraction as Geometric Vectors
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
3 Represent Vectors in the Rectangular Coordinate System
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
7) A
8) A
4 Perform Operations with Vectors in Terms of i and j
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
5 Find the Unit Vector in the Direction of v
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6 Write a Vector in Terms of Its Magnitude and Direction
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
7 Solve Applied Problems Involving Vectors
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
8 Additional Concepts
1) A
2) A
3) A
6.7 The Dot Product
1 Find the Dot Product of Two Vectors
1) A
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2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) A
2 Find the Angle Between Two Vectors
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
3 Use the Dot Product to Determine if Two Vectors are Orthogonal
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) C
6) C
7) A
8) A
4 Find the Projection of a Vector onto Another Vector
1) A
2) A
3) A
5 Express a Vector as the Sum of Two Orthogonal Vectors
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
6 Compute Work
1) A
2) A
3) A
4) A
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dividends and interest, which fill the pockets of the parasites at the
expense of the people; and so the nations stand round, obedient,
and carry on the futile game till further orders.
As a matter of fact in these hot countries, like Ceylon and India,
almost unlimited results of productiveness can be got by perfected
irrigation, and as long as the peasantry in these lands are (as they
are) practically starving, and the irrigation works practically
neglected, the responsibility for such a state of affairs must lie with
the rulers; and naturally no mere shuffling of commercial cards, or
encouragement of an export trade which brings fortunes into the
hands of a few tea-planters and merchants, can be expected to
make things better.
It is sad to see the thin and famished mortals who come in here
from the country districts round to beg. Many of them, especially the
younger ones, have their limbs badly ulcerated. One day, going
through the hospital, the doctor—a Eurasian—took me through a
ward full of such cases. He said that they mostly soon got better with
the better hospital diet; “but,” he added, “when they get back to their
old conditions they are soon as bad as ever.” In fact the mass of the
population in a place like Colombo looks far sleeker and better off
than in these country districts; but that only affords another instance
of how the modern policy encourages the shifty and crafty onhanger
of commercial life at the cost of the sturdy agriculturist—and I need
not say that the case is the same at home as abroad.
It is quite a pretty sight to see the bathing in the tanks. It takes
place in the early morning, and indeed during most of the day.
Cleanliness is a religious observance, and engrained in the habits of
the people. Of course there are exceptions, but save among the
lowest castes this is the rule. An orthodox Hindu is expected not only
to wash himself, but his own cloth, at least once a day. The climate
makes bathing a pleasure, and the people linger over it. Men and
boys, women and children, together or in groups not far distant from
each other, revel and splash in the cool liquid; their colored wraps
are rinsed and spread to dry on the banks, their brass pots glance in
the sun as they dip the water with them and pour it over their own
heads, their long black hair streams down their backs. Then, leaving
the water, they pluck a twig from a certain tree, and, squatting on
their hams, with the frayed twig-end rub their teeth and talk over the
scandal of the day. This tooth-cleaning gossiping business lasts till
they are dry, and often a good deal longer, and is, I fancy, one of the
most enjoyable parts of the day to the mild oyster. In unsophisticated
places there is no distinction of classes in this process, and rich and
poor join in the public bathing alike—in fact there is very little
difference in their dress and habits anyhow, as far as regards wealth
and poverty—but of course where Western ideas are penetrating,
the well-to-do natives adopt our habits and conduct their bathing
discreetly at home.
The people never (except it be children) go into the water quite
naked, and the women always retain one of their wraps wound round
the body. These wraps are very long, and the skill with which they
manage to wash first one end and then the other, winding and
unwinding, and remaining decorously covered all the time, is quite
admirable. I am struck by the gravity and decorum of the people
generally—in outer behavior or gesture—though their language
(among the lower castes) is by no means always select! But there is
none, or very little, of that banter between the sexes which is
common among the Western populations, and even among the boys
and youths you see next to no frolicking or bear-fighting. I suppose it
is part of the passivity and want of animal spirits which characterise
the Hindu; and of course the sentiment of the relation between the
sexes is different in some degree from what it is with us. On sexual
matters generally, as far as I can make out, the tendency, even
among the higher castes, is to be outspoken, and there is little of that
prudery which among us is only after all a modern growth.
NATIVE STREET, AND SHOPS.
VEDDAHS.
(Aborigines of Ceylon.)
There is one advantage in a hot damp climate like this; namely
that things—books, furniture, clothes, etc.—soon get destroyed and
done with, so that there is little temptation to cumber up your house
with possessions. Some English of course try to furnish and keep
their rooms as if they were still living in Bayswater, but they are
plentifully plagued for their folly. The floors here are of some cement
or concrete material, which prevents the white ants surging up
through them, as they infallibly would through boards, and which is
nice and cool to the feet; carpets, cupboards, and all collections of
unremoved things are discountenanced. A chest of drawers or a
bookcase stands out a foot or two from the wall, so that the servants
can sweep behind it every day. Little frogs, lizards, scorpions, and
other fry, which come hopping and creeping in during or after heavy
rain can then be gently admonished to depart, and spiders do not
find it easy to establish a footing. The greatest harbor for vermin is
the big roof, which is full of rats. In pursuit of these come the rat-
snakes, fellows five or six feet long, but not venomous, and wild cats;
and the noises at night from them, the shuffling of the snakes, and
the squeals of the poor little rats, etc., I confess are trying.
We have three or four male servants about the house and
garden, and there are two ayahs, who look after the children and the
women’s apartments. I believe many of these Indian and Cinghalese
races love to be servants (under a tolerably good master); their
feminine sensitive natures, often lacking in enterprise, rather seek
the shelter of dependence. And certainly they make, in many
instances and when well treated, wonderfully good servants, their
tact and affectionateness riveting the bond. I know of a case in which
an English civilian met with an accident when 200 miles away from
his station, and his “bearer,” when he heard the news, in default of
other means of communication, walked the whole distance, and
arrived in time to see him before he died. At the same time it is a
mistake to suppose they will do anything out of a sense of duty. The
word duty doesn’t occupy an important place in the Oriental
vocabulary, no more than it does among the Celtic peoples of
Europe. This is a fruitful source of misunderstanding between the
races. The Britisher pays his Indian servant regularly, and in return
expects him to do his duty, and to submit to kicks when he doesn’t.
He, the Britisher, regards this as a fair contract. But the oyster
doesn’t understand it in the least. He would rather receive his pay
less regularly, and be treated as “a man and a brother.” Haeckel’s
account of the affection of his Rodiya servant-lad for him, and of the
boy’s despair when Haeckel had to leave him, is quite touching; but
it is corroborated by a thousand similar stories. But if there is no
attachment, what is the meaning of duty? The oyster, in keeping with
his weaker, more dependent nature, is cunning and lazy—his vices
lie in that direction rather than in the Western direction of brutal
energy. If his attachment is not called out, he can make his master
miserable in his own way. And he does so; hence endless strife and
recrimination.
The Arachchi here, a kind of official servant of A.’s, is a most
gentle creature, with remarkable tact, but almost too sensitive; one is
afraid of wounding him by not accepting all his numerous attentions.
He glides in and out of the room—as they all do—noiselessly, with
bare feet; and one never knows whether one is alone or not. The
horse-keeper and I are good friends, though our dialogues are
limited for want of vocabulary! He is a regular dusky demon, with his
look of affectionate bedevilment and way of dissolving in a grin
whenever he sees one. A. says that he thinks the pariahs, or
outcastes—and the horse-keepers are pariahs—are some of the
most genuine and good-hearted among the people; and I see that
the author of Life in an Indian Village says something of the same
kind. “As a class, hardworking, honest, and truthful,” he calls them;
and after describing their devotion to the interests of the families to
whom they are often hereditarily attached, adds, “Such are the
illiterate pariahs, a unique class, whose pure lives and noble traits of
character are in every way worthy of admiration.”
It is curious, but I am constantly being struck by the resemblance
between the lowest castes here and the slum-dwellers in our great
cities—resemblance in physiognomy, as well as in many
unconscious traits of character, often very noble; with the brutish
basis well-marked, the unformed mouth, and the somewhat heavy
brows, just as in Meunier’s fine statue of the ironworker (“puddleur”),
but with thicker lips.
CHAPTER IV.
ADAM’S PEAK AND THE BLACK RIVER.
1
Captain Knox, above quoted, speaks of it as
“about two feet long”; but he does not appear to
have actually seen it.
The priests were horribly on the greed for money, and made it
really unpleasant to stay on the top; but I delayed a little in order to
watch Caliban doing poojah at the little shrine I have mentioned. He
brought a hot ember from the fire, sprinkled frankincense on it, burned
camphor and something that looked like saltpetre, also poured some
kind of scented water on the ember, causing fragrance. Very ancient
gnarled rhododendron trees, twenty or thirty feet high, rooting in clefts
and hollows, were in flower (carmine red) all round the top of the rock.
No snow ever falls here, they say; but there are sometimes hoar frosts,
which the natives mistake for snow. I don’t suppose the temperature
that night was below 50° Fahr., but it felt cold, very cold, after the heat
of the lowlands.
The sun rose soon after six, and at 7.30 we started downwards, on
the great pilgrim-track towards Ratnapura. The final cone, for about
1,500 feet, is certainly a steep bit of rock. I have seen it from several
points of view, but the summit angle was always under 90°. Steps are
cut nearly all down this part, and chains hang alongside in all places of
possible difficulty—chains upon chains, things with links six inches
long, all shapes and curiously wrought, centuries and centuries old—
the pious gifts of successive generations of pilgrims. Here and there
are long inscriptions, in Cinghalese characters, on the rock-faces; and
everywhere signs of innumerable labor of successive travelers in
hewing and shaping the path all the way—not to mention resting-sheds
and cabins built in convenient spots lower down. These however are
largely fallen to decay; and indeed the whole place gives one the
impression that the sripada has come somewhat into disrepute in
these modern times, and is only supported by the poorer and more
ignorant among the people.
Ratnapura is only 150 feet or so above the sea; and for twenty-four
miles the path to it from the summit—well-marked but single file—goes
down over rocks and through vast woods, without coming to anything
like a road. Nearly the whole, however, of this great descent of 7,000
feet is done in the first twelve miles to Palábaddala—a tiny hamlet at
the very foot of the mountains—and I don’t know that I ever felt a
descent so fatiguing as this one, partly no doubt owing to the
experiences of the day and night before, and partly no doubt to the
enervation produced by the climate and want of exercise; but the path
itself is a caution, and the ascent of it must indeed be a pilgrimage,
with its huge steps and strides from rock to rock and from tree-root to
tree-root, and going, as it does, almost straight up and down the
mountain side, without the long zigzags and detours by which in such
cases the brunt is usually avoided. All the same it was very interesting;
the upper jungle of rhododendrons, myrtles, and other evergreen
foliage forming a splendid cover for elephants, and clothing the
surrounding peaks and crags for miles in grey-green wrinkles and
folds, with here and there open grassy spaces and glades and
tumbling watercourses; then the vegetation of the lower woods, huge
trees 150 or even 200 feet high, with creepers, orchids, and tree-ferns;
the occasional rush of monkeys along the branches; butterflies and
birds; thick undergrowth in parts of daturas, pointsettias, crotons, and
other fragrant and bright-colored shrubs; down at last into coco-nut
plantations and to the lovely Kaluganga, or Black river, which we
forded twice; and ultimately along its banks, shadowed by bamboos
and many flowering trees.
Although, curiously enough, the fig is not grown as a fruit in
Ceylon, yet the ficus is one of the most important families of trees
here, and many of the forest trees belong to it. There is one very
handsome variety, whose massive grey stem rises unbroken to a great
height before it branches, and which in order to support itself throws
out great lateral wings or buttresses, reaching to a height of twelve or
twenty feet from the ground, and spreading far out from the base of the
trunk,—each buttress perhaps three or four inches thick, and perfectly
shaped, with plane and parallel sides like a sawn plank, so as to give
the utmost strength with least expenditure of material. This variety has
small ovate evergreen leaves. Then there are two or three varieties, of
which the banyan (ficus Indica) is one, which are parasitic in their
habit. The banyan begins existence by its seed being dropped in the
fork of another tree—not unfrequently a palm—from which point its
rootlets make their way down the stem to the ground. With rapid
growth it then encircles the victim tree, and throwing out great lateral
branches sends down from these a rain of fresh rootlets which, after
swinging in air for a few weeks, reach the ground and soon become
sturdy pillars. I have thus seen a banyan encircling with its central
trunk the stem of a palm, and clasping it so close that a knife could not
be pushed between the two, while the palm, which had grown in height
since this accident happened to it, was still soaring upwards, and
feebly endeavoring to live. There is a very fine banyan tree at Kalutara,
which spans the great high-road from Colombo to Galle, all the traffic
passing beneath it and between its trunks.
Some of the figs fasten parasitically on other trees, though without
throwing out the pillar-like roots which distinguish the banyan; and it is
not uncommon to see one of these with roots like a cataract of snakes
winding round the trunk of an acacia, or even round some non-
parasitic fig, the two trees appearing to be wrestling and writhing
together in a fierce embrace, while they throw out their separate
branches to sun and air, as though to gain strength for the fray. The
parasite generally however ends by throttling its adversary.
There is also the bo-tree, or ficus religiosa, whose leaf is of a
thinner texture. One of the commonest plants in open spots all over
Ceylon is the sensitive plant. Its delicately pinnate leaves form a bushy
growth six inches to a foot in depth over the ground; but a shower of
rain, or nightfall, or the trampling of animals through it causes it to
collapse into a mere brown patch—almost as if a fire had passed over.
In a few minutes however after the disturbance has ceased it regains
its luxuriance. There are also some acacia trees which droop their
leaves at nightfall, and at the advent of rain.
There are two sorts of monkeys common in these forests—a small
brown monkey, which may be seen swinging itself from tree to tree, not
unfrequently with a babe in its arms; and the larger wanderoo monkey,
which skips and runs on all fours along the ground, and of which it is
said that its devotion to its mate is life-long. Very common all over
Ceylon is a little grey-brown squirrel, with three yellow longitudinal
stripes on its back; almost every tree seems to be inhabited by a pair,
which take refuge there at the approach of a stranger, and utter a
sharp little whistle like the note of an angry bird. They are very tame
however, and will often in inhabited places run about the streets, or
even make their appearance in the houses in search of food.
The Hindus take no pleasure in killing animals—even the boys do
not, as a rule, molest wild creatures—and the consequence is that
birds and the smaller four-footed beasts are comparatively bold. Not
that the animals are made pets of, but they are simply let alone—in
keeping with the Hindu gentleness and quiescence of disposition.
Even the deadly cobra—partly no doubt from religious associations—is
allowed to go its way unharmed; and the people have generally a good
word for it, saying it will not attack any one unless it be first injured.
On the whole the trouble about reptiles in this country seems to me
to be much exaggerated. There are some places in the forests where
small leeches—particularly in the wet seasons—are a great pest.
Occasionally a snake is to be seen, but I have been rather
disappointed at their rarity; or a millipede nine inches long. The larger
scorpion is a venomous-looking creature, with its blue-black lobster-
like body and claws, and slender sting-surmounted tail, five inches
long in all; but it is not so venomous as generally supposed, and most
of these creatures, like the larger animals—the chetah, the elk, the
bear, the elephant, etc.—keep out of the way of man as well as they
can. Of course native woodmen and others tramping bare-legged
through the tangles occasionally tread on a snake and get bitten; but
the tale of deaths through such casualties, though it may seem
numerically large, taken say throughout Ceylon and India, is in
proportion to the population but a slight matter—about 1 in 15,000 per
annum.
There are many handsome butterflies here, especially of the
swallow-tail sort—some of enormous size—and a number of queer
insects. I saw a large green mantis, perhaps six inches long—a most
wicked-looking creature. I confess it reminded me of a highly
respectable British property owner. It sits up like a beautiful green leaf,
with its two foreclaws (themselves flattened out and green to look like
lesser leaves) held up as if it were praying—perfectly motionless—
except that all the time it rolls its stalked eyes slowly around, till it sees
a poor little insect approach, when it stealthily moves a claw, and
pounces.
The birds are not so numerous as I expected. There are some
bright-colored kinds and a few parrots, but the woods seem quiet on
the whole. The barbet, a green bird not quite so big as a pigeon, goes
on with its monotonous bell-like call—like a cuckoo that has lost its
second note—on and on, the whole day long; the lizards cluck and
kiss, full of omens to the natives, who call them “the crocodile’s little
brothers”—and say “if you kill a little lizard the crocodile will come and
kill you”; the grasshoppers give three clicks and a wheeze; the small
grey squirrels chirrup; the frogs croak; and the whole air is full of
continuous though subdued sound.
At Palábaddala, the tiny little hamlet at the foot of the mountains, I
was dead-beat with the long jolting downhill, and if it had not been for
the faithful Kalua, who held my hand in the steeper parts, I should fairly
have fallen once or twice. Here we stopped two hours at a little cabin.
Good people and friendly—a father and mother and two lads—the
same anxious, tender mother-face that is the same all over the world.