New Century Mathematics (Second Edition) 5B Name

9 Solving Triangles Class ( )

 Chapter Test 9 Date
Marks
[In this test, unless otherwise stated, give the answers correct to 3 significant figures if necessary.]
1. In △ABC, AB = 7 cm, BC = 5 cm and A = 35. Find the possible measures of C. (3 marks)

2. In the figure, ADC is a straight line. Find x, y and . (7 marks) A

62
6 cm

38 x
B D

y 5 cm

C

C
3. In the figure, AB = 53 cm, CD = cm, AD = 35 cm, CBD = 45
cm
D 75
35 cm
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A B
53 cm
 and BDC = 75.
(a) Find the length of BD. (3 marks)

(b) Using Heron’s formula, find the area of △ABD. (3 marks)

4. In the figure, DA  AB, AD = 5 cm and AB = a cm. C is a point on BD D

such that AC bisects BAD and AC = 3 cm.

(a) Find the area of △ACD. (Leave the radical sign ‘√’ in the answer.)
(2 marks) 5 cm C

3 cm
A a cm B

(b) Hence, find the value of a. (3 marks)

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5. In the figure, the area of △ABD is 52 cm2. AD = 13 cm, CD = 9 cm,
30
ADB = 30 and BCD = 70. Let BD = h cm.
9 cm
(a) Find the value of h. (2 marks)
70
B C

(b) Is AD parallel to BC? Explain your answer.

(2 marks)

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6. In the figure, PQ = 5 cm, PR = 10 cm, RS = 6 cm and QPR = 55.
P
(a) Find PRQ. (3 marks)
55
10 cm 6 cm
5 cm

Q R

(b) Describe how the area of the quadrilateral PQRS varies when QRS increases from 95 to
140. Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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 Multiple-choice Questions (2 marks each)
7. In the figure, sin  = C 11.
A
4 cm
A. . 5k cm
B

B. . 7k cm
A  105 C
C. . B
Find the area of △ABC in the figure.
D. . A. cm2
B. cm2
C. cm2
8. In the figure, cos  =
10 11 D. cm2
A. .

12. 120 cm
B. . 15 A B
35

C. . 115
C 50 cm D
D. .
In the figure, AB // CD. Find the length of AC,
9. In △ABC, BC : AC : AB = 3 : 5 : 3. Find correct to 3 significant figures.
cos A + cos B. A. 48.2 cm
B. 45.2 cm
A.
C. 42.8 cm
B. D. 40.8 cm

C. 5
13. A D

D. 6
5

10. P x
B C
9
9 cm
In the figure, AD // BC. cos x =
8 cm
Q 55 A. .

R B. .
In the figure, △PQR is an acute-angled
C. .
triangle, where PQ = 9 cm, PR = 8 cm and
PQR = 55. Find the area of △PQR, correct D. .
to 3 significant figures.
A. 35.2 cm2
B. 33.2 cm2
C. 30.5 cm2
D. 29.5 cm2

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
14. A 15.

8 3.5

B D C
B D
C
In the figure, C is a point on BD such that

BAC = CAD. Find .

In the figure, △ABC is an equilateral triangle
A. of side 6 cm. D is a point on BC such that
BD = 2CD. Find the value of sin .
B.
A. C.
C.
B. D.
D.

Extra marks
16. In the figure, ADC is a straight line. BAC = 30, AB = 4 cm, B

AD = 4 cm and BC = DC = x cm.
4cm
(a) Find the value of x. (1 mark) x cm

A 30
4 cm D x cm C

(b) Is △BCD an equilateral triangle? Explain your answer.

(1 mark)

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