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Beaconhouse School System

Boys Campus, Canal Side
Worksheet Further Trigonometry (X-C’s)

Name: ________________________________________________________________ Class/Section XC/______

1 a) Calculate angle ABC.

b) Find the value of x.

2 a) The diagram shows a cube ABCDEFGH of side length 26 cm.

Calculate the angle between AG and the base of the cube.

b) The diagram shows a solid metal prism with cross section ABCDE.

(i) Calculate the area of the cross section ABCDE.

(ii) The prism is of length 8 cm.

Calculate the volume of the prism.
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(i) Calculate the area of the triangle

(ii) Calculate the perimeter of the triangle and show that it is 23.5 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
Show all your working.

4 The diagram shows a triangular prism.

Angle BPC = 90°.
(a) Calculate AC.

(b) Calculate the angle between AC and the base ABPQ.

This rhombus has perimeter 20 cm and angle y is obtuse.

M is the midpoint of one of the sides.
Find the value of y.

6 ABCDE is a pentagon. (i) Calculate AD and show that it rounds to 94.5 m, correct to 1 decimal place

(ii) Calculate angle BAC.

(iii) Calculate the largest angle in triangle CAD

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Triangle PQR has the same area as triangle LMN.

Calculate the shortest distance from R to the line PQ.

8 (a) Calculate AD.

(b) Calculate angle BAC and show that it rounds to 40.42°,

correct to 2 decimal places

(c) Calculate the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.

(d) Calculate the shortest distance from B to AC.

9 The diagram shows a field, ABCD, on horizontal ground

(a) There is a vertical post at C.

From B, the angle of elevation of the top of the post is 19°.
Find the height of the post.

(b) Use the cosine rule to find angle BAC.

(c) Use the sine rule to find angle CAD.

(d) Calculate the area of the field.

(e) The bearing of D from A is 070°.

Find the bearing of A from C.

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10 The diagram shows an open container on a horizontal surface.

The container is a prism with trapezium ABCD as its cross-section.

AB = 28 cm, DC = 24 cm, AD = 16 cm and BF = 29 cm.
Angle ADC and angle DAB are right angles.
(a) Calculate angle DCB.

(b) Khalil pours water into the empty container at a rate of 4000 cm 3 /minute for 2 minutes.
He says that the container is now more than two thirds full. Is he correct? Show your working

( c) Calculate angle DFH.

11 A, B and C are points on horizontal ground.

The bearing of B from A is 072°. The bearing of C from A is 205°.

AB = 170 m and AC = 95 m.
(a) Calculate BC.
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b) Find the bearing of A from C.

( c) The point D lies on the horizontal ground, due south of A and due east of C.
(i) Show that AD = 86.1 m, correct to 1 decimal place.

(ii) A point X is at the top of a vertical mast at A.

The angle of elevation of X from B is 7°. Calculate the angle of elevation of X from D.

12 (a) The diagram shows a square ABCD joined to a right-angled triangle BEC.
BE = 6 cm and EC = 7 cm.
Calculate the area of the pentagon, ABECD.
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(b) A boat leaves A and travels 12 km to B.

(i) The boat leaves A at 10 25 and travels at an average speed of 15 km/h. At what time does the boat arrive at B?

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( c)The bearing of B from A is 056°. B is 2 km due west of C.

Calculate AC.

13 The diagram shows quadrilateral PQRS.

SQ = 15 cm, SPQ = 67° and PQS = 74°.
(i) Calculate PS.

(ii) angle PSR = 96° and the area of triangle QRS is 63 cm2 .
(a) Show that SR = 10.0 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.

(b) Calculate QR.