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1 The bearing of A from B is 137°.

Find the bearing of B from A.

......................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

2 The scale drawing shows the positions of town A and town B.

The scale is 1 cm represents 15 km.

North

North

Scale: 1 cm to 15 km

Measure the bearing of town B from town A.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]
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The bearing of B from A is 059°.

Work out the bearing of A from B.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

4 The bearing of a boat from a harbour is 322°.

Work out the bearing of the harbour from the boat.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

5 The scale drawing shows the position of town R on a map.

The scale is 1 centimetre represents 5 kilometres.

North

R
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Scale : 1 cm to 5 km

(a) Town M is 36 km from R on a bearing of 163°.

Mark the position of M on the map. [2]

(b) Town K is on a bearing of 312° from R.

Work out the bearing of R from K.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 4]
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North

L
M NOT TO
SCALE

On a map, the positions of the towns L, M and N form an equilateral triangle.

The bearing of M from L is 103°.

Work out the bearing of L from N.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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The bearing of B from A is 105°.

Find the bearing of A from B.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

8 The bearing of X from Y is 274°.

Calculate the bearing of Y from X.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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The diagram shows a field ABCDE.

(a) Calculate the perimeter of the field ABCDE.

................................................... m [4]

(b) Calculate angle ABD.

Angle ABD = ................................................... [4]

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(c) (i) Calculate angle CBD.

Angle CBD = ................................................... [2]

(ii) The point C is due north of the point B.

Find the bearing of D from B.

................................................... [2]

(d) Calculate the area of the field ABCDE.

Give your answer in hectares.
[1 hectare = 10 000 m2]

................................................... hectares [4]

[Total: 16]
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10 The scale drawing shows the positions of town S and town T.

The scale is 1 centimetre represents 15 kilometres.

Measure the bearing of town T from town S.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

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Measure the bearing of B from A.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]
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12 (a) Calculate angle ACD.

Angle ACD = ................................................... [4]

(b) Show that BC = 7.05 km, correct to 2 decimal places.

[3]

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

................................................... km [3]
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(d) Calculate the length of the straight line BD.

BD = ................................................... km [4]

(e) C is due east of A.

Find the bearing of D from C.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 16]

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The diagram shows the positions of three points A, B and C in a field.

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(a) Show that BC is 118.1 m, correct to 1 decimal place.

[3]

(b) Calculate angle ABC.

Angle ABC = ................................................... [3]

(c) The bearing of C from A is 147°.

Find the bearing of

(i) A from B,

................................................... [3]
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(ii) B from C.

................................................... [2]

(d) Mitchell takes 35 seconds to run from A to C.

Calculate his average running speed in kilometres per hour.

................................................... km/h [3]

(e) Calculate the shortest distance from point B to AC.

................................................... m [3]

[Total: 17]

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A speedboat starts at X and travels to Y, then to Z and then back to X.

Z is due south of X and Y is due west of Z.
XY = 39 km and XZ = 21 km.
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(a) Calculate YZ.

YZ = ................................................... [3]

(b) Calculate angle YXZ.

Angle YXZ = ................................................... [2]

(c) Find the bearing of Y from X.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 6]

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North
NOT TO
SCALE
27 m B
A

34 m

In the diagram, B is 27 metres due east of A.

C is 34 metres from A and due south of B.
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(a) Using trigonometry, calculate angle ACB.

Answer(a) Angle ACB = ................................................... [2]

(b) Find the bearing of C from A.

Answer(b) ................................................... [2]

[Total: 4]

16 The scale drawing shows the positions of two towns, A and B.

Measure the bearing of town B from town A.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]
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17 The bearing of Bartown from Whitestoke is 073°.

Work out the bearing of Whitestoke from Bartown.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]