Math-EXE S3 chapter 10

Applications of Trigonometry EX1

1. Find the gradient of the slope of the following, correct to 3 decimal places.

a) The vertical height and length of a slope are 150 m and 340 m respectively.
b) The vertical height and length of a slope are 260 m and 530 m respectively.

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2. Find the angle of inclination of the following, correct to 3 significant figures.

a) Gradient of 1 in 14.

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b) Gradient of 1 in 8.

3. A man walks 60 m up along a slope of inclination 2º and then 80 m further up along

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a slope of inclination 5º. Find the vertical distance the man travelled, correct to 3
significant figures.
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4. If a man walks 340 m along the road, the gradient of a road is 1 : 5. Find the
vertical distance the man travelled, correct to 3 significant figures.
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5. A car starts from A and drives at N40ºE for 10 km to B. Then it changes its course
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to S40ºE and travels for 10 km to C. Finally, it drives back to A at N80ºW. Find the
distance between A and C.
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6. You walk due south from point A for 10 m to point B. Then you walk due east from
point B for 7 m to point C. Finally, you walk due north from point C for 20 m to
point D. Find the true bearing of A from D.

7. The whole circle bearing of A from B is 166°. Find the compass bearing of B
from A.

8. The compass bearing of A from B is S62°W. Find the true bearing of B from A.

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9.
In the figure, the length of AB is 0.72 cm on the map.
If the scale of the map is 1 : 10 000, find the angle of
inclination of the line AB, correct to 3 significant
figures.

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A man walks 12 m from town A in the direction of
S60°E to town B. He then walks 9m due east to town
C.

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a) Find the distance between town C and town A.
b) Find the compass bearing of town C from town
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A, correct to the nearest integer.

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In the figure, A is the top of a tower. B and C are two
points on the horizontal ground such that AC = CB and
the angle of depression of C from A is 36°.
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a) Find the angle of elevation of A from B.

b) If CB = 60 m, find the length of AD, correct to
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the nearest integer.

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12.
In the figure, you walk 17 m in the direction of S55°W
from A to B. Then you turn 90° to your right and walk
5 m to C.

a) Find the length of AC, correct to the nearest

integer.
b) Find the compass bearing of A from C, correct
to the nearest integer.

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13.
A car drives from point A in the direction of S50°W to
point B.

a) Find the compass bearing of B from A.

b) Find the true bearing of B from A.

14.

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In the figure, the heights of the two walls BC and AD
are 110 m and 130 m respectively. The angle of

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elevation of B from D is 30°.

a) Find the length of CD, correct to the nearest

integer.
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b) Find the angle of depression of B from A,
correct to the nearest integer.
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c) Find ∠ABD, correct to the nearest integer.
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15.
In the figure, ∆ABD is a right angle tirangle. If ∠ABC =
22°, ∠ACD = 33° and CB = 12 cm, find the length of
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AD, correct to 3 significant figures.

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16.
In the figure, the compass bearing from A to B is
N50°E, ∠ACB = 42° and ∠ABC = 21°. Find the
compass bearing of C from A.

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Answers:

1. a) 0.492 b) 0.563

2. a) 4.09° b) 7.13°

3. 9.07 m

4. 66.7 m

5. 10 km

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6. 215°

7. N76°W

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8. 062°

9. 34.8°
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10. a) 15 m b) S24°E
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11. a) 27° b) 49 m

12. a) 18 m b) N77°E
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13. a) N50°E b) 050°

14. a) 190 m b) 6°
c) 36°
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15. 12.8 cm

16. N67°W
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