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Trigonometry Exam Questions

This document contains 14 trigonometry exam questions involving right-angled and similar triangles. The questions require calculating lengths, angles, areas and determining if a ladder is safe based on its angle of inclination using trigonometric functions like sine, cosine and tangent. Working is shown for marks awarded based on obtaining the correct solution.

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Trigonometry Exam Questions

This document contains 14 trigonometry exam questions involving right-angled and similar triangles. The questions require calculating lengths, angles, areas and determining if a ladder is safe based on its angle of inclination using trigonometric functions like sine, cosine and tangent. Working is shown for marks awarded based on obtaining the correct solution.

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Trigonometry Exam Questions

Triangles ABC and PQR are similar.


AC = 3.2 cm, AB = 4 cm and PR = 4.8 cm.

Explain why sin x = 0.8


(1 mark)
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For a ladder to be safe it must be inclined at between 70 and 80 to the ground.
The diagram shows a ladder resting against a wall.

Is it safe? You must show your working.


(3 marks)
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PQR is a right-angled triangle. PQ = 11 cm and QR = 24 cm.

Calculate the size of angle PRQ.


(3 marks)
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ABC and ACD are right-angled triangles. AD is parallel to BC.
AB = 12 cm, BC = 5 cm and AD = 33.8 cm. Calculate the size of angle ADC(4 marks)

The diagram shows a triangle ABC.

Angle A = 20 and angle C = 90 AB = 32m


Calculate the height BC.
(3 marks)
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The diagram shows a right-angled triangle DEF.

EF = 10cm Angle F = 50
Use the table of data to work out the length of DE.
(3 marks)
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The diagram shows two right-angled triangles.

AD = 15 cm and CD = 6 cm.
(a) Given that cos x = , calculate the length BD.
(2 marks)
(b) Find the value of sin y.
(3 marks)
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(a) ABC is a right-angled triangle.


AB = 5.1cm
CAB = 48
Find the length of BC (marked x in the diagram).

Give your answer to a suitable degree of accuracy.


(b) PQRS is a parallelogram.
PQ = 5.1cm
PS = 6.8cm

(4 marks)

QPS = 48

Calculate the area of PQRS.


(2 marks)
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BC = 125 m.
Angle CAB = 33.
Find the length of AC (marked x in the diagram).

Give your answer to an appropriate degree of accuracy.

(4 marks)I

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