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IGCSEFM TrigonometryII Exercises

This document contains examples of 3D trigonometry problems involving pyramids, cuboids, and other geometric shapes. It asks the reader to find angles between lines and planes, distances, gradients, and use trigonometric rules like the sine rule and cosine rule to solve multi-step problems. The problems start simply and increase in complexity, testing the reader's understanding of applying 3D trigonometry concepts to real-world geometric scenarios.

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IGCSEFM TrigonometryII Exercises

This document contains examples of 3D trigonometry problems involving pyramids, cuboids, and other geometric shapes. It asks the reader to find angles between lines and planes, distances, gradients, and use trigonometric rules like the sine rule and cosine rule to solve multi-step problems. The problems start simply and increase in complexity, testing the reader's understanding of applying 3D trigonometry concepts to real-world geometric scenarios.

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Trigonometry II 3D Pythagoras and Trigonometry

of the latter cable is 50 as


indicated.

a) Find the angle between the cable


Test Your Understanding attached to A and the horizontal
[AQA Jan 2013 Paper 2] The diagram shows a plane.
cuboid ABCDPQRS and a pyramid b) Find the distance between A
PQRSV . V is directly above the and B .
centre X of ABCD .

a) Work out the angle between the line 3. Frost Manor is as pictured, with
VA and the plane ABCD . (Reminder: EFGH horizontally level.
Drop VA onto the plane)

b) Work out the angle between the planes


VQR and PQRS .
Exercise 2

1. A cube has sides 8cm. Find:


a) The length AB .
b) The angle between AB and the
horizontal plane.
a) Find the angle between the line
AG and the plane ABCD .
b) Find the angle between the planes
FGIJ and EFGH .

4. A school buys a set of new extra


comfort chairs with its seats pyramid
in shape. X is at the centre of the
base of the pyramid, and M is the
midpoint of BC .

2. A radio tower 150m tall has two


support cables running 300m due East
and some distance due South,
anchored at A and B . The
angle of inclination to the horizontal
a) By considering the triangle

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EBC , find the length EM .
16cm
b) Hence determine the angle
between the triangle EBC and
the plane ABCD . 7.

5. [June 2013 Paper 2]


ABCDEFGH is a cuboid. M
is the midpoint of HG . N is
the midpoint of DC .

a) Determine the angle between the


line AI and the plane ABCD .
a) Show that BN = 7.5m b) Determine the angle between the
b) Work out the angle between the planes FHI and EFGH .
line MB and the plane
ABCD . 8. A truncated pyramid is formed by
c) Work out the obtuse angle slicing off the top of a square-based
between the planes MNB and pyramid, as shown. The top and
CDHG . bottom are two squares of sides 2 and
4 respectively and the slope height 3.
6. [Set 3 Paper 2] The diagram shows
part of a skate ramp, modelled as a
triangular prism.
ABCD represents horizontal
ground. The vertical rise of the ramp,
CF , is 7 feet. The distance
BC =24 feet.

Find the angle between the sloped


faces with the bottom face.

You are given that


vertical rise
gradient=
horizontal distance
a) The gradient of BF is twice the
gradient of AF . Write down the
distance AC .
b) Greg skates down the ramp along
FB . How much further would he
travel if he had skated along FA .

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a) X is a point on AB such
that XC is the line of greatest
slope on the triangle ABC .
Determine the length of AX .
b) Hence determine DX .
c) Hence find the angle between the
planes ABC and ABD .

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Exercise 3

1. [June 2012 Paper 2 Q13]


Work out angle x .
5. The angle is obtuse. Determine
.

2. Here is a triangle. Work out .


6. [June 2012 Paper 1] Triangle ABC has an
obtuse angle at C. Given that
1
sin A= , use triangle ABC to
4
show that angle B=60 .

3. Use the cosine rule to determine x .

7. [June 2013 Paper 2 Q23] In triangle


ABC , AP bisects angle BAC .
Use the sine rule in triangles ABP and
AB BP
ACP to prove that = .
AC PC
4. Given that the area of the triangle is
24cm2. Find the values of x and y .

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