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1. The document provides 6 trigonometry practice questions involving SOHCAHTOA (sin, cos, tan) and calculating angles and lengths using trigonometric ratios. It gives the questions, diagrams, and fully worked out solutions and answers. 2. The questions involve calculating the depth of a submerged submarine, the height of a trapezium, the height of a kite on a string, the angle of a ladder against a wall, the angle between roads in a right triangle road layout, and the size of an angle in a rhombus. 3. The solutions show setting up and solving the appropriate trigonometric ratio equations to arrive at the final numerical

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N4 Maths SOHCAHTOA Practice Questions2

1. The document provides 6 trigonometry practice questions involving SOHCAHTOA (sin, cos, tan) and calculating angles and lengths using trigonometric ratios. It gives the questions, diagrams, and fully worked out solutions and answers. 2. The questions involve calculating the depth of a submerged submarine, the height of a trapezium, the height of a kite on a string, the angle of a ladder against a wall, the angle between roads in a right triangle road layout, and the size of an angle in a rhombus. 3. The solutions show setting up and solving the appropriate trigonometric ratio equations to arrive at the final numerical

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N4 Maths

Trigonometry (SOHCAHTOA) Practice Questions

1. A submarine, S, dives for 300 metres at an angle of 24° to the surface.


Calculate the depth of the submarine as shown in the diagram. 3

2. Calculate the height, h metres, of the trapezium shown below. 3


3. Kate is flying a kite.
She lets out 32 metres of string, pulled tight, at 65° to the ground.
Calculate the height of the kite as shown in the diagram. 3

4. A ladder which is 5·2 metres long is placed against a wall.


The foot of the ladder is 1·6 metres from the wall.
The size of the angle between the ladder and the ground is x °.
Calculate x. 3
5. Three roads form a right angled triangle as shown in the diagram.

• Main Street is 200 metres long.


• Park Road is 170 metres long.
• The angle between Westgate and
Park Road is 90 °.

The size of the angle between Main Street and Park Road is x °.
Calculate x.
Give your answer to one decimal place. 4

6. ABCD is a rhombus.
Side AB is 7 centimetres and diagonal AC is 12 centimetres as shown.
Calculate the size of the shaded angle BAD. 3
ANSWERS

𝑜𝑝𝑝
1. sin 𝑥° =
ℎ𝑦𝑝

𝑑
sin 24° =
300

300 × sin 24° = 𝑑

𝑑 = 122 m

2. 17 – 11 = 6 m
𝑜𝑝𝑝
tan 𝑥° =
𝑎𝑑𝑗

ℎ
tan 49° =
6

6 × tan 49° = ℎ

ℎ =6∙9m

𝑜𝑝𝑝
3. sin 𝑥° =
ℎ𝑦𝑝

𝐻
sin 65° =
32

32 × sin 65° = 𝐻

𝐻 = 29 m
𝑎𝑑𝑗
4. cos 𝑥° =
ℎ𝑦𝑝

1∙6
cos 𝑥° =
5∙2

cos 𝑥° = 0 ∙ 3076923077

𝑥 = cos −1 0 ∙ 3076923077

𝑥 = 72 ∙ 1°

𝑎𝑑𝑗
5. cos 𝑥° =
ℎ𝑦𝑝

170
cos 𝑥° =
200

cos 𝑥° = 0 ∙ 85

𝑥 = cos −1 0 ∙ 85

𝑥 = 31 ∙ 8°

6. 12 ÷ 2 = 6 cm

𝑎𝑑𝑗
cos 𝑥° =
ℎ𝑦𝑝

6
cos 𝑥° =
7

cos 𝑥° = 0 ∙ 8571428571

𝑥 = cos −1 0 ∙ 85 71428571

𝑥 = 31°

Angle BAD = 2 × 31 = 62°

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