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IB Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation SL · 12.10: Geometry & Trigonometry · 12.10.8
Applications of trigonometry Problem set B Answers
Skills
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- (a) AG = 10.0 cm
- (b) 23.5°
- (c) 45.9°
- (d) 46.9°
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- (a) AC = 13.9 cm, angle ACE = 23.3°
- (b) HB = 15.2 cm
- (c) 23.3°
- (d) 52.9 cm²
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- (a) AG = 12.75 cm
- (b) 19.7°
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- (a) Isosceles triangle: AE = EC = 9 cm, AC = 8.49 cm, with the height from E to the midpoint of AC
- (b) 7.94 cm
- (c) 56.3°
- (d) 29.0°
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- (a) 50.9°
- (b) 54.4°
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- (a) 52.4°
- (b) 51.3°
In context
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- (a) 10.1 km
- (b) 075°
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- (a) 6.87 km
- (b) 276°
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- (a) North line at C; the flagpole 310 m away on a bearing of 308°; the stream due west of C and due south of the flagpole; right angle at the stream
- (b) 191 m
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3.76 km
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- (a) 13.8 m
- (b) 27.3 m
- (c) 57.6 m
- (d) 200 m
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- (a) 10.3 m
- (b) 34.7 m
- (c) 17.4°
Stretch
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- (a) Volume 2500 m³, so 3 units. Assumptions: the entrance is a solid pyramid full of air, with nothing taking up space inside; units are whole numbers, so round up
- (b) 178 kW
- (c) 47.3°: scaffolding is not needed
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- (a) 2.44 m
- (b) 12.1 m³
- (c) 63.2%
- (d) 39.9%
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