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2. Jun 96
The diagram below, not drawn to scale,
shows ABC and PCD are right angled
triangles. Angle ABC 40, AB 10 cm, PD
8 cm and BD 15 cm.
Calculate, giving your answers correct to 1
decimal place
i. The length oI BC in centimetres
ii. The size oI angle PDC in degrees
2. The Iigure below, not drawn to scale, BC 5
angle BCD 40 and angle BDC is a right
angle
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i. Calculate the length in metres oI BD
ii. Calculate the length in metres oI DC
iii. Prove that the area in m
2
oI the
triangle BDC is
40 cos 40 sin 5 . 12
3. A plane takes oII at an angle oI elevation oI
17 to the ground. AIter 25 seconds the plane
has travelled a horizontal distance oI 2400 m
i. Draw a sketch to represent the
inIormation.
ii. Calculate to 2 signiIicant Iigures the
height oI the plane above the ground
aIter 25 seconds
4. The Iollowing diagram shows a rectangular
sheet oI metal, ABCD, supported by a vertical
wall (shaded), which is at right angle to the
level ground OX. AB measures 3 m and AD
measures 10 m. A is 4 m above O.

i. Calculate the size oI angle ODA
ii. Hence, calculate the size oI angle
CDX
iii. II CX represents the height in metres
oI C above the ground, calculate CX.
5. In the diagram above, not drawn to scale,
OLA is a sector oI a circle centre O and OA is
produced to D. Angle DLO 90, Angle DOL
30 and DO 8.7 cm.
Calculate
i. the length oI DL
ii. the radius oI the sector OLA
iii. the area oI the sector OLA
6. A boy standing on a vertical cliII, 50 m high,
is looking down an angle oI depression oI
20at a car. How Iar is the car Irom the base oI
the cliII?
7. The Iollowing diagram represents a plot oI
land, LMAO, not drawn to scale, in which
LO 5.9 m, OM 18 m, MA 15 m, angle
OLM 90 and the angle OMA 74
Calculate in metres
i. the distance LM
ii. the distance OA
iii. the perimeter oI the plot oI land
8. The Iigure below, Not drawn to scale, shows
triangle LMO, with height LA 10 cm, LM
73
26 cm and angle LOA 35
Calculate, in cm
i. MA
ii. MO
9. In the diagram below, not drawn to scale,
DEF is a triangle with DE 15cm, DF
10cm, angle DEF 40. DX is perpendicular
to EF.
Calculate
i. The length in cm oI DX
ii. The size oI the angle EDF
10. The diagram below, not drawn to scale,
represents one Iace oI a rooI oI a house in the
shape oI a parallelogram EFCH. Angle EFI
40. EF 8 m. EI represents a raIter placed
perpendicular to FC such that IC 5 m
Calculate giving your answer to 3 signiIicant
Iigures
i. the length oI FI
ii. the length oI EI
iii. the area oI EFCH
11. A vertical pole stands on horizontal ground.
From the top oI the pole, h metres high, the
angle oI depression oI a spot 10 m Irom the
Ioot oI the pole is 25.
i. Sketch a diagram to represent this
inIormation, showing the pole, the
ground and the measurements given.
ii. Calculate the value oI h.
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1RICOAOME1RY 2
1. Jun 83
The dimensions oI a plot oI land, ABC, are
such that the angle BAC 45, angle ACB
70 and BC 290 m.
Calculate, to two signiIicant Iigures, the length
oI AB.
2. Jun 84
In the triangle ABC above, angle C is obtuse
and CD is perpendicular to AB. Prove that
sin sin
a b
A B
= .
3. Jun 82
The trapezium ABCD below (not drawn to
scale) is a diagram oI a plot oI land such that
AB is parallel to DC. DC 40 m BA 105 m,
CB 80 m and angle DCB 150
74
Calculate to 3 signiIicant Iigures
a. the length oI BD
b. the area oI ABCD
4. Jun 87
In the parallelogram ABCD (not drawn to
scale), AB 9 cm, BD 10 cm, and the angle
BCD 44.4
i. Calculate to the nearest whole
number, the size oI the angle BDA
ii. Using the cosine rule, calculate the
length oI AD
5. Jan 89
In the diagram above(not drawn to scale), AB
20, CD 30cm, DB 25 cm and the angle
DBC t
i. Given that
7
cos
25
t , use the
cosine rule, or otherwise, to calculate
the length oI AD to the nearest cm.
ii. Write down an expression Ior

sin BCD
in terms oI t and hence
show that

4
sin
5
BCD =
6. Jun 93
In the triangle ABC above, not drawn to
scale, AB 4 cm, AC 7 cm and angle BAC
is .
Given that
2
sin 0.64 =
, determine
i. the exact value oI
2
cos
ii. the value oI
, iI 90 180
iii. the length oI BC, correct to one
decimal place.
7. Jan 97
The Iigure above (not drawn to scale) shows
the rectangular cover oI a book. The cover is
12 cm long and 8 cm wide and is opened at an
angle oI 124
Calculate to one decimal place
i. The length oI the diagonal oI the
cover
ii. The distance between the corners M
and N
8. Jun 02
In the diagram above (not drawn to scale) ST
5 cm, TW 9 cm and angle STW 52
calculate
i. the length oI SW
ii. the area oI STW
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9. Jun 85
TF is a vertical Ilagpole, F, M and P are points
on the same horizontal plane. Two ropes TP
and TM are attached to the top oI the pole. The
angles oI depression oI M and oI P Irom T are
60 and 40 respectively. TP 15 m, and TM
11 m, and angle PFM 45.
Calculate the length oI
a. PF
b. MP
10. Jun 87
The diagram above (not drawn to scale) shows
ths angles oI elevation oI T, the top oI a
vertical mast Irom the points P and Q Irom the
same side oI R on a horizontal plane. P, Q and
R lie on a straight line. PQ 25 meters, angles
TPQ and TQR are 53.1 and 64.6
respectively.
i. Show that the length oI QT is 100
metres to the nearest metre.
ii. Hence or otherwise calculate the
height oI the mast.
11. Jan 01
The diagram above (not drawn to scale) shows
a pole 1F 12 m high, standing on level
ground. The points A, F, and B lie on the same
horizontal plane.
AB 4.2 m,
`
28 BTF = , and
`
50 TAF =
.
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and are right angles TFB TFA .
a. Calculate
i. the lengths oI FB and FA
giving your answer to three
signiIicant Iigures
ii. the size oI
`
AFB , to the
nearest degree
iii. the bearing oI B Irom F.**
b. Given that the area oI triangle B1A
28.1 m
2
and A1 15.7 m, calculate
the size oI
`
BTA
.
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