trigonometry help
Student’s name Teacher’s name
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| 2021 Task 3: Take Home Task- Trigonometry |
Mathematics Standard 2
| General Instructions
Black pen is preferred
| Total Marks – 30 Section I: Pages 2 to 4 9 marks
Section II: Pages 5 to 7 9 marks
Section III: Pages 8 to 11 12 marks
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| Section I (9 Marks) | Section II (9 Marks) | Section III (12 Marks) | Total (30 Marks) | % | Grade | |||||
Teacher Comment:
Section 1 - Band 4 Questions (9 marks)
1 . The point A is 32 m from the base of a building. The angle of elevation from A to the top of the
building is 42°.

Show that the height of the building is approximately 28.8 m. (2 mark)
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A car is parked 74 m from the base of the building. (2 marks)
What is the angle of depression from the top of the building to the car?
Give your answer to the nearest minute.
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2. Town is 62 km due south of Town
. Town
is on a bearing of
from
and is due west of B.

Find the size of
(1 mark)
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Find the distance between Towns A and C, to the nearest kilometre. (2 marks)
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3. Using the sine rule, find the value of correct to one decimal place. (2 marks)

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Section 2 – Band 5 Questions (9 marks)
4. The diagram shows a triangle with side lengths 24 cm and 52 cm and angle 27° and . (3 marks)

Find , given it is an obtuse angle. Give your answer to the nearest minute.
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5. Find the area of triangle, correct to the nearest square metre. (3 mark)

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6. A compass radial survey of the field has been conducted from
. (3 marks)

Find the area of the section , to the nearest square metre.
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Section 3 – Band 6 Questions (12 marks)
7. A ship sails 8 km from to
on a bearing of 134°. It then sails 12 km to
. The size of angle
is 119°.

What is the bearing of
from
? (2 marks)
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Find the distance
. Give your answer correct to the nearest kilometre. (2 marks)
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What is the bearing of
from
? Give your answer correct to the nearest degree. (3 marks)
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8. The diagram shows two triangles.
Triangle is right-angled, with
and
is
.
In triangle and
.
The area of triangle is

What is the value of
, correct to one decimal place? (3 marks)
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Find the length of
to 1 decimal place. (2 marks)
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