Geometry practice [37 marks]
A buoy is floating in the sea and can be seen from the top of a vertical cliff. A boat
is travelling from the base of the cliff directly towards the buoy.
The top of the cliff is 142 m above sea level. Currently the boat is 100 metres from
the buoy and the angle of depression from the top of the cliff to the boat is 64°.
1. Draw and label the angle of depression on the diagram. [1 mark]
Two fixed points, A and B, are 40 m apart on horizontal ground. Two straight
ropes, AP and BP, are attached to the same point, P, on the base of a hot air
balloon which is vertically above the line AB. The length of BP is 30 m and angle
BAP is 48°.
2. On the diagram, draw and label with an x the angle of depression of B [1 mark]
from P.
The following diagram shows quadrilateral ABCD.
∧ ∧
AB = 11 cm, BC = 6 cm, B A D = 100∘ , and C B D = 82∘
3a. Find DB. [3 marks]
3b. Find DC. [3 marks]
The Tower of Pisa is well known worldwide for how it leans.
Giovanni visits the Tower and wants to investigate how much it is leaning. He
draws a diagram showing a non-right triangle, ABC.
On Giovanni’s diagram the length of AB is 56 m, the length of BC is 37 m, and
angle ACB is 60°. AX is the perpendicular height from A to BC.
4a. Use Giovanni’s diagram to show that angle ABC, the angle at which the [5 marks]
Tower is leaning relative to the
horizontal, is 85° to the nearest degree.
4b. Use Giovanni's diagram to calculate the length of AX. [2 marks]
4c. Use Giovanni's diagram to find the length of BX, the horizontal [2 marks]
displacement of the Tower.
Giovanni’s tourist guidebook says that the actual horizontal displacement of the
Tower, BX, is 3.9 metres.
4d. Find the percentage error on Giovanni’s diagram. [2 marks]
4e. Giovanni adds a point D to his diagram, such that BD = 45 m, and [3 marks]
another triangle is formed.
Find the angle of elevation of A from D.
A ship is sailing north from a point A towards point D. Point C is 175 km north of A.
Point D is 60 km north of C. There is an island at E. The bearing of E from A is
055°. The bearing of E from C is 134°. This is shown in the following diagram.
5. When the ship reaches D, it changes direction and travels directly to the [5 marks]
island at 50 km per hour. At the same time as the ship changes direction, a boat
starts travelling to the island from a point B. This point B lies on (AC), between A
and C, and is the closest point to the island. The ship and the boat arrive at the
island at the same time. Find the speed of the boat.
The following diagram shows three towns A, B and C. Town B is 5 km from Town
A, on a bearing of 070°. Town C is 8 km from Town B, on a bearing of 115°.
6a. Find ^ C.
AB [2 marks]
6b. Find the distance from Town A to Town C. [3 marks]
^ .
6c. Use the sine rule to find ACB [2 marks]
The following diagram shows the quadrilateral ABCD.
^ = 83∘ andDAC
^ C = 44∘ , ACB
AD = 6cm, AB = 15cm, AB ^ =θ
7. Given that θ is obtuse, find CD. [3 marks]
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