TrigonomeTry 3D

Form 6
Vol 3

Part 8B – Sliding
1. (a) Let X be the projection of V on the ground.
Note that VBX = 50
Required height
= VX
= 9sin 50
= 6.8944cm
1
(b) Area of ABC = (15)( 102 − 7.52 ) = 49.6078 cm2
2
1
Volume of VABC = (6.8944)(49.6078) = 114 cm3
3
1 1
(c) Note that volume of VABC = (area of ABC )(VX ) = (area of ABC )(VB sin VBX )
3 3
When VBX decreases to 10 , sin VBX decreases, area of ABC and VB remain
unchanged.
Therefore, the volume decreases.
2. (a) PR 2 = PQ2 + QR 2
PR 2 = 772 + 362
PR = 85 cm
QS = SR2 − QR 2
QS 2 = 452 − 362
QS = 27 cm
PS = PQ − QS
PS = 77 − 27 = 50 cm
 PQ 
PT = PS cos QPR = ( PS )  
 PR 
 77 
PT = (50)  
 85 
770
= cm
17

1
(b) (i) (1) RT = PR − PT
770 675
RT = 85 − = cm
17 17
PT 2 = PR2 + TR2 − 2( PR)(TR) cos32
2 2
 770   675   675 
 17  = PR +  17  − 2( PR)  17  cos32
2

     

 675 
PR2 − 2  cos32  ( PR) − 475 = 0
 17 
PR  73.78280979 cm
Therefore, the required distance is 73.8 cm
PS + PR + SR
(2) Let s = .
2
The area of PSR

= s(s − PS )(s − PR)(s − SR)

 1101.295182 cm2
 QR 
ST = PS sin QPR = ( PS )  
 PR 
 36  360
ST = (50)   = cm
 85  17
The area of PRT
1
= ( PR)( RT )sin PRT
2
1  675 
 (73.78280979)   sin 32
2  17 
 776.2288026 cm2
Let T ' be the projection of T on the horizontal plane.
Note that the required height is TT ' .
So, we have
1 1
(area of PSR)(TT ') = (area of PRT )( ST )
3 3
1 1  360 
(1101.295182)(TT ')  (776.2288026)  
3 3  17 
TT '  14.92586761 cm
Therefore, the required height is 14.9 cm .
(ii) The volume of the tetrahedron PSRT
1 1 1
= (ST )   ( PT )(TR)sin PTR = (ST )( PT )(TR)sin PTR
3 2 6
So, the volume of the tetrahedron varies directly as sin PTR .
Note that sin PTR attains its maximum when PTR = 90 .
2
 PR2 = PT 2 + RT 2 − 2( PT )( RT ) cos PTR
PS 2 + SR2 − PR2
cos PSR =
2( PS )(SR)
When PTR = 90 , we have
2 2
 770   675 
PR = 
2
 + 
 17   17 
 2  770   675  
2 2

+ − +
Define  = cos−1   17   17  
2
50 45
    
 
 2(50)(45) 
Then, we have   78.50350675
When PSR increases from 35 to  , the volume of the tetrahedron increases.
When PSR increases from  to 115 , the volume of the tetrahedron decreases.

Part 9 – Same/ not same angle? (是否某角)

BX 2 = (9 17)2 − 92

BX = 36 cm
CX 2 = AC 2 − AX 2
CX 2 = 392 − 92

CX = 12 10 cm

DX 2 = AD2 − AX 2
DX 2 = 252 − 92

DX = 4 34 cm

BX 2 + XC 2 − BC 2
(ii) cos BXC =
2( BX )( XC )

362 + (12 10)2 − 602

BXC = 108.4349408
DC 2 + CX 2 − DX 2
(b) cos DCX =
2( DC )(CX )

562 + (12 10)2 − (4 34)2

DCX  18.43494882
BYC = BXC − DCX
 BYC = 90
3
 CY = CX cos DCX
CY = 12 10 cos18.43494882
CY = 36 cm
AC 2 + CD2 − AD2
cos ACD =
2( AC )(CD)
392 + 562 − 252
cos ACD =
2(39)(56)
ACD  22.61986495
AY 2 = AC 2 + CY 2 − 2( AC )(CY ) cos ACD
AY 2  392 + 362 − 2(39)(36) cos 22.61986495
AY = 15 cm
AY 2 + CY 2 = 152 + 362 = 1521
AC 2 = 392 = 1521
AY 2 + CY 2 = AC 2
 AYC = 90
So, we have AY ⊥ CD and BY ⊥ CD .
Hence the angle between the plane ACD and the plane BCD is AYB .
The claim is agreed.
CB2 + BD2 − CD2
2. (a) cos CBD =
2(CB)( BD)
1322 + 432 − 1092
cos CBD =
2(132)(43)
CBD  49.37067122
DX = BD sin CBD
DX  43sin 49.37067122
DX  32.63433774 cm
BX 2 = BD2 − DX 2
BX 2  432 − (32.63433774)2
BX = 28 cm
AX 2 = AB 2 + BX 2 − 2( AB)( BX ) cos ABC
AX 2 = 562 + 282 − 2(56)(28) cos 60
AX = 48.49742261 cm
AX 2 + BX 2 = 3136
AB = 562 = 3136
Since AX 2 + BX 2 = AB2 , we have AXB = 90 .
So, we have AX ⊥ BC and DX ⊥ BC .
Hence the angle between the face ABC and the face BCD is AXD .
The claim is agreed.

4
(b) Suppose AX and EF intersect at Y . Note that AYE = 90 .
3
AE = AB
3+ 4
3
AE = (56)
7
AE = 24 cm
BE = AB − AE
BE = 56 − 24
BE = 32 cm
Note that AEY ~ ABX .
3
AY = AX
7
3
AY  (48.49742261)
7
AY  20.78460969 cm
XY = AX − AY
XY  27.71281292 cm
AX 2 + DX 2 − AD2
cos AXD =
2( AX )( DX )
48.497422612 + 32.634337742 − 272
cos AXD 
2(48.49742261)(32.63433774)
AXD  31.87612336
DY 2 = DX 2 + XY 2 − 2( DX )( XY ) cos AXD
DY 2  (32.63433774)2 + (27.71281292)2 − 2(27.71281292)(32.63433774) cos31.87612336
DY  17.23368794 cm
AY 2 + DY 2 = 729
AD2 = 272 = 729
Since AY 2 + DY 2 + AD2 , we have AYD = 90 .
Since DY ⊥ EF and AY ⊥ EF , the plane DEF is perpendicular to the plane ABC .
Hence, the angle between AB and the face DEF is AEF .
The claim is agreed.