TRIGONOMETRY SHEET 2 GDC

1. O is the centre of the circle which has a radius of 5.4 cm.

A B

The area of the shaded sector OAB is 21.6 cm2. Find the length of the minor arc AB.

(Total 4 marks)

2. Town A is 48 km from town B and 32 km from town C as shown in the diagram.

32km

A
48km B

Given that town B is 56 km from town C, find the size of angle CÂB to the nearest degree.

(Total 4 marks)

3. A triangle has sides of length 4, 5, 7 units. Find, to the nearest tenth of a degree, the size of the
largest angle.

(Total 4 marks)

4. The diagram shows a vertical pole PQ, which is supported by two wires fixed to the horizontal
ground at A and B.

36 B
30
Q 70
A

BQ = 40 m
PB̂Q = 36°
BÂQ = 70°
AB̂Q = 30°
 Find

(a) the height of the pole, PQ;

(b) the distance between A and B.

(Total 4 marks)

5. The diagrams below show two triangles both satisfying the conditions

AB = 20 cm, AC = 17 cm, AB̂C = 50°.

Diagrams not
to scale

Triangle 1 Triangle 2
A A

B C B C

(a) Calculate the size of AĈB in Triangle 2.

(b) Calculate the area of Triangle 1.

(Total 4 marks)

6. The diagram below shows a sector AOB of a circle of radius 15 cm and centre O. The angle  at
the centre of the circle is 2 radians.

Diagram not to scale

A B

(a) Calculate the area of the sector AOB.

(b) Calculate the area of the shaded region.

(Total 4 marks)
7. There is a vertical tower TA of height 36 m at the base A of a hill. A straight path goes up the
hill from A to a point U. This information is represented by the following diagram.

The path makes a 4° angle with the horizontal.

The point U on the path is 25 m away from the base of the tower.
The top of the tower is fixed to U by a wire of length x m.

(a) Complete the diagram, showing clearly all the information above.
(3)

(b) Find x.
(4)
(Total 7 marks)

8. In the following diagram, O is the centre of the circle and (AT) is the tangent to the circle at T.

O A

Diagram not to scale

If OA = 12 cm, and the circle has a radius of 6 cm, find the area of the shaded region.

(Total 4 marks)

9. The following diagram shows a triangle with sides 5 cm, 7 cm, 8 cm.

5 7
Diagram not to scale

Find

(a) the size of the smallest angle, in degrees;

(b) the area of the triangle.

(Total 4 marks)
10. In triangle ABC, AC = 5, BC = 7, Â = 48°, as shown in the diagram.

5 7 diagram not to scale

48°
A B

Find B̂, giving your answer correct to the nearest degree.

(Total 6 marks)

2
11. The diagram shows a triangle ABC in which AC = 7 , BC = 6, AB̂C = 45°.
2

A
Diagram 2
7 2
not to scale

45°
B 6 C

2 6
(a) Use the fact that sin 45° = to show that sin BÂC = .
2 7
(2)

6
The point D is on (AB), between A and B, such that sin BD̂C = .
7

(b) (i) Write down the value of BD̂C + BÂC .

(ii) Calculate the angle BCD.

(iii) Find the length of [BD].

(6)

Area of BDC BD
(c) Show that = .
Area of BAC BA
(2)
(Total 10 marks)

12. The diagram below shows a circle, centre O, with a radius 12 cm. The chord AB subtends at an
angle of 75° at the centre. The tangents to the circle at A and at B meet at P.

A
12 cm

P diagram not to
O 75º scale

B
 (a) Using the cosine rule, show that the length of AB is 12 21 – cos 75 .
(2)

(b) Find the length of BP.

(3)

(c) Hence find

(i) the area of triangle OBP;

(ii) the area of triangle ABP.

(4)

(d) Find the area of sector OAB.

(2)

(e) Find the area of the shaded region.

(2)
(Total 13 marks)

13. Two boats A and B start moving from the same point P. Boat A moves in a straight line at
20 km h–1 and boat B moves in a straight line at 32 km h–1. The angle between their paths is
70°.

Find the distance between the boats after 2.5 hours.

(Total 6 marks)

14. The diagram below shows a triangle and two arcs of circles.

The triangle ABC is a right-angled isosceles triangle, with AB = AC = 2. The point P is the
midpoint of [BC].

The arc BDC is part of a circle with centre A.

The arc BEC is part of a circle with centre P.

E
B

P
2

A 2 C

(a) Calculate the area of the segment BDCP.

(b) Calculate the area of the shaded region BECD.

(Total 6 marks)
15. The following diagram shows a circle of centre O, and radius 15 cm. The arc ACB subtends an
angle of 2 radians at the centre O.

C
A B

15
Diagram not to scale

cm
2 rad

O AÔB = 2 radians
OA = 15 cm

Find

(a) the length of the arc ACB;

(b) the area of the shaded region.

(Total 6 marks)

16. The points P, Q, R are three markers on level ground, joined by straight paths PQ, QR, PR as
shown in the diagram. QR = 9 km, PQ̂R = 35°, PR̂Q = 25°.

P
Diagram not to scale
35° 25°
Q R
9 km

(a) Find the length PR.

(3)

(b) Tom sets out to walk from Q to P at a steady speed of 8 km h–1. At the same time, Alan
sets out to jog from R to P at a steady speed of a km h–1. They reach P at the same time.
Calculate the value of a.
(7)

(c) The point S is on [PQ], such that RS = 2QS, as shown in the diagram.

P
S

Q R

Find the length QS.

(6)
(Total 16 marks)

17. The diagram below shows a circle of radius 5 cm with centre O. Points A and B are on the
circle, and AÔB is 0.8 radians. The point N is on [OB] such that [AN] is perpendicular to
[OB].
 A

5 cm

0.8
O B
N

Find the area of the shaded region.

(Total 6 marks)

18. The following diagram shows triangle ABC.

diagram not to scale

AB = 7 cm, BC = 9 cm and AB̂C = 120°.

(a) Find AC.

(3)

(b) Find BÂC .

(3)
(Total 6 marks)

19. The following diagram shows a triangle ABC, where BC = 5 cm, B̂ = 60°, Ĉ = 40°.

60° 40°
B C
5 cm

(a) Calculate AB.

(b) Find the area of the triangle.

(Total 6 marks)
20. The circle shown has centre O and radius 3.9 cm.

diagram not to scale

Points A and B lie on the circle and angle AOB is 1.8 radians.

(a) Find AB.

(3)

(b) Find the area of the shaded region.

(4)
(Total 7 marks)

21. The diagram below shows a quadrilateral ABCD with obtuse angles AB̂C and AD̂C .

diagram not to scale

AB = 5 cm, BC = 4 cm, CD = 4 cm, AD = 4 cm, BÂC = 30°, AB̂C = x°, AD̂C = y°.

(a) Use the cosine rule to show that AC = 41 40 cos x .

(1)

(b) Use the sine rule in triangle ABC to find another expression for AC.
(2)

(c) (i) Hence, find x, giving your answer to two decimal places.

(ii) Find AC.

(6)

(d) (i) Find y.

(ii) Hence, or otherwise, find the area of triangle ACD.

(5)
(Total 14 marks)