Revision Ex.

 Chapter 11 Page 1
Kwok Tak Seng Catholic Secondary School
F.3 Mathematics
Trigonometric Ratios and Applications of Trigonometry (II) – Revision Exercise

1 Prove the following identities without using a calculator.

1
(a) cos 30° sin 60° − cos 60° sin 30° = 2

(b) 1 − 2 sin2 45° = 2 cos2 45° − 1

cos 2 30 − cos 2 60
(c) tan2 60° − tan2 30° =
sin 2 30 sin 2 60
(a) L.H.S. = cos 30° −
sin 60° cos 60°
sin 30°
3 3 1 1
= × −×
2 2 2 2
3 1
= −
4 4
1
=
2

= R.H.S.
1
∴
cos 30° −
sin 60° cos 60° ≡
sin 30°
2

(b) L.H.S. =
1−2 sin2 45°
2
1 
2 
=1−
2 
 
1
2×
=1−
2

=0

R.H.S. = 2 cos2 45°

− 1
2
1 
= 2
2 
−1
 
1
= 2 ×− 1
2

=0

= L.H.S.

∴2 sin2 45°
1− ≡2 cos2 45°
− 1
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(c) L.H.S. = tan2 60°−tan2 30°

2
1 
= ( 3 ) 2 −
 3

 
1
= 3−
3
8
=
3
cos 2 30 −cos 2 60
R.H.S. =
sin 2 30 sin 2 60
2
 3  1 2
  − 
 2  2 
=  
2
1   3
2

  ×  
2   2 
3 1
−
= 4 4
1 3
×
4 4
1
= 2
3
16
1 16
= ×
2 3
8
=
3

= L.H.S.
cos 2 30 −cos 2 60
∴ tan 60°– tan2 30°≡
2
sin 2 30 sin 2 60

2 As shown in the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram and ∠ABC = 45°.

(a) Find the height of AE.

(b) Find the area of ABCD.
(c) Find the length of the diagonal AC.
(Give the answers correct to 3 significant figures.)
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(a) AB = DC = 15 cm
AE
sin 75°=
AB

AE = 15 ×sin 75°

= 14.49

= 14.5 cm
(b) Area of ABCD = AE ×BC

= 14.49 ×19

= 275 cm2
(c) BE = AB cos 75°

= 15 cos 75°

∴EC = BC −BE

= 19 −15 cos 75°

= 15.12 cm
Diagonal AC = AE 2 +EC 2 (Pyth. Theorem)

= 14.49 2 +15.12 2

= 20.9 cm

3 Simplify the following expressions.

(a) 5 + 3 cos 2 x − 5 sin 2 x

(b) sin 4 x + 2 sin 2 x cos 2 x + cos 4 x
(a) 3 cos 2 x −
5+ 5 sin 2 x = 5 +
3 cos 2 x − cos 2 x)
5(1 −

3 cos 2 x −
=5+ 5 cos 2 x
5+

= 8 cos2 x
(b) sin 4 x +
2 sin 2 x cos 2 x +
cos 4 x = (sin 2 x ) 2 +
2(sin 2 x )(cos2 x) +
(cos 2 x ) 2

= (sin 2 x +
cos 2 x) 2

= 12

=1

4 Simplify the following expressions.

(a) 1 − sin 2 x ⋅ tan x

(b) 5 tan 2 θ cos 2 θ − 4 sin θ cos θ tan θ

(c) (tan 2 θ cos 2 θ − sin 2 θ )(tan 2 θ − sin 2 θ cos 2 θ )
sin x
(a) 1 −sin 2 x ⋅ tan x = cos 2 x ⋅
cos x
sin x
= cos x ⋅
cos x

= sin x
sin 2 θ sin θ
(b) 2 2
5 tan θ cos θ −4 sin θ cos θ tan θ = 5 × ×cos 2 θ −4 sin θ cos θ ×
cos 2 θ cos θ
= 5 sin 2 θ −4 sin 2 θ

= sin 2 θ

(c) (tan 2 θ cos 2 θ −sin 2 θ )(tan 2 θ −sin 2 θ cos 2 θ )

 sin 2 θ 
(
=  2 ×cos 2 θ −sin 2 θ  tan 2 θ −sin 2 θ cos 2 θ
 cos θ  )
 
= (sin 2 θ −sin 2 θ )(tan 2 θ −sin 2 θ cos 2 θ )

= 0 ×(tan 2 θ −sin 2 θ cos 2 θ )

=0
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5 A car runs on a steep road of gradient 1 : 4 for 1 300 m. Find

(a) the inclination of the steep road θ,

(b) the horizontal distance covered by the car,
(c) its vertical distance above the starting point.
(Give the answers correct to 4 significant figures.)
1
(a) tan θ =
4
θ = 14.036°

= 14.04°
Horizontal distance
(b) cos 14.036°=
1 300

Horizontal distance = 1 261 m

Vertical distance
(c) sin 14.036°=
1 300

Vertical distance = 315.3 m

6 As shown in the figure, CD is a tower of height h m. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from A is 30°
and that from B is 50°. It is given that AB is 100 m apart.

(a) Express the distance of BC in terms of h.

(b) Find the height of the tower. (Give the answers correct to 3 significant
figures.)

10

Referring to the figure above,

(a) find the lengths of AD and DC,
(b) find the value of ∠BCD ,
1
(c) prove that tan 15° = 2 + 3 .
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AB
(a) In ∆
ABD, tan 30° =
AD
1
AD =
tan 30
1
=
1
3
= 3

Using Pythagoras’ Theorem, BD = AD2 +AB2

= ( 3 ) 2 +12

=2

DC = BD = 2
(b) ∠
BDC + 30° = 180° (adj. ∠
s on st. line)

∠
BDC = 150°

In ∆
BCD,

BD = DC
∴ ∠
BCD = ∠
CBD (base ∠
s, isos. ∆
)

∴2 ∠
BCD + ∠
BDC = 180° (∠sum of ∆
)

2∠
BCD = 180°−150°

∠
BCD = 15°

(c) AC = DC + AD
= 2+ 3
AB
In ∆
ABC, tan ∠
BCA =
AC
1
i.e. tan 15°=
2+ 3

21 In the figure, a ship sails from A to B for 10 km where the bearing of B from A
is N45°E. Then it sails to C in the direction of N20°E for 15 km. Find

(a) the true bearing of C from A, correct to the nearest degree,

(b) the distance of AC, correct to 4 significant figures.
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(a) ∠ BAP = 45°

AP
cos 45° =
AB
AP = 10 cos 45°
BP
sin 45° =
AB
BP = 10 sin 45° = RQ
∠ CBR = 70°
BR
cos 70° =
BC
BR = 15 cos 70° = PQ
CR
sin 70° =
BC
CR = 15 sin 70°

∴ AQ = AP + PQ
= 10 cos 45° + 15 cos 70°

QC = RQ + CR

= 10 sin 45° + 15 sin 70°

QC
tan ∠ CAQ =
AQ
10 sin 45 + 15sin 70
=
10 cos 45 + 15cos 70
∠ CAQ = 60°

∴ The true bearing of C from A is 030° .

(b) AC2 = AQ2 + QC2 (Pyth. Theorem)
AC = (10 cos 45 + 15cos 70 ) 2 + (10 sin 45 + 15sin 70 ) 2

= 24.43 km