Trigonometry First Semester Final Practice Test

Note: C ~ Calculator and C' ~ No Calculator

C 1. Find a) the smallest positive and largest negative co-terminal angle b) reference angle [smallest angle to the x-axis] for (i) 1234 (ii) -987 (iii) 456 (iv) 17/6 (v) -23/3

(vi) 15/4

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C' 2. Solve for t: a) in [0, 360): (i) csc t = -2 (ii) cot t = 3/3 (iv) csc t = 2 (v) cos t = 0 (vii) sin t = 0 (viii) tan t = -1 b) in [0, 2): (i) tan t = -3/3 (iv) sin t = (vii) cos t = -1 (iii) sec t = -23/3 (vi) sec t = -1 (ix) sin t = -1/2

(ii) csc t = -23/3 (iii) sec t = 2 (v) sin t = -1 (vi) tan t = 0

Tip!

If a triangle cannot be constructed i.e. x = r or y = rthen the angle is a quadrantal angle i.e. it lies on the axes!] Plot the triangle in the right quadrants. There may be more than 1 answer: t1 and t2.
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C3 a) Solve for t in [0, 360): (i) csc t = -5.8392 (iv) sin t = -0.6749 b) Solve for t in [0, 2): (i) tan t = 0.3283 (iv) sec t = 3.7643

(ii) cot t = 3/10 (v) cos t = -3/4 (ii) csc t = 11.2765 (v) cot t = 6.7649

(iii) sec t = -6.2925

(iii) cos t = 0.2827

Tip!

Plot the triangle in the right quadrants. Use the inverse key. Find t1 and t2. Watch your MODE.
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C' 4. Find the missing sides of a 30-60 -90 triangle given that [Rationalize your answer and leave it in ]:

a) the short side is (i) 7 (ii) 6 (iii) 42 b) the long side is (i) 11 (ii) 63 (iii) 42 c) the hypotenuse is (i) 9 (ii) 72 (iii) 53

Tip!

1. Sketch figure, label missing sides as x, y. 2. Set up proportions using properties of 30-60-90 triangles. ____________________________________________________

C 5. Convert a) into radians b) into degrees C' 6. Convert a) into radians b) into degrees

(i) 59 (ii) -312 (i) 9.4247rad (ii) 2.7664rad (i) 150 (i) -5/6 (ii) -315 (ii) 4/5

(iii) 141 (iii) 4rad (iii) 40 (iii) 7/4 (iv) 72 (iv) 11/12 e) csc (-90)

C' 7. Find the value of: a) sec (-5/6) b) cot 480 c) csc (-7/3) d) tan (-330) f) cot (-3/2) g) sec (-11/4) h) cot (4/3) C' 8. Find the value of: a) csc x if tan = -4/5 and sec x > 0 c) cot x if sec = 9/4 and csc x < 0 e) sin x if cot = -2/7 and cos x < 0

b) sec x if cot = 3/11 and csc x < 0 d) cot x if cos = -1/5 and tan x < 0 f) sec x if csc = 7/3 and tan x < 0

Tip!

Plot the triangle in the right quadrant. Observe the sign of the sides. Find missing x, y, r. Find the required ratio. Remember: r cannot be negative.
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C' 9. Evaluate: a) sin2 180 cos 210 + tan2 (-315) c) tan2 5/6 + cot 4/3 + sin2 (-7/3) b) csc2 480 + sec2 240 cot (-150) d) csc2 5/2 + sec (-2/3) + cot2 (3/2)

Tip!

Plot the angles in the right quadrant, and sketch and label sides of the triangle using properties of 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles. Use the definition of trig ratios. Substitute and simplify.
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C 10. Find the angle that the line makes with the positive x-axis a) 2y 4x = 5 b) 2x + 5y = -10 c) -3y + 7x = 11

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C 11. Find the a) sec, csc and cot of angle in standard position if the terminal side goes through (i) (-2, 23) (ii) (4, -4) (iii) (-53, 5) (iv) (-6, -6) b) Find angle in each situation in a) in radians.

Tip!

Plot the point and label the triangle [watch the signs!] observing if the underlying triangle is 30-60-90 or 45-45-90. Do not use Pythagoras' Theorem! Find the required trig ratios. To find the angle, observe the reference angle to be 30 or 60 or 45. Adjust for the quadrant and express in radians.
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C 12. Find the value of: a) tan 34.34 b) cos (81.52) e) sin 6.7587 f) csc 12.8723 g) tan 62.89 j) sec 23.67 k) cot (-14.59)

c) csc (-137.76) h) cos 3.6743

d) sec 3.98 i) sin (-76.35)

Tip!

Watch your MODE. For cot angle, find 1/tan angle...and so on. Do not use inverse: we know the angle!
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C 13. Solve the triangle, right-angled at C, with: a) A = 43 29', a = 12 b) A = 67 14', b = 45 d) B = 26 17', a = 7 e) A = 35 32', c = 12

c) c = 15, b = 6 f) a = 11, b = 18

Tip!

Use soh cah toa. Use the inverse key to find missing angles.
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C 14a) Find the angle in degrees subtended by an arc of length 17cm in a circle of radius 11cm. b) Find the radius of a circle in which the central angle of 128 determines an arc of length 45cm. c) Find the length of the arc of a circle with radius 9.62in and a central angle of 73. d) Find the length of the arc of a circle with radius 43.87cm and a central angle of 124.

Tip!

Use s = r*theta (in radians)

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15a. The function BT(x) = 98.6 + 0.3 sin [(x 11)/12] models variation in body temperature in F, x hours after midnight. C' (i) What is the body temperature at 1am? At 3am? 5am? 3pm? 9pm? C' (ii) What is the Period of the body temperature cycle? C (iii) Graph BT(x) over 1 period on a calculator. C (iv) When is the body temperature highest? At what time? C (v) When is the body temperature lowest? At what time? b) The motion of an object hanging from a spring is modeled by the equation, L(t) = 20 6.5cos (2t), where L(t) is the length of the spring [in cm] after t seconds. C' (i) Determine the Period and Amplitude. C' (ii) Determine the Maximum and Minimum length of the spring. C' (iii) Quickly sketch and label L(t) over 0 < t < 2sec. C' (iv) When does the spring attain its Maximum and Minimum over 2 periods? C' (v) Calculate the length of the spring after sec, sec, 1/3 sec. C (vi) Determine the intervals over which the length of the spring lies between 15cm and 17cm. C' (vii) The spring is in equilibrium midway between its Maximum and Minimum lengths, when it is neither fully compressed or elongated. Find the equilibrium length of the spring. Over 2 periods, when is the spring at equilibrium? C' (viii) Initially, is the spring fully compressed, fully elongated or at its equilibrium? C' (ix) Over what interval is the spring expanding? Contracting? c) The height of any rider on the Ferris wheel built by American engineer George Ferris in 1893 can be modeled by the equation H(t) = 139 125 cos (t/10), where H(t) is in feet, and t, measured in minutes. C' (i) When the wheel starts, what is the initial height of an individual on the ride? C' (ii) What is the height of the individual when he is at the zenith of the ride i.e. at the highest point? C' (iii) Deduce the diameter of the Ferris wheel! C' (iv) How long does the Ferris wheel take for 1 complete revolution? C' (v) Quickly sketch and label H(t) over 1 period. C(vi) In the 1st revolution of the wheel, in what interval of time does the height of the rider lie below 200feet? C' (vii) Calculate the height of the rider 35/3 min. after the wheel starts. C' (viii) From rest, over what interval of time, is the individual rising? Falling? C' (x) Modern day Ferris wheels are much faster. If a Ferris wheel should now take only 3min. per revolution, all other parameters being the same, what should the new equation be? [Tip! Find b since we know the period, P!]

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C' 16. For the graph of the functions below, determine the Period, Amplitude, Vertical Shift, Horizontal Shift, Min and Max Value, Y-intercept [Um, how do we always find the y-I: show work], Range, and the Interval for 1 period: a) y = -2 sin (x /3) + 5 b) y = 1.5 cos (x + /6) 8 c) y = -3 tan (x + 3) + 10 d) y = 5 sec (x + /4) 3 e) y = -4 cot (x + /2) + 1 f) y = 2.5 csc (x 2) 1

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C' 17. Sketch the graphs and state the Period, Amplitude, Vertical Shift, Min and Max Value, Yintercept: a) y = 3 2 sin 4x b) y = 4 + 3 cos x/5 c) y = -4 tan x

d) y = 3 cot x g) y = -4 + 6 sin 3x

e) y = -2 csc x h) y = -2 + cos 2x/3

f) y = 5 sec 3x

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C 18(i). Graph y = 4sin x over 2 periods. Use the graph to solve: -4 (ii) Graph y = tan x over 3 periods. Use the graph to solve: undefined. (iii) Graph y = 5cos x over 2 periods. Use the graph to solve: 0 a. y = 0 a. y = 0 a. y = 5 b. y = b. y is b. y =

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C 19a) The angles of elevation of 2 points on opposite sides of a balloon 100feet above the ground are 28 and 43. How far apart are points? b) From the top of a building 150ft high, a fellow observes a bus 245feet away. What is the angle of depression? How much closer should the bus travel towards the building for the angle of elevation from the bus to be 58? c) The angle that the taut string of a kite makes with the ground is 56. If the kite is 215ft, what is the length of the string?

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C' 20a) Purple Book: P 193 #19-24 all b) Purple Book: P 225 #5-20 all c) Grey Book: P 397 #29-34, 71-78, 81-84 d) Green Book: P 150 #1-8 all, 40

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