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TAREA DE TRIGONOMETRA
TEMAS: IDENTIDADES-ECUACIONES TRIGONOMTRICAS-LEY DE SENOS Y COSENOS

1. The following diagram shows two semi-circles. The larger one has centre O and radius 4 cm. The
smaller one has centre P, radius 3 cm, and passes through O. The line (OP) meets the larger
semi-circle at S. The semi-circles intersect at Q.

(a) (i) Explain why OPQ is an isosceles triangle.
(ii) Use the cosine rule to show that cos = .
(iii) Hence show that sin = .
(iv) Find the area of the triangle OPQ.

(b) Consider the smaller semi-circle, with centre P.
(i) Write down the size of
(ii) Calculate the area of the sector OPQ.

(c) Consider the larger semi-circle, with centre O. Calculate the area of the sector QOS.

(d) Hence calculate the area of the shaded region.

2. The diagram below shows triangle PQR. The length of [PQ] is 7 cm, the length of [PR] is 10 cm,
and is 75.

(a) Find
(b) Find the area of triangle PQR.


3. In triangle PQR, PQ is 10 cm, QR is 8 cm and angle PQR is acute. The area of the triangle is 20
cm
2
. Find the size of angle









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O
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Q P

O
9
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O
R Q

P
R. Q

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


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

5. The diagram below shows a quadrilateral ABCD. AB = 4, AD = 8, CD =12, B D = 25,
=u.

(a) Use the cosine rule to show that BD = .
Let u = 40.
(b) (i) Find the value of sin .
(ii) Find the two possible values for the size of .
(iii) Given that is an acute angle, find the perimeter of ABCD.
(c) Find the area of triangle ABD.

6. The following diagram shows a triangle ABC, where BC = 5 cm, = 60, = 40.

(a) Calculate AB.
(b) Find the area of the triangle.

7. In a triangle ABC, AB = 4 cm, AC = 3 cm and the area of the triangle is 4.5 cm
2
.
Find the two possible values of the angle .







A
B
C
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48km
B A

C
C

D A

B
u cos 4 5 4
D B

C
D B

C
D B

C
B

60 40
A
B C
5 cm
C A

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8. In triangle ABC, AC = 5, BC = 7, = 48, as shown in the diagram.

Find giving your answer correct to the nearest degree.

9. 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.

10. Consider the equation 3 cos 2x + sin x = 1
(a) Write this equation in the form f (x) = 0 , where f (x) = p sin
2
x + q sin x + r , and p , q , r e
.
(b) Factorize f (x).
(c) Write down the number of solutions of f (x) = 0, for 0 s x s 2t.


11. The diagrams below show two triangles both satisfying the conditions
AB = 20 cm, AC = 17 cm, = 50.
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to scale


(a) Calculate the size of in Triangle 2.
(b) Calculate the area of Triangle 1.

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

13. The following diagram shows a triangle with sides 5 cm, 7 cm, 8 cm.
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Find
(a) the size of the smallest angle, in degrees;
(b) the area of the triangle.

A

A B
C
5
7
48
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, B

C B

A
A
B C
A
B C
Triangle 1 Triangle 2
B C

A
5 7
8
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14. The function f is defined by f : x 30 sin 3x cos 3x, 0 s x s .
(a) Write down an expression for f (x) in the form a sin 6x, where a is an integer.
(b) Solve f (x) = 0, giving your answers in terms of t.

15. Consider y = sin .
(a) The graph of y intersects the x-axis at point A. Find the x-coordinate of A, where 0 s x s .
(b) Solve the equation sin = , for 0 s x s 2t.

16. Consider the trigonometric equation 2 sin
2
x = 1 + cos x.
(a) Write this equation in the form f (x) = 0, where f (x) = a cos
2
x + b cos x + c,
and a, b, c e .
(b) Factorize f (x).
(c) Solve f (x) = 0 for 0 s x s 360.

17. Solve the equation 2 cos
2
x = sin 2x for 0 s x s , giving your answers in terms of .

18. Solve the equation 3 sin
2
x = cos
2
x, for 0 s x s 180.

19. (a) Factorize the expression 3 sin
2
x 11 sin x + 6.
(b) Consider the equation 3 sin
2
x 11 sin x + 6 = 0.
(i) Find the two values of sin x which satisfy this equation,
(ii) Solve the equation, for 0 s x s 180.

20. Let f (x) = sin 2x and g (x) = sin (0.5x).
(a) Write down
(i) the minimum value of the function f ;
(ii) the period of the function g.
(b) Consider the equation f (x) = g (x).
Find the number of solutions to this equation, for 0 s x s .

21. Solve the equation 3 cos x = 5 sin x, for x in the interval 0 s x s 360, giving your answers to the
nearest degree.

22. (a) Express 2 cos
2
x + sin x in terms of sin x only.
(b) Solve the equation 2 cos
2
x + sin x = 2 for x in the interval 0 s x s t, giving your answers
exactly.

23. (a) Write the expression 3 sin
2
x + 4 cos x in the form a cos
2
x + b cos x + c.
(b) Hence or otherwise, solve the equation
3 sin
2
x + 4 cos x 4 = 0, 0 s x s 90.






24. In triangle ABC, AB = 9 cm, AC =12 cm, and is twice the size of .
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Find the cosine of .
25. Consider triangle ABC with = 37.8, AB = 8.75 and BC = 6.
Find AC.
26. Triangle ABC has = 42, BC =1.74 cm, and area 1.19 cm
2
.
(a) Find AC.
(b) Find AB.
27. The following diagram shows AABC, where BC =105 m, = 40, = 60.

Find AB.
28. In triangle ABC, = 31, AC = 3 cm and BC = 5 cm. Calculate the possible lengths of the
side [AB].

29. Triangle ABC has AB = 8 cm, BC = 6 cm and = 20. Find the smallest possible area of
AABC.
30. In the triangle ABC, = 30, BC = 3 and AB = 5. Find the two possible values of .
31. Find all the values of in the interval [0, t] which satisfy the equation: cos 2u = sin
2
u .
32. Solve tan
2
2u =1, in the interval
33. The angle satisfies the equation 2 tan
2
5 sec 10 = 0, where is in the second quadrant. Find
the exact value of sec .

34. The angle u satisfies the equation tanu + cotu = 3, where u is in degrees. Find all the possible
values of u lying in the interval [0, 90].
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C A B

B C A

C B A

C B

A
C A

B
A

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35. Solve 2 sin x = tan x, where < x <
36. Let be the angles of a triangle. Show that tan + tan + tan = tan tan

37. In the diagram below, AD is perpendicular to BC.
CD = 4, BD = 2 and AD = 3. = o and = |.

Find the exact value of cos (o |).
38. Prove that = tan u, for 0 < u < , and u = .
39. Given that a sin 4x + b sin 2x = 0, for 0 < x < , find an expression for cos
2
x in terms of a and b.
40. In the obtuse-angled triangle ABC, AC = 10.9 cm, BC = 8.71 cm and = 50.

Find the area of triangle ABC.


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t
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D A B

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2 cos 1 4 sin
2

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t
C A B

A
B
C
50
10.9 cm
8.71 cm
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