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Mathematics for Australia Year 9 - Homework TRIGONOMETRY (Chapter 17)

CHAPTER 17: TRIGONOMETRY

b Hence estimate the value of:

17A LABELLING RIGHT ANGLED TRIANGLES
i sin 34± ii cos 34± iii tan 34±

REMINDER
c Check your answers using a calculator.
hypotenuse
opposite

µ
adjacent d Explain the difference between your results in b
and c.
1 For each diagram below, name the:
i hypotenuse ii side opposite angle µ
iii side adjacent to angle µ.
a A b Q

µ 2 a Use the diagram alongside

B C µ
P R to determine which is
greater:
i sin 55± or sin 70±

c X Z d L M
µ µ ii tan 55± or tan 70± 55° 70°

N b Check your answers using a calculator.

17B THE TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS 3 Consider the triangle P

PQR alongside.
15.3 mm
REMINDER a Use Pythagoras’ 23°
theorem to find R Q
36.0 mm
OPP the unknown
sin µ = .
HYP side length.
HYP
ADJ OPP Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
cos µ = .
HYP
µ
OPP
tan µ = . ADJ
ADJ

1 Consider the right

A B
angled triangle ABC 34°
alongside. b Hence, estimate the value of:
a Use a ruler to i sin 23± ii cos 23± iii tan 23±
find the length
of each side, C
to the nearest
millimetre.

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f 19°
17C FINDING SIDE LENGTHS

x cm
REMINDER
Step 1: On the figure mark HYP, OPP, and ADJ 18.5 cm
relative to a given angle.
Step 2: Choose an appropriate trigonometric ratio,
and construct an equation. 3 Find, rounded to one 4m
decimal place, all 25°
Step 3: Solve the equation to find the unknown side
unknown sides and am
length. bm
angles: µ

1 Write down a trigonometric equation connecting the

angle and the sides given:
a b c
x 72° 30°
b
y

c
r
17D FINDING ANGLES

55°
q
REMINDER
2 Find x, giving your answer rounded to 2 decimal places: Step 1: On the figure mark HYP, OPP, and ADJ
a 128 cm relative to the angle you are trying to find.
73°
Step 2: Choose an appropriate trigonometric ratio,
x cm and construct an equation. (The LHS will be
sin µ, cos µ, or tan µ.)
Step 3: Use inverse sine, inverse cosine or inverse
b xm tangent on your calculator to find the value
47° of µ.
27 m
1 Find, to one decimal place, the measure of the angle
marked µ in:
a 10 cm
c µ

x mm 9 cm
93 mm
62°

d 35 mm b 50 mm
33°

x mm 45 mm

e c
3.2 m
40° 3.6 m
xm 4.5 m
µ

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d In this section, round your answers to 3 significant figures.

µ 2.1 km
1 A telescope is set
up to monitor the 1.2 m
0.8 km movement of Venus
across the night sky. eye level 26°
The telescope is at
an angle of 26± to
2 a Find, rounded 44.7 mm
xm the horizontal, and
to one decimal ¯
the telescope is 1:2 m
place, all ® 46.6 mm
long.
unknown sides
and angles in How many centimetres above eye level is the other end
the following: of the telescope?

2 A sandwich board is set up

b Check your answer for x using Pythagoras’ theorem. on the footpath. The angle at
the apex is 32± , and the feet
are set 40 cm apart. How H
long are the boards that make A
E
S 32°
up the sign? E

3 Try to find µ in the following

using trigonometry. What µ
8.96 m
conclusions can you draw?
40 cm

8.96 m
3 Find the unknown 9m
angles in this ¯ ¯
trapezium.
6m

® ®
17E PROBLEM SOLVING WITH 15 m
TRIGONOMETRY

REMINDER
Use these steps to solve problems involving right angled
triangles: 4 A triangular block
Step 1: Draw a diagram to illustrate the situation. of land is being 18 m
measured by a 30 m
Step 2: Mark on the diagram the unknown angle or
surveyor. What
side that needs to be calculated. We often use Á
are the values
x for a length and µ for an angle.
of the unknown
Step 3: Locate a right angled triangle in your angles? µ
diagram.
Step 4: Write an equation connecting an angle and
two sides of the triangle using an appropriate
trigonometric ratio.
Step 5: Solve the equation to find the unknown.
Step 6: Write your answer in sentence form.

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5 Find the perimeter of 6 An aeroplane, currently at altitude 3°

the rhombus shown 1500 m, starts its final descent into
alongside. mm the airport. Its angle of descent is
25 1500 m
20° 3± . In kilometres, how far away
from the airport runway is the plane
when it begins its descent?

REVIEW OF CHAPTER 17

1 Find the exact value of: 8

7 A ten pin bowler releases the 105 cm
a sin µ 4 ball from the right of his lane.
µ
It travels in a straight line to hit
the 7-pin as shown. What is the
b cos µ c tan µ angle µ between the path of the
ball and the side of the lane?
18 m
2 Write a trigonometric equation 12°
connecting the angle and the sides
given: µ
a

b
3 Find the value of ®: 8 Find the lengths of 10.8 m
P Q
a ® b the diagonals of this
4.55 m rectangle.
5.5 km 3 km 7.6 m
®
34°
S R

9 Determine the height of a boy who casts a 3 metre

shadow when the sun is 20± above the horizon.
4 Find the value of x:
a
x cm

49°
21 cm

b 11 mm 10 a Find the exact value of

x in the triangle given.
®
42 cm x cm
x mm

¯
8° 2 cm

5 Find the remaining side A b Hence, or otherwise, find the unknown angles of the
35°
lengths in the given triangle, triangle.
giving your answer correct to
1m
the nearest millimetre:

C B

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