Higher – Geometry and Measure

Volume
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Learn all the foundation key facts Volume of a pyramid = 3 × area of base × perpendicular height

and remember these top tips! h

The other formulae will be given to you in the exam,

make sure you familiarise yourself with them!

Arc Length and Sector Area

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Arc length = 360 × πd
Circle Theorems
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Sector area = 360 × πr 2

Trigonometry in Non-Right-Angled
Triangles
a b
Sine rule: sinA = sinB = sinC
Cosine rule: a2 = b2 + c2 - 2bccosA
c
Angles in the same The angle in a semicircle The tangent to a circle is The two tangents to
segment are equal. is a right angle. perpendicular to the radius at a circle from a point
the point of contact. are equal.

b2 + c2 - a2
Or cosA = 2bc
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Area = 2 absinC C

b a

The angle at the centre The opposite angles of a The perpendicular from
The angle between a tangent
A B is twice the angle at cyclic quadrilateral add the centre to a chord
c and a chord is equal to the
the circumference. up to 180o. bisects the chord.
angle in the alternate segment.