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Holiday Assignment Assignment - Form 3 - Mathematics

The document contains a series of trigonometry problems, including calculations involving angles of elevation and depression, trigonometric identities, and the use of logarithmic tables. It also includes practical applications such as determining the height of buildings and flagpoles based on given distances and angles. Each problem is assigned a specific mark value, indicating its complexity and importance.

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Holiday Assignment Assignment - Form 3 - Mathematics

The document contains a series of trigonometry problems, including calculations involving angles of elevation and depression, trigonometric identities, and the use of logarithmic tables. It also includes practical applications such as determining the height of buildings and flagpoles based on given distances and angles. Each problem is assigned a specific mark value, indicating its complexity and importance.

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TRIGONOMETRY 1

1. The angle of elevation of the top of a storey building from point P is 23.610 . From another point Q six
meters nearer to the base of the building, the angle of depression from the top of the building is 35 0 .
Calculate to 1 decimal place the height of the building. (3 marks)

2. Given that cos A = 5/13 and angle A is acute, find the value of 2 tan A + 3 sin A. (3 marks)

3. Given that sin (90 –x) =0.8, where X is an acute angle, find without using mathematical tables or a calculator, the
value of tan x. (2 marks)

4. Given that tan (θ + 20)0 = ⁻0.7660, find θ, to the nearest degree, in the range 00 ≤ θ ≤3600 (3 marks)
5. Given that Sin (x + 4 ) = Cos (3x) . Find tan (x + 40 ) to 4 s.f.
0 0 0
(3 marks)
6. Given that ���10 7 = 0.8451 ��� ���10 6 = 0.7782. ���� ���10 25.2 (3 marks)
7. An arc subtends an angle of 0.9 radians at the centre of a circle whose radius is 13cm. Find the length of
the arc. (2 marks)
0
8. Solve for X where 0 ≤ � ≤ = 90 . sin 2� − cos � − 30 = 0 (2 marks)

9. From a point T 20m away on a level ground the angle of elevation of the lower part of a
window is 27 0 and that of the upper part from the same point T is 32 0 .Calculate the
height of the window. (3 marks)
sin (2k+10)°
10. Solve for k in the equation cos (3k−20) ° = 1. (2 marks)

11. A man standing 20m away from a building notices that the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of
a flagpole mounted at the top of the building are 640 and620 respectively. Calculate the height of the
flagpole. (3 marks)
12. The angles of elevation of the top of a tree from P and Q which are 30m apart are 220 and 320
respectively. Given that the two points are on the same side of the tree and on a straight line,
determine the height of the tree. (3 marks)
3 25��� 500 ���700
13. Use logarith tables to evaluate: (4 marks)
��� 450+��� 250

6 ��� 600 + 8 ���300


14. Evaluate without using mathematical tables or calculators (3 marks)
��� 450��� 3000

15. Three villages are such that, A is 3O km due north of B while C is due east of A and on a bearing of 700
from B, by calculation find the distance BC. (3 marks)

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