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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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The diagram shows the cross-section, PQRS, of a cutting made for a road. PS and QR are horizontal. PQ makes an angle of 50° with the horizontal.

Calculate the angle which RS makes with the horizontal (marked y in the diagram).

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Important Questions on Scale Drawings, Bearings and Trigonometry

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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A game warden is standing at a point P alongside a road which runs north-south. There is a marker post at the point X60 m north of his position. The game warden sees a lion at Q  on a bearing of 040° from him and due east of the marker post.

Show by calculation that the distance, QX, of the lion from the road is 50.3 m, correct to 3 significant figures.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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A game warden is standing at a point P alongside a road which runs north-south. There is a marker post at the point X60 m north of his position. The game warden sees a lion at Q  on a bearing of 040° from him and due east of the marker post.

Another lion appears at R, 200 m due east of the first one at Q.

Write down the distance XR.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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A game warden is standing at a point P alongside a road which runs north-south. There is a marker post at the point X60 m north of his position. The game warden sees a lion at Q  on a bearing of 040° from him and due east of the marker post.

Another lion appears at R, 200 m due east of the first one at Q.

Calculate the distance, PR, of the second lion from the game warden.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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A game warden is standing at a point P alongside a road which runs north-south. There is a marker post at the point X60 m north of his position. The game warden sees a lion at Q  on a bearing of 040° from him and due east of the marker post.

Another lion appears at R, 200 m due east of the first one at Q.

Calculate the bearing of the second lion from the game warden, correct to the nearest degree.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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In the triangle OAB, angle AOB=15°, OA=3 m and OB=8 m. Calculate, correct to 2 decimal places the length of AB

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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In the triangle OAB, angle AOB=15°, OA=3 m and OB=8 m. Calculate, the area of triangle OAB.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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A pyramid, VPQRS, has a square base, PQRS, with sides of length 8 cm. Each sloping edge is 9 cm long.

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Calculate the perpendicular height of the pyramid.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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A pyramid, VPQRS, has a square base, PQRS, with sides of length 8 cm. Each sloping edge is 9 cm long.

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Calculate the angle the sloping edge VP makes with the base.