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A triangular field ABC is such that AB=56m and BC=82m, each measured correct to the nearest metre, and the angle at B is equal to 105°, measured correct to the nearest 5°.

Calculate the maximum possible area of the field.




Iron in the asteroid 16 Psyche is said to be valued at 8973 quadrillion euros EUR, where one quadrillion =1015.

James believes the asteroid is approximately spherical with radius 113km. He uses this information to estimate its volume.

Write down the value of the iron in the form a×10k where 1a<10 , k.

[2]
a.

Calculate James’s estimate of its volume, in km3.

[2]
b.

The actual volume of the asteroid is found to be 6.074×106km3.

Find the percentage error in James’s estimate of the volume.

[2]
c.



Three towns, A, B and C are represented as coordinates on a map, where the x and y axes represent the distances east and north of an origin, respectively, measured in kilometres.

Town A is located at (6, 1) and town B is located at (8, 6). A road runs along the perpendicular bisector of [AB]. This information is shown in the following diagram.

Find the equation of the line that the road follows.

[5]
a.

Town C is due north of town A and the road passes through town C.

Find the y-coordinate of town C.

[2]
b.



The diagram below shows a helicopter hovering at point H, 380m vertically above a lake. Point A is the point on the surface of the lake, directly below the helicopter.

Minta is swimming at a constant speed in the direction of point A. Minta observes the helicopter from point C as she looks upward at an angle of 25°. After 15 minutes, Minta is at point B and she observes the same helicopter at an angle of 40°.

Write down the size of the angle of depression from H to C.

[1]
a.

Find the distance from A to C.

[2]
b.

Find the distance from B to C.

[3]
c.

Find Minta’s speed, in metres per hour.

[1]
d.



The Voronoi diagram below shows three identical cellular phone towers, T1, T2 and T3. A fourth identical cellular phone tower, T4 is located in the shaded region. The dashed lines in the diagram below represent the edges in the Voronoi diagram.

Horizontal scale: 1 unit represents 1km.
Vertical scale: 1 unit represents 1km.

Tim stands inside the shaded region.

Tower T2 has coordinates (-9, 5) and the edge connecting vertices A and B has equation y=3.

Explain why Tim will receive the strongest signal from tower T4.

[1]
a.

Write down the coordinates of tower T4.

[2]
b.

Tower T1 has coordinates (-13, 3).

Find the gradient of the edge of the Voronoi diagram between towers T1 and T2.

[3]
c.



Points A and B have coordinates 1, 1, 2 and 9, m, -6 respectively.

The line L, which passes through B, has equation r=-3-1924+s24-5.

Express AB in terms of m.

[2]
a.

Find the value of m.

[5]
b.

Consider a unit vector u, such that u=pi-23j+13k, where p>0.

Point C is such that BC=9u.

Find the coordinates of C.

[8]
c.



A piece of candy is made in the shape of a solid hemisphere. The radius of the hemisphere is 6mm.

Calculate the total surface area of one piece of candy.

[4]
a.

The total surface of the candy is coated in chocolate. It is known that 1 gram of the chocolate covers an area of 240mm2.

Calculate the weight of chocolate required to coat one piece of candy.

[2]
b.



In this question, all lengths are in metres and time is in seconds.

Consider two particles, P1 and P2, which start to move at the same time.

Particle P1 moves in a straight line such that its displacement from a fixed-point is given by st=10-74t2, for t0.

Find an expression for the velocity of P1 at time t.

[2]
a.

Particle P2 also moves in a straight line. The position of P2 is given by r=-16+t4-3.

The speed of P1 is greater than the speed of P2 when t>q.

Find the value of q.

[5]
b.



A farmer owns a triangular field ABC. The length of side [AB] is 85m and side [AC] is 110m. The angle between these two sides is 55°.

Find the area of the field.

[3]
a.

The farmer would like to divide the field into two equal parts by constructing a straight fence from A to a point D on [BC].

Find BD. Fully justify any assumptions you make.

[6]
b.



The following diagram shows a triangle ABC.

AC=15cm, BC=10cm, and AB^C=θ.

Let sin CA^B=33.

Given that AB^C is acute, find sinθ.

[3]
a.

Find cos2×CA^B.

[3]
b.



A storage container consists of a box of length 90cm, width 42cm and height 34cm, and a lid in the shape of a half-cylinder, as shown in the diagram. The lid fits the top of the box exactly. The total exterior surface of the storage container is to be painted.

Find the area to be painted.




Joey is making a party hat in the form of a cone. The hat is made from a sector, AOB, of a circular piece of paper with a radius of 18 cm and AÔB=θ as shown in the diagram.

To make the hat, sides [OA] and [OB] are joined together. The hat has a base radius of 6.5 cm.

Write down the perimeter of the base of the hat in terms of π.

[1]
a.i.

Find the value of θ.

[2]
a.ii.

Find the surface area of the outside of the hat.

[2]
b.



There are four stations used by the fire wardens in a national forest.

On the following Voronoi diagram, the coordinates of the stations are A(6, 2), B(14, 2), C(18, 6) and D(10.8, 11.6) where distances are measured in kilometres.

The dotted lines represent the boundaries of the regions patrolled by the fire warden at each station. The boundaries meet at P(10, 6) and Q(13, 7).

To reduce the areas of the regions that the fire wardens patrol, a new station is to be built within the quadrilateral ABCD. The new station will be located so that it is as far as possible from the nearest existing station.

The Voronoi diagram is to be updated to include the region around the new station at P. The edges defined by the perpendicular bisectors of [AP] and [BP] have been added to the following diagram.

Show that the new station should be built at P.

[3]
a.

Write down the equation of the perpendicular bisector of [PC].

[1]
b.i.

Hence draw the missing boundaries of the region around P on the following diagram.

[2]
b.ii.



The front view of a doghouse is made up of a square with an isosceles triangle on top.

The doghouse is 1.35m high and 0.9m wide, and sits on a square base.

The top of the rectangular surfaces of the roof of the doghouse are to be painted.

Find the area to be painted.




The owner of a convenience store installs two security cameras, represented by points C1 and C2. Both cameras point towards the centre of the store’s cash register, represented by the point R.

The following diagram shows this information on a cross-section of the store.

The cameras are positioned at a height of 3.1m, and the horizontal distance between the cameras is 6.4m. The cash register is sitting on a counter so that its centre, R, is 1.0m above the floor.

The distance from Camera 1 to the centre of the cash register is 2.8m.

Determine the angle of depression from Camera 1 to the centre of the cash register. Give your answer in degrees.

[2]
a.

Calculate the distance from Camera 2 to the centre of the cash register.

[4]
b.

Without further calculation, determine which camera has the largest angle of depression to the centre of the cash register. Justify your response.

[2]
c.



An inclined railway travels along a straight track on a steep hill, as shown in the diagram.

The locations of the stations on the railway can be described by coordinates in reference to x, y, and z-axes, where the x and y axes are in the horizontal plane and the z-axis is vertical.

The ground level station A has coordinates (140, 15, 0) and station B, located near the top of the hill, has coordinates (20, 5, 250). All coordinates are given in metres.

Station M is to be built halfway between stations A and B.

Find the distance between stations A and B.

[2]
a.

Find the coordinates of station M.

[2]
b.

Write down the height of station M, in metres, above the ground.

[1]
c.



Points A(3, 1), B(3, 5), C(11, 7), D(9, 1) and E(7, 3) represent snow shelters in the Blackburn National Forest. These snow shelters are illustrated in the following coordinate axes.

Horizontal scale: 1 unit represents 1 km.

Vertical scale: 1 unit represents 1 km.

The Park Ranger draws three straight lines to form an incomplete Voronoi diagram.

Calculate the gradient of the line segment AE.

[2]
a.

Find the equation of the line which would complete the Voronoi cell containing site E.

Give your answer in the form  a x + b y + d = 0 where  a b d Z .

[3]
b.

In the context of the question, explain the significance of the Voronoi cell containing site E.

[1]
c.



A garden includes a small lawn. The lawn is enclosed by an arc AB of a circle with centre O and radius 6m, such that AÔB=135° . The straight border of the lawn is defined by chord [AB].

The lawn is shown as the shaded region in the following diagram.

A footpath is to be laid around the curved side of the lawn. Find the length of the footpath.

[3]
a.

Find the area of the lawn.

[4]
b.



Ollie has installed security lights on the side of his house that are activated by a sensor. The sensor is located at point C directly above point D. The area covered by the sensor is shown by the shaded region enclosed by triangle ABC. The distance from A to B is 4.5 m and the distance from B to C is 6 m. Angle AĈB is 15°.

Find CÂB.

[3]
a.

Point B on the ground is 5 m from point E at the entrance to Ollie’s house. He is 1.8 m tall and is standing at point D, below the sensor. He walks towards point B.

Find the distance Ollie is from the entrance to his house when he first activates the sensor.

[5]
b.



The diagram below is part of a Voronoi diagram.

Diagram not to scale

A and B are sites with B having the co-ordinates of (4, 6). L is an edge; the equation of this perpendicular bisector of the line segment from A to B is y = 2 x + 9

Find the co-ordinates of the point A.




The Bermuda Triangle is a region of the Atlantic Ocean with Miami M, Bermuda B, and San Juan S as vertices, as shown on the diagram.

The distances between M, B and S are given in the following table, correct to three significant figures.

Calculate the value of θ, the measure of angle MŜB.

[3]
a.

Find the area of the Bermuda Triangle.

[2]
b.



Let  OA = ( 2 1 3 ) and AB = ( 1 3 1 ) , where O is the origin. L1 is the line that passes through A and B.

Find a vector equation for L1.

[2]
a.

The vector ( 2 p 0 ) is perpendicular to AB . Find the value of p.

[3]
b.



The position vectors of points P and Q are i  + 2 j   k and 7i  + 3j  4k respectively.

Find a vector equation of the line that passes through P and Q.

[4]
a.

The line through P and Q is perpendicular to the vector 2i +  nk. Find the value of n .

[3]
b.



Money boxes are coin containers used by children and come in a variety of shapes. The money box shown is in the shape of a cylinder. It has a radius of 4.43 cm and a height of 12.2 cm.

Find the volume of the money box.

[3]
a.

A second money box is in the shape of a sphere and has the same volume as the cylindrical money box.

Find the diameter of the second money box.

[3]
b.



A solid right circular cone has a base radius of 21 cm and a slant height of 35 cm.
A smaller right circular cone has a height of 12 cm and a slant height of 15 cm, and is removed from the top of the larger cone, as shown in the diagram.

Calculate the radius of the base of the cone which has been removed.




Emily’s kite ABCD is hanging in a tree. The plane ABCDE is vertical.

Emily stands at point E at some distance from the tree, such that EAD is a straight line and angle BED = 7°. Emily knows BD = 1.2 metres and angle BDA = 53°, as shown in the diagram

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T is a point at the base of the tree. ET is a horizontal line. The angle of elevation of A from E is 41°.

Find the length of EB.

[3]
a.

Write down the angle of elevation of B from E.

[1]
b.

Find the vertical height of B above the ground.

[2]
c.



A vertical pole stands on horizontal ground. The bottom of the pole is taken as the origin, O, of a coordinate system in which the top, F, of the pole has coordinates (0, 0, 5.8). All units are in metres.


The pole is held in place by ropes attached at F.

One of the ropes is attached to the ground at a point A with coordinates (3.2, 4.5, 0). The rope forms a straight line from A to F.

Find the length of the rope connecting A to F.

[2]
a.

Find FÂO, the angle the rope makes with the ground.

[2]
b.



The straight metal arm of a windscreen wiper on a car rotates in a circular motion from a pivot point, O, through an angle of 140°. The windscreen is cleared by a rubber blade of length 46cm that is attached to the metal arm between points A and B. The total length of the metal arm, OB, is 56cm.

The part of the windscreen cleared by the rubber blade is shown unshaded in the following diagram.

Calculate the length of the arc made by B, the end of the rubber blade.

[2]
a.

Determine the area of the windscreen that is cleared by the rubber blade.

[3]
b.



A cylinder with radius r and height h is shown in the following diagram.

The sum of r and h for this cylinder is 12 cm.

Write down an equation for the area, A , of the curved surface in terms of r .

[2]
a.

Find d A d r .

[2]
b.

Find the value of r when the area of the curved surface is maximized.

[2]
c.



A balloon in the shape of a sphere is filled with helium until the radius is 6 cm.

The volume of the balloon is increased by 40%.

Calculate the volume of the balloon.

[2]
a.

Calculate the radius of the balloon following this increase.

[4]
b.



Let θ be an obtuse angle such that  sin θ = 3 5 .

Let  f ( x ) = e x sin x 3 x 4 .

Find the value of tan θ .

[4]
a.

Line L passes through the origin and has a gradient of tan θ . Find the equation of L .

[2]
b.

Find the derivative of f .

[5]
c.

The following diagram shows the graph of f  for 0 ≤ x ≤ 3. Line M is a tangent to the graph of f at point P.

Given that M is parallel to L , find the x -coordinate of P.

[4]
d.



Two schools are represented by points A(2, 20) and B(14, 24) on the graph below. A road, represented by the line R with equation x+y=4, passes near the schools. An architect is asked to determine the location of a new bus stop on the road such that it is the same distance from the two schools.

Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of [AB] . Give your equation in the form y=mx+c.

[5]
a.

Determine the coordinates of the point on R where the bus stop should be located.

[2]
b.



A line,  L 1 , has equation  r = ( 3 9 10 ) + s ( 6 0 2 ) . Point P ( 15 , 9 , c ) lies on  L 1 .

Find c .

[4]
a.

A second line, L 2 , is parallel to L 1 and passes through (1, 2, 3).

Write down a vector equation for  L 2 .

[2]
b.



Point A has coordinates (−4, −12, 1) and point B has coordinates (2, −4, −4).

The line L passes through A and B.

Show that  AB = ( 6 8 5 )

[1]
a.

Find a vector equation for L.

[2]
b.i.

Point C (k , 12 , −k) is on L. Show that k = 14.

[4]
b.ii.

Find OB AB .

[2]
c.i.

Write down the value of angle OBA.

[1]
c.ii.

Point D is also on L and has coordinates (8, 4, −9).

Find the area of triangle OCD.

[6]
d.



A solid glass paperweight consists of a hemisphere of diameter 6 cm on top of a cuboid with a square base of length 6 cm, as shown in the diagram.

The height of the cuboid, x cm, is equal to the height of the hemisphere.

Write down the value of x.

[1]
a.i.

Calculate the volume of the paperweight.

[3]
a.ii.

1 cm3 of glass has a mass of 2.56 grams.

Calculate the mass, in grams, of the paperweight.

[2]
b.



Six equilateral triangles, each with side length 3 cm, are arranged to form a hexagon.
This is shown in the following diagram.

The vectors p , q and r are shown on the diagram.

Find p•(p + q + r).




A line L passes through points A ( 3 ,   4 ,   2 ) and B ( 1 ,   3 ,   3 ) .

The line L also passes through the point C ( 3 ,   1 ,   p ) .

Show that AB = ( 2 1 1 ) .

[1]
a.i.

Find a vector equation for L .

[2]
a.ii.

Find the value of p .

[5]
b.

The point D has coordinates ( q 2 ,   0 ,   q ) . Given that DC is perpendicular to L , find the possible values of q .

[7]
c.



Consider the vectors a ( 0 3 p ) and b = ( 0 6 18 ) .

Find the value of p for which a and b are

parallel.

[2]
a.

perpendicular.

[4]
b.



Yao drains the oil from his motorbike into two identical cuboids with rectangular bases of width 10  cm and length 40  cm. The height of each cuboid is 5  cm.

The oil from the motorbike fills the first cuboid completely and the second cuboid to a height of 2  cm. The information is shown in the following diagram.

Calculate the volume of oil drained from Yao’s motorbike.

[3]
a.

Yao then pours all the oil from the cuboids into an empty cylindrical container. The height of the oil in the container is 30  cm.

Find the internal radius, r , of the container.

[3]
b.



The following diagram shows triangle ABC, with AB = 3  cm , BC = 8  cm , and A B ^ C = π 3 .

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Show that AC = 7  cm .

[4]
a.

The shape in the following diagram is formed by adding a semicircle with diameter [AC] to the triangle.

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Find the exact perimeter of this shape.

[3]
b.



A buoy is floating in the sea and can be seen from the top of a vertical cliff. A boat is travelling from the base of the cliff directly towards the buoy.

The top of the cliff is 142 m above sea level. Currently the boat is 100 metres from the buoy and the angle of depression from the top of the cliff to the boat is 64°.

Draw and label the angle of depression on the diagram.




Helen is building a cabin using cylindrical logs of length 2.4 m and radius 8.4 cm. A wedge is cut from one log and the cross-section of this log is illustrated in the following diagram.

Find the volume of this log.




The magnitudes of two vectors, u and v, are 4 and  3  respectively. The angle between u and v is  π 6 .

Let w = u − v. Find the magnitude of w.




Two fixed points, A and B, are 40 m apart on horizontal ground. Two straight ropes, AP and BP, are attached to the same point, P, on the base of a hot air balloon which is vertically above the line AB. The length of BP is 30 m and angle BAP is 48°.

On the diagram, draw and label with an x the angle of depression of B from P.