MCR 3U-Trigonometric Identities and Ambiguous Case Practice Test

1. A triangular picture frame has a side length a of 12.8 cm. Directly opposite this side length is an angle
of 29.3. Another side length is 20.5 cm. Solve for the triangle.
2. Line segment AB has a length of 15 and A = 35. A segment with a length of 12 will form the third
side of the triangle. What are the possible measures of the angle opposite side AB?
3. The glass pyramid outside Louvre Museum in Paris was built between 1985-1989. The structure has a
square base with sides 35.42 m long and a height of 64.21 m from the apex to the base (ground level).
a) Determine the angle each face makes with the base.
b) Determine the distance from the top of the pyramid to the corner of the base.
4. To measure the height XY of an inaccessible cliff, a surveyor recorded the data below. If the height of
the theodolite used was 1.7 m, determine the height of the cliff (to the nearest tenth of a metre).
X
5. While waiting for his friends, a boy walks out on a balcony 60 m above ground level.
Y
From a distance, he spots Friend A walking at an angle of depression of 63 bearing
180. At the same time he also spots Friend B walking at an angle of depression 31.1
V
W
of 38 bearing 250. How far apart are Friend A and Friend B?
35.8
90m
44.2
6. Prove the following identities:
2

a)

b)

tan cos =

1
2
1cos
2
cos

tan sin tan sin

=
tan + sin
tan sin

2 sin 3
c) 1+cos = 1cos
2 sin
4
4
2
d) sin A cos A =2 sin A 1

e)

sec P+1 cos P+ 1

+
sec P1 cos P1

=0

Thinking/Inquiry
7. Solve the following trigonometric equations for 0 360.
a) sin2 - cos2 =

1
4

b) 3tan + cos = 0.625

8. Simone is facing north at the entrance of a tunnel through a mountain. She notices that a 1515 m high
mountain in the distance has a bearing of 270 and its peak appears at an angle of elevation of 35. After
she exits the tunnel, the same mountain has a bearing of 258 and its peak appears at an angle of elevation
of 31. Assuming that the tunnel is perfectly level and straight, how long is it to the nearest metre?

9. The interior angles of a triangle are 120, 40 and 20. The longest side is 10 cm longer than the shorter
side. Determine the perimeter of the triangle to the nearest centimetre.