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CHAPTER 4: ADDITIONAL TOPICS

4-1. Understanding Geometric Relationships ................... 2
4-2. Distance and Area ...................................................... 4
4-3. Understanding Basic Trigonometry ........................... 7
4-4. Understanding Complex Numbers............................. 8
 Understanding Geometric Relationships

1 4

M Q N l

x°
m

(x + 5)° y°
P O

In the figure above, MNOP is a square and Q is the

20 Lines l and m are parallel in the figure above.
midpoint of MN . If QO = , what is the area of Which of the following expresses the value of y in
3
square MNOP ? terms of x ?
A) 95 - 2x
B) 165 - 2x
C) 175 - 2x
2 D) 185 - 2x

5
40° y
l
87°
x°
(3, 13) (12, 13)
m

(3, 5) (18, 5)

x
O
Lines l and m are parallel in the figure above. What
is the value of x ?
In the figure above, what is the distance between
3 the midpoints (not shown) of the two line
segments?
A) 68 B) 73 C) 76
a°
D) 78

240° 6
c° What is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle
b° inscribed in a circle with circumference 24p ?

A)
36 2 B) 30 3
 
C)
36 3 D) 24 6

In the figure above, what is the value of a + b + c ?

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Exercise Set 1: Geometry (Calculator)

Questions 7–9 are based on the figure below. 11

y
A(3, 15)
y°
x
B(10, 12) 3m

2y° y°

2m + 5
C(10, 2)
x Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
O

In the figure above, what is the value of x ?

Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
A)
5 2 B) 5 3 C)   15 2 D)   15 3
7
In the figure above, what is the perimeter of
quadrilateral ABCO, to the nearest integer?
Questions 12–15 are based on the information
below.

In the xy-plane, ABCD is a square. Point A has

coordinates (-1, 2) and point B has coordinates
8 (3, 5).
In the figure above, what is the area, in square
units, of ABCO ? 12
Which of the following could be the coordinates
of C ?
A) (0, 9) B)  (6, 0) C)  (2, -2) D)  (-4, 6)

9
13
In the figure above, point K (not shown) is the mid­-
point of OA, and point M (not shown) is the What is the area of square ABCD ?
midpoint of AB. What is the slope of KM ? A) 25 B)  
28 C)  
30 D)  
32

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What is the slope of BC ?
A) 4 B)   - 3 C) 3 D) 4
10 -
3 4 4 3
In the xy-plane, point H has coordinates (2, 1) and
point J has coordinates (11, 13). If HK is parallel to 15
the x-axis and JK is parallel to the y-axis, what it What is the distance between C and the midpoint
the perimeter of triangle HJK ? of AB ?

A) 50 B) 125 C) 50
4 4 2

D) 125
2

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 Distance and Area

1 5
A cereal company sells oatmeal in two sizes of Which of the following equations represents a circle
cylindrical containers. The radius of the larger in the xy-plane that intersects the x-axis at (3, 0) and
container is twice that of the smaller, and the (9, 0) ?
height of the larger container is 50% greater than
A) (x - 6)2 + (y - 4)2 = 25
the smaller. If the smaller container holds 10
ounces of oatmeal, how many ounces can the B) (x - 3)2 + (y - 9)2 = 25
larger container hold? C) (x - 6)2 + (y - 4)2 = 36
D) (x - 3)2 + (y - 9)2 = 36

D P N

In the figure above, P and N are the centers of the

circles and PN = 6. What is the area of the shaded
Note: Figure not drawn to scale. region?

In the figure above, CD is tangent to both circles, A)   18π − 9 3 B) 24π − 9 3

which are tangent to each other. If the smaller circle
has a circumference of 4p and the larger circle has C) 24π − 18 3 D) 36π − 18 3
a circumference of 16p, what is the length of CD ?
7

P (9, k)
3
What is the area, in square inches, of a circle with
diameter 6p2 inches?
A) 9p4 B)  9p5 C)  36p4 D)  36p5
x
O (3, 0) (9, 0)
4
What is the length of the longest line segment that The diagram above shows a hexagon with all sides
connects two vertices of a rectangular box that is congruent and all angles congruent. What is the
6 units wide, 4 units long, and 2 units tall? value of k ?
A)
6 2 B) 6 3
   C)   12 2
   D)   12 3
  
A) 12 B) 48 C) 56

D) 58

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Exercise Set 2: Geometry (Calculator)

8 11

y The Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt, has a height

of 140 meters and a volume of 2.6 million cubic
D (14, 14) meters. If a scale model of the Great Pyramid is
A(−2, 12)
to be built that is 2 meters high, what will be the
volume, in cubic meters, of this model?

C (14, 6)

x
O B(4, 0)
12
Which of the following equations defines a circle
What is the area, in square units, of the that is tangent to the y-axis?
quadrilateral above?
A) (x - 2)2 + (y + 3)2 = 2
B) (x - 2)2 + (y + 3)2 = 3
C) (x - 2)2 + (y + 3)2 = 4
D) (x - 2)2 + (y + 3)2 = 9
9
What is the degree measure, to the nearest whole
degree, of an angle that measures 5.6 radians? Questions 13 and 14 refer to the diagram below.

E F
9

10 B C
15

A D G
10
O x° N The figure above shows two rectangles that share
a common vertex, and AF is a line segment that
passes through C.
M
13
(

In the figure above, arc MN has a length of 11.5. What is the ratio of the area of rectangle ABCD to
To the nearest integer, what is the value of x ? the area of rectangle AEFG ?
A) 3:5
B)   9:25
C) 5:8
D)  25:64

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If CD = 9, what is the perimeter of rectangle AEFG ?
A) 67.2
x°
B)   72.6
C) 76.2 4x°
D) 78.6 O
8

Point O is the center of the circle above. What is the

area of the shaded region?

64p
A) -16 3
3
16p
B) -8 3
3
64p
C) -12 3
3
64p
D) -8 3
3

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 Understanding Basic Trigonometry

1 6
What is the greatest possible value of f if a p
If sin x = and 0 < x < , which of the following
8 sin 2 x 1 b 2
f (x) = − ?
2 2
expressions is equal to b ?
a
1
A) sin
⎝x⎠

2 1
B) 
π
π a
2
cos − x
If cos = a , what is the value of ? ⎝2 ⎠
⎝3 ⎠ ⎝3⎠
C) 1 - sin2 x

π
D) sin −x
⎝2 ⎠

3
If (sin x - cos x)2 = 0.83, what is the value of 7
(sin x + cos x)2 ? If sin b = a, which of the following could be the
value of cos (b + p) ?

A) a2 - 1

4 B) a2 - 1
π - 1 - a2
sin C)
Which of the following is equivalent to ⎝6 ⎠ ?
π D) 1 - a2
cos
⎝ 3⎠
1 1 3
A)    B)    C)  D) 1 8
6 3 2
p cos x 3
If 0 < x < and = , what is the value of
2 1 − sin x 2
2

5 cos x ?
y A) 1
9
II I B) 1
3
x 4
O C)
9
III IV
D) 2
3
If sin q < 0 and sin q cos q < 0, then q must be in
which quadrant of the figure above?

A) I     
B) II     
C) III     
D) IV

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 Understanding Complex Numbers

1 6
If a + bi = (1 + 2i)(3 - 4i), where a and b are Which of the following expressions is equal to
constants and i = −1, what is the value of a + b ? (2 + 2i)2 ?

A) 0
B) 4i
C) 8i
D) 4 - 4i
2
4+i
If a + bi = , where a and b are constants and 7
2−i
If B(3 + i) = 3 - i, what is the value of B ?
i = −1, what is the value of a ?
A) 3 4
+ i
5 5
B) 4 + 3 i
5 5
C) 3 4
3 - i
5 5
For what value of b does (b + i)2 = 80 + 18i ?
D) 4 - 3 i
5 5

8
x2 + kx = -6
4
If one of the solutions to the equation above is
The solutions of the equation x2 - 2x + 15 = 0 are x = 1 − i 5, what is the value of k ?
x = a + i b and x = a − i b , where a and b are -4
A)
positive numbers. What is the value of a + b ? -2
B)
C) 2
D) 4

5 9

Given that i = −1, which of the following is equal If im = -i, which of the following CANNOT be the
value of m ?
to 1 ? A) 15
(1 + i )2
B) 18
A) 1 1
- i C) 19
2 2
D) 27
B)  - 1 i
2
C) 1
i
2
D) 1 + 1 i
2 2

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