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ALATHENA INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY

Unit 5 Test
10 10 10 10 Trigonometry & Applications
K/U Comm Think App ray
Name ________________________________

Part A: Knowledge/Understanding
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Put your answers in the table on page 3

1. For the given triangle, use one of the reciprocal ratios to determine to the nearest degree.

a. 37 tan(theta) = 9 / 12 = 0.75 c. 39
b. 38 theta = arctan(0.75) = 36.87 d. 40
Answer: a. 37

2. Determine the value of to the nearest degree if .

a. cot(theta) = 2 c.
b. tan(theta) = 1 / 2 = 0.5 d.
theta = arctan(0.5) = 26.57
Answer: c. 27
3. For the angle moving counter-clockwise in standard position, determine which primary trigonometric
ratio is positive. theta = 150 degrees is in Quadrant 2
a. sine In Quadrant 2: c. tangent
b. cosine sine is positive d. none are positive
cosine and tangent are negative
Answer: a. sine
4. Given , determine which of the following is an equivalent expression.
a. c.
b. d.
cos(170) = cos(190) because cosine is an even function
Answer: a. cos 190
5. The graph of a periodic function is shown below. What is the period of the function?
y

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 x
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

a. 2 c. 4
b. 3 b. 3 d. 6

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6. The graph of a periodic function is shown below. What is the equation of axis of the function?
y

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 x
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

c. y=1
a. c.
b. d.

7. The graph of a periodic function is shown below. What is the amplitude of the function?
y

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 x
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

a. 2 c. 4
b. 3 b. 3 d. 6

8. Alice is riding a Ferris wheel, where t is time in seconds. Suppose the Ferris wheel is 22 m tall. Let
represent the height of Alice in m above or below the centre of the Ferris wheel. Relative to the centre
of the Ferris wheel, what is the lowest height Alice achieves?
a. m c. m The highest value of h(t) = 11 * 1 = 11
b. 12 m d. 11 m The lowest value of h(t) = 11 * (-1) = -11
So the lowest height relative to the center is -11 meters.
Correct answer: c. -11 m

9. The height of a saw tooth in inches after time in seconds is represented by the function
for t > 0. Without graphing the function, determine the minimum height that the saw tooth
reaches.
a. c. Max y = 0.6 - 0.4 = 0.2
b. d.
Min y = -0.6 - 0.4 = -1.0

Answer: d. -1.0

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10. Which of the following does the function not have?

a. reflection c. vertical stretch
b. horizontal translation d. vertical translation

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
c a a b
a

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
c b d a
c

Part B: Communication
Answer the following questions in the space provided, show full solutions for all marks.

11. Sketch one cycle of the following graph and be sure to include an appropriate scale on each axis:

4

y  3 sin  x  90   (3 marks)
5 

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12. Write an equation to represent the sinusoidal function in the following graph: (2 marks)

y = 2cos(2x) - 1

13. The following data shows the average monthly UV index for Toronto this year:

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
47 52 62 72 79 87 93 93 84 74 60 49

a) Graph the values on the grid provided. (2 marks)

b) Determine an equivalent sine function that models this data, show any calculations necessary. (3 marks)

monthly UV index
A = (93 - 47) / 2
A = 46 / 2
A = 23
95
D = (93 + 47) / 2 90
D = 140 / 2
D = 70 85
80
Period = 12
2pi / B = 12 75
B = 2pi / 12
70
B = pi / 6
65
Max at x = 7
(pi / 6)(7 - C) = pi / 2 60
7-C=3 55
C=4
50
45
40

month

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Part C: Thinking
Answer the following questions in the space provided, show full solutions for all marks.

14. Determine the exact values of the following, show work for full marks. (4 marks)

2 tan 30
a) sin 300 
b) cos 30  

sin 45
300 degrees is in
Quadrant IV. = (sqr(3)/2) * (2 * (1/sqr(3)) / (sqr(2)/2))
sin 300degrees = - = (sqr(3)/2) * (2/sqr(3)) * (2/sqr(2))
sin(360degrees - = (sqr(3)/2) * (4/sqr(3) * sqr(2))
300degrees) = (4 * sqr(3)) / (2 * sqr(3) * sqr(2))
= -sin 60 = (4) / (2 * sqr(2))
= -sqr3/2 = 2/sqr(2)
= sqr(2)

15. Prove the following identities, show your steps for full marks. (6 marks)

1  cot 2 x
a) cos x1  sec xcos x  1   sin 2 x b) 1
csc2 x
cos x * (1 + sec x) * (cos x - 1) (1 + cot^2 x) / csc^2 x
= cos x * (1 + 1/cos x) * (cos x - 1) = csc^2 x / csc^2 x
= (cos x + 1) * (cos x - 1) =1
= cos^2 x - 1
= -sin^2 x

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Part D: Application
Answer the following questions in the space provided, show full solutions for all marks.

16. The trunk of a leaning tree makes an angle of 12º with the vertical. To prevent the tree from falling over,
a 35 m rope is attached to the top of the tree and anchored into level ground some distance away. If the
tree is 20 m from its base to its top, calculate the angle the rope makes with the ground. (3 marks)
tree height = 20
rope length = 35
tree angle = 12

horizontal distance of tree top:

x = 20 * sin 12
x = 20 * 0.2079
x = 4.158

horizontal distance from base to anchor point:

d=x+?
rope horizontal component:
d = sqrt(35^2 - 20^2)
d = sqrt(1225 - 400)
d = sqrt(825)
d = 28.7228

horizontal distance from tree base to anchor:

ground distance = d

angle rope makes with ground:

theta = arctan(20 / 28.7228)
theta = arctan(0.6965)
theta = 34.87
= 34.9 degrees
17. The posts of a hockey goal net are 2.0 m apart. A player attempts to score by shooting a puck along the
ice from a point 6.5 m from one post and 8.0 m from the other. Within what angle θ must the shot be
made to score? (3 marks)
post distance = 2.0
distances: 6.5, 8.0

use cosine law:

cos theta = (6.5^2 + 8.0^2 - 2.0^2) / (2 * 6.5 * 8.0)
cos theta = (42.25 + 64 - 4) / (104)
cos theta = 102.25 / 104
cos theta = 0.98245

theta = arccos(0.98245)
theta = 10.75
=10.8 degrees

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18. The top of a flagpole sways back and forth in high winds. The top sways 10 cm to the right (+10) and 10
cm to the left (-10) of its resting position and moves back and forth 240 times every 60 seconds. At t=0,
the pole was momentary at its resting position, then started to move to the right. (4 marks)

a) Draw a rough sketch of a graph representing this motion

b) Determine the equation of a sinusoidal function that describes the distance the pole moves as a
function of time. Show your calculations for full marks.