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Pack A — Answers
Bronze
1.5.74
2.
3.13
4.
5.24 cm
6.
7.52.2
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.1
16.12 cm
17.36 cm
18.12.6 cm
19.25.1 cm
20.Both equal .
21.3
22.
23.Max 8, Min 2
24.5
25.
26.12
27. units right
28.Sinusoidal (sine or cosine).
29.Amplitude 5; mean 9
30.Amplitude 3; period ; no vertical shift.
Silver
31.11.7
32.
33.7.00
34.
35.(a) 52.2 m; (b) m
36. m
37.6.43 cm
38.North 25.0 km; East 43.3 km
39.
40. m
41.
42.
43. or
44.
45.
46.30.6 cm
47.
48. and .
49. or
50.(a) cm; (b) cm
51.(a) 3; (b) 12; (c) 7
52. hours
53. m; max 8 m
54. hours
55.
56.18°C
57.Period 4 s; amplitude 6
58.,
59.
60.18 = height of centre above ground; 15 = radius of the wheel.
Gold
61.
62.; km
63.
64.
65.
66. cm
67.
68.
69. or
70. km
71.
72.
73.
74. cm
75.LHS .
76.,
77.
78.
79.
80.
81. min
82. h or h
83.
84.(a) h (3pm); (b) 28°C
85. hours
86.,
87.
88.
89.8
90.
Platinum
91.(a) ; (b) km
92. m
93. km
94.Case 1: , , . Case 2: , , .
95.(a) ; (b)
96.
97. cm
98. km
99. m
100. km
101.; segment cm
102. rad
103.See working.
104.
105. cm; max area 25 cm
106.
107.; segment cm
108.
109. cm
110.See working.
111. min
112. h
113.(a) 8; (b) ; (c)
114.; h
115.(a) 60 Hz; (b) s ms
116.
117.Periodic with period (least common period of components).
118., ,
119. (8 hours per day)
120.10 W
Pack B — Answers
Bronze
1.7.71
2.
3.17
4.
5.30 cm
6.
7.53.6
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.12 cm
17.30 cm
18.6.28 cm
19.52.4 cm
20.; .
21.7
22.6
23.Max 9, Min 5
24.7
25.
26.8
27. units left
28.Sinusoidal.
29.Amplitude 7; mean 15
30.Amplitude 4; period 6; shifted down 1.
Silver
31.10.3
32.
33.10.2
34.
35.(a) 74.8; (b)
36. m
37.15.3 cm
38.North km (i.e. 51.4 km south); East 61.3 km
39.
40. m
41.
42.
43. or
44.
45.
46.21.8 cm
47.
48.; since .
49. or
50.(a) cm; (b) cm
51.(a) 5; (b) 8; (c) 12
52. hours
53. m; max 8 m
54. hours
55.
56.23°C
57.Period 4 s; amplitude 4
58.,
59.
60.22 = mean (average) temperature; 6 = amplitude of temperature variation.
Gold
61.
62.; km
63.
64.
65.
66. cm
67.
68.
69. or
70. km
71.
72.
73.
74. cm
75.LHS = RHS.
76.,
77.
78.
79.
80.
81. min
82. h or h
83.
84.(a) h (2pm); (b) 24°C
85. hours
86.,
87.
88.
89.12
90.
Platinum
91.
92. m
93. km
94.Case 1: , , . Case 2: , , .
95.(a) ; (b)
96.
97. cm
98. km
99. m
100. km
101.; segment cm
102. rad
103.See working.
104.
105. cm; max area 56.25 cm
106.
107.; segment cm
108.
109. cm
110.See working: .
111. min
112. h
113.(a) 12; (b) ; (c)
114.; h
115.(a) 50 Hz; (b) s ms
116.
117.Periodic with period .
118., ,
119. (about 4 h)
120.18 W
Problem-solving — Worked Solutions
1Problem 1
Answer
(a) 52.2 m. (b) 13.0 m. (c) .
Full working
(a) Area . (b) , . (c) Sine rule: , .
2Problem 2
Answer
(a) . (b) Area .
Full working
(a) . (b) .
3Problem 3
Answer
(a) At : ; at : ; at : . (b) m. (c) Height m.
Full working
(a) Bearings: at , is east of north → . At , is south (bearing ) and is ; difference . (b) . Sine rule: m. (c) Height .
4Problem 4
Answer
(a) Interior angle at is . (b) km. (c) .
Full working
(a) Turn , interior . (b) , . (c) Sine rule for : , . Bearing from : . Return: .
5Problem 5
Answer
(a) Leg 1: E 5.91, N 1.04; Leg 2: E 4.50, N ; Leg 3: E , N . (b) Total E ; total N . (c) km.
Full working
(a) East ; North . (b) Add component-wise. (c) Distance .
6Problem 6
Answer
(a) or . (b) Case 1: , . Case 2: , .
Full working
(a) . Two valid angles. (b) Use the sine rule again for .
7Problem 7
Answer
(a) cm. (b) . (c) .
Full working
(a) . (b) Base diagonal ; , . (c) , .
8Problem 8
Answer
(a) and . (b) m; m.
Full working
(a) Two right triangles with same height. (b) ; subtract to get . ; m. To 3 s.f.: , .
9Problem 9
Answer
(a) km; km. (b) . (c) km.
Full working
(c) . With : , km.
10Problem 10
Answer
(a) Largest angle is opposite side 11; . (b) unit. (c) Acute (all angles ).
Full working
(a) , . (b) Use or Heron: ; unit. (c) Largest angle , so triangle is acute.
11Problem 11
Answer
(a) . (b) m.
Full working
(a) , . (b) Cosine rule: , m.
12Problem 12
Answer
(a) . (b) m; m. (c) m.
Full working
(a) . (b) ; . (c) Drop a perpendicular from to : height m.
13Problem 13
Answer
(a) . (b) . (c) 1. (d) .
Full working
From the 30-60-90 and 45-45-90 special triangles, with .
14Problem 14
Answer
.
Full working
is in QII (between and ). Reference angle: . Cosine is negative in QII: .
15Problem 15
Answer
(a) cm. (b) cm. (c) cm.
Full working
(a) . (b) . (c) Perimeter .
16Problem 16
Answer
(a) or . (b) or . (c) or .
Full working
(a) , ref , cos negative in QII, QIII. (b) Sin positive in QI, QII. (c) Tan negative in QII, QIV; ref .
17Problem 17
Answer
(a) . (b) . (c) .
Full working
(a) . QII → cosine negative: . (b) . (c) Multiply.
18Problem 18
Answer
(a) Major sector cm. (b) cm. (c) Minor segment cm.
Full working
(a) Minor sector ; major sector . (b) Triangle . (c) Minor segment .
19Problem 19
Answer
See working.
Full working
Cross-multiplying: . LHS by Pythagorean identity. Hence the identity holds, provided (LHS denominator) and (RHS denominator), i.e. .
20Problem 20
Answer
.
Full working
Let : . → . → .
21Problem 21
Answer
(a) . (b) .
Full working
with , . .
22Problem 22
Answer
(a) . (b) . (c) , max area 36 cm.
Full working
(a) Perimeter , so . (b) . (c) Quadratic , max at , .
23Problem 23
Answer
(a) cm. (b) cm. (c) cm. Wait — recompute: outer arc ; inner arc ; two radial edges total . Total perimeter cm.
Full working
(a) Outer area ; inner area ; difference . (b) Annular sector area .
24Problem 24
Answer
(a) Both sides give 0. (b) Two more solutions visible, one positive, one negative. (c) . (d) The equation mixes a transcendental () and a polynomial — there is no algebraic closed-form.
Full working
(a) and . (b) The line has gradient ; intersects once positive, once negative (by symmetry). (c) Use Newton's method or the GDC: . (d) Equations involving combinations of polynomial and transcendental functions are generally not solvable in closed form — only special cases (e.g. ) have explicit solutions.
25Problem 25
Answer
(a) Amplitude 3 m; period 12 h; mean 5 m. (b) Max 8 m; min 2 m. (c) h (about 01:24).
Full working
(a) Read off . (b) Max ; min . (c) .
26Problem 26
Answer
(a) See working. (b) Max 33 m, min 3 m. (c) min. (d) ≈ 1.38 min.
Full working
(a) Mean 18; amplitude 15; period 4 ⇒ . Use so (min). (b) Max 33, min 3. (c) Solve . (d) By symmetry, above 25 m between and , total min.
27Problem 27
Answer
(a) 3. (b) 12. (c) Max 7; min 1. (d) Starts at (mean), rises to max 7 at .
Full working
(a)–(c) Read off. (d) First quarter-period ; first max at . Mean at .
28Problem 28
Answer
(a) Amplitude 3; mean 12. (b) . (c) 12 h. (d) months.
Full working
(a) Read from max/min. (b) Min at → use . (c) , . (d) , months. (Recompute: ; .)
29Problem 29
Answer
(a) Amplitude 10; period 2. (b) 10, 0, . (c) or . (d) Max speed cm/s.
Full working
(a) Read off. (b) Direct evaluation. (c) . (d) ; max magnitude .
30Problem 30
Answer
(a) . (b) . (c) .
Full working
(a) Sine lags cosine by . (b) Cosine leads sine by . (c) .
31Problem 31
Answer
(a) 4 s. (b) Amplitude 4; mean 5. (c) .
Full working
(a) Pattern repeats every 4 s. (b) Max 9, min 1, mean 5. (c) Period 4 → . Sin choice because mean-and-rising at .
32Problem 32
Answer
(a) months. (b) From to months. (c) Sketch.
Full working
. With , , so months. Length months.
33Problem 33
Answer
(a) Periodic, period . (b) Not periodic — the term grows. (c) Periodic, period . (d) Periodic, period (since ).
Full working
(a) Both terms have period . (b) Adding a non-periodic term breaks periodicity. (c) Periods and ; LCM = . (d) Identity has period .
34Problem 34
Answer
(a) Amplitude 0.5 Pa; frequency 440 Hz. (b) Period ms. (c) ; . (d) The pitch A4 (concert A).
Full working
(a) Read off. (b) s ms. (c) At : . At : , . (d) 440 Hz is the international tuning standard for concert A.
35Problem 35
Answer
(a) Amplitude 4, period 12, mean 7. (b) . (c) h. (d) h.
Full working
(a) Read off. (b) . (c) Next zero of after is . (d) in -space: . Convert: . Length 4 h. (Adjust: 4 h exactly.)
36Problem 36
Answer
(a) Data oscillates: high–low–high–even higher. The change is broadly periodic. (b) Amplitude ; mean ; period . (c) Approximately . (d) .
Full working
(a) Periodicity is plausible for ecological populations with seasonal effects. (b) From extremes: max 580, min 240; amplitude , mean . Period ≈ 12 (high at , next high would be at , but only one full period in data; estimate). (c) Choose phase so model fits the observed minimum at . (d) Substitute .
