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Date May 2018 Marks available 3 Reference code 18M.2.sl.TZ2.2
Level SL only Paper 2 Time zone TZ2
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Question

The following diagram shows quadrilateral ABCD.

AB=11cm,BC=6cm,BAD  =  100, and CBD  =  82

Find DB.

[3]
a.

Find DC.

[3]
b.

Markscheme

evidence of choosing sine rule      (M1)

eg     asin A=bsin B=csin C

correct substitution      (A1)
eg     DBsin 59=11sin 100

9.57429

DB = 9.57 (cm)      A1 N2

[3 marks]

a.

evidence of choosing cosine rule     (M1)

eg    a2=b2+c22bccos(A),DC2=DB2 +  BC2  2DB×BC×cos(DBC) 

correct substitution into RHS      (A1)
eg   9.572+622×9.57×6×cos82,111.677  

10.5677

DC = 10.6 (cm)      A1 N2

[3 marks]

b.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 3 - Circular functions and trigonometry » 3.6 » The cosine rule.
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