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Date May 2015 Marks available 2 Reference code 15M.1.sl.TZ2.2
Level SL only Paper 1 Time zone TZ2
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Question

Fabián stands on top of a building, T, which is on a horizontal street.

He observes a car, C, on the street, at an angle of depression of 30°. The base of the building is at B. The height of the building is 80 metres.

The following diagram indicates the positions of T, B and C.

Show, in the appropriate place on the diagram, the values of

(i)     the height of the building;

(ii)     the angle of depression.

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a.

Find the distance, BC, from the base of the building to the car.

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b.

Fabián estimates that the distance from the base of the building to the car is 150 metres. Calculate the percentage error of Fabián’s estimate.

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c.

Markscheme

     (A1)(A1)     (C2)

Notes: Award (A1) for 80 m in the correct position on diagram.

Award (A1) for 30° in a correct position on diagram.

a.

tan30=80BCORtan60=BC80OR80sin30=BCsin60     (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for a correct trigonometric or Pythagorean equation for BC with correctly substituted values.

 

(BC=) 139 (m)(138.564 (m))     (A1)(ft)     (C2)

Notes: Accept an answer of 803 which is the exact answer.

Follow through from part (a).

Do not penalize use of radians unless it leads to a negative answer.

b.

|150138.564138.564|×100     (M1)

Notes: Award (M1) for their correct substitution into the percentage error formula.

 

=8.25(%)(8.25317%)     (A1)(ft)     (C2)

Notes: Accept 7.91(%) (7.91366... if 139 is used.

Accept 8.23(%) (8.22510... if 138.6 is used.

Follow through from their answer to part (b).

If answer to part (b) is 46.2, answer to part (c) is 225%, award (M1)(A1)(ft) with or without working seen. If answer to part (b) is negative, award at most (M1)(A0).

c.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 1 - Number and algebra » 1.2 » Percentage errors.
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