Date | May 2021 | Marks available | 5 | Reference code | 21M.2.SL.TZ2.2 |
Level | Standard Level | Paper | Paper 2 | Time zone | Time zone 2 |
Command term | Find | Question number | 2 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
A farmer owns a field in the shape of a triangle ABCABC such that AB=650 m, AC=1005 mAB=650m, AC=1005m and BC=1225 mBC=1225m.
The local town is planning to build a highway that will intersect the borders of the field at points DD and EE, where DC=210 mDC=210m and CÊD=100°CÊD=100°, as shown in the diagram below.
The town wishes to build a carpark here. They ask the farmer to exchange the part of the field represented by triangle DCEDCE. In return the farmer will get a triangle of equal area ADFADF, where FF lies on the same line as DD and EE, as shown in the diagram above.
Find the size of AĈBAĈB.
Find DEDE.
Find the area of triangle DCEDCE.
Estimate DFDF. You may assume the highway has a width of zero.
Markscheme
use of cosine rule (M1)
AĈB=cos-1(10052+12252-65022×1005×1225)AĈB=cos−1(10052+12252−65022×1005×1225) (A1)
=32° (31.9980…)=32° (31.9980…) A1
[3 marks]
use of sine rule (M1)
DEsin 31.9980…°=210sin 100°DEsin31.9980…°=210sin100° (A1)
(DE=)113 m (112.9937…)(DE=)113m (112.9937…) A1
[3 marks]
METHOD 1
180°-(100°+their part (a))180°−(100°+their part (a)) (M1)
=48.0019…°=48.0019…° OR 0.837791…0.837791… (A1)
substituted area of triangle formula (M1)
12×112.9937…×210×sin 48.002°12×112.9937…×210×sin48.002° (A1)
8820 m2 (8817.18…)8820m2 (8817.18…) A1
METHOD 2
CEsin(180-100-their part (a))=210sin 100CEsin(180−100−their part (a))=210sin100 (M1)
(CE=) 158.472…(CE=) 158.472… (A1)
substituted area of triangle formula (M1)
EITHER
12×112.993…×158.472…×sin 10012×112.993…×158.472…×sin100 (A1)
OR
12×210…×158.472…×sin(their part (a))12×210…×158.472…×sin(their part (a)) (A1)
THEN
8820 m2 (8817.18…)8820m2 (8817.18…) A1
METHOD 3
CE2=2102+112.993…2-(2×210×112.993…×cos(180-100-their part (a)))CE2=2102+112.993…2−(2×210×112.993…×cos(180−100−their part (a))) (M1)
(CE=) 158.472…(CE=) 158.472… (A1)
substituted area of triangle formula (M1)
12×112.993…×158.472…×sin 10012×112.993…×158.472…×sin100 (A1)
8820 m2 (8817.18…)8820m2 (8817.18…) A1
[5 marks]
1005-2101005−210 OR 795795 (A1)
equating answer to part (c) to area of a triangle formula (M1)
8817.18…=12×DF×(1005-210)×sin 48.002…°8817.18…=12×DF×(1005−210)×sin48.002…° (A1)
(DF=) 29.8 m (29.8473…)(DF=) 29.8m (29.8473…) A1
[4 marks]