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Math Applications HL Paper 1 (May 2024, TZ2)

  1. [Maximum mark: 6]

A sheep is in a field in the shape of a triangle, ABC.
AC = 21 metres, AB = 15 metres and CÂB = 78°.

A goat is in an adjacent field in the shape of a sector of a circle with centre, A, and radius 8 metres.

The fields are shown in the diagram.

Figure region page 9
Figure region from page 9

Determine which animal, the sheep or the goat, is in the field with the larger area, and state how many extra square metres are in this larger field.