IB Maths AI HL Topic 3: Geometry and trigonometry questions

Exam-style questions in the shape of Paper 1 and Paper 2, with full markschemes. Read the markscheme, or type, photograph or draw your answer and get it marked.

Question 1

Paper 2Easy7 marks

A survey team is preparing a map of a coastal reserve. In one triangulation, stations AA and BB are 138 m138\text{ m} apart. The measured angles in triangle ABPABP are ∠BAP=52∘\angle BAP=52^\circ and ∠ABP=67∘\angle ABP=67^\circ

A second mapped zone is represented by triangle XYZXYZ where XY=84 mXY=84\text{ m} XZ=117 mXZ=117\text{ m} and ∠YXZ=42∘\angle YXZ=42^\circ

(a)

Determine ∠APB\angle APB

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(b)

Show that AP=145 mAP=145\text{ m} correct to three significant figures.

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(c)

Determine the area of triangle XYZXYZ correct to three significant figures.

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Question 2

Paper 2Easy4 marks

An architect models a rectangular atrium as a cuboid measuring 8 m8\text{ m} by 6 m6\text{ m} on the floor and 9 m9\text{ m} high. Let A=(0,0,0)A=(0,0,0) be one lower corner and G=(8,6,9)G=(8,6,9) the opposite upper corner, with coordinates in metres and the floor in the plane z=0z=0

(a)

Find the coordinates of the midpoint of AGAG

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(b)

Find the angle between AGAG and the floor, to the nearest degree.

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Question 3

Paper 2Easy6 marks

Figure 1 shows a line segment ABAB on a Cartesian grid.

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(a)

Write down the coordinates of AA and BB

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(b)

Find the coordinates of the midpoint of ABAB

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(c)

Calculate the gradient of ABAB

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(d)

Hence determine the equation of the perpendicular bisector of ABAB giving your answer in the form y=mx+cy=mx+c

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Question 4

Paper 1Hard6 marks

A flat map uses Cartesian coordinates to locate radio beacons. The segment ABAB lies on the line 3x−4y−10=03x-4y-10=0 and its midpoint is M(2,−1)M(2,-1)

(a)

Determine the equation of the perpendicular bisector of ABAB giving your answer in the form ax+by+c=0ax+by+c=0

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(b)

Beacons CC and DD have coordinates C(−2,4)C(-2,4) and D(4,2)D(4,2) An emergency receiver QQ must be equidistant from AA and BB and also equidistant from CC and DD

Using your answer to (a), determine the exact coordinates of QQ

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