Question 1

Paper 2Medium6 marks

A designer is planning a pavilion with a square-based roof shaped as a right pyramid. The apex AA is vertically above the centre OO of the square base. Each side of the base is 8.4 m8.4\text{ m} and the current vertical height AOAO is 4.60 m4.60\text{ m} The design requires the angle between each sloping edge and the plane of the base to be at least 38∘38^\circ Let PP be a corner of the base.

(a)

Show that OP=5.94 mOP=5.94\text{ m}

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(b)

Calculate the angle between APAP and the plane of the base, giving your answer to the nearest 0.1∘0.1^\circ

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(c)

Determine the minimum vertical height required to meet the design requirement and hence state whether the current roof meets it.

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