WorkSHEET 6.

1 Circular functions Name: ____________________________

1 A surveyor wishes to calculate the height of a

tower. At a distance of 100 metres from the
base of the tower, the angle of elevation is 57º.
How high is the tower (to the nearest metre)?

h
tan 57° =
100
h = 100 × tan 57°
h = 154 metres

2 An 800-metre long taut chairlift cable enables

the chairlift to rise 300 metres vertically. What
is the angle of elevation (to the nearest degree)
of the cable?

300
sin θ ° =
800
3
θ = sin −1
8
θ = 22°

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3 Standing on top of a building, a surveyor
measures the angles of depression as 17º and
13º to the base and top of a tower respectively.
This tower is situated on top of another
building 350 metres away, measured
horizontally. To the nearest metre, how high is
the tower?

y
tan 13° =
350
350 tan 13° = y
y = 80.8
y ≈ 81
y +T
tan 17° =
350
350 tan 17° = y + T
T = 350 tan 17° − y
= 107 − 81
= 26 metres

4 What are the exact values of the following?

(a) sin 45º 2
(a) sin 45º =
2
(b) tan 60º
(b) tan 60º = 3
(c) cos 60º 1
(c) cos 60º =
2
(d) tan 30º 3
(d) tan 30º =
3

5 What are the exact values of the following? 1

(a) sin 390° = sin 30° =
(a) sin 390° 2
3
(b) tan (−150°) (b) tan (−150°) = tan 210° =
3
(c) cos (−135°) (c) cos (−135°) = cos 225° = −
2
2
(d) tan 600° (d) tan 600° = tan 240° = 3

6 Convert the following to exact radian values. π π

(a) 90° =
(a) 90º 180° 2
π 5π
(b) 150º (b) 150° × =
180° 6
π 3π
(c) 135º (c) 135° × =
180° 4
(d) 240º π 4π
(d) 240° × =
180° 3

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7 Convert the following to radian values correct
to 3 decimal places. π
(a) 70° × = 1.222
(a) 70º 180°
π
(b) 160º (b) 160° × = 2.793
180°
π
(c) 250º (c) 250° × = 4.363
180°
(d) 390º π
(d) 390° × = 6.807
180°

8 Convert the following radian values to degrees.

π π 180
(a) (a) × = 30°
6 6 π
3π 3π 180
(b) (b) × = 135°
4 4 π
7π 7π 180
(c) (c) × = 420°
3 3 π
2π 2π 180
(d) (d) × = 72°
5 5 π

9 Convert each of the following radian values to

degrees, correct to the nearest degree. 180
(a) 4.56 × = 261°
(a) 4.56 π
180
(b) 2.1 (b) 2 .1 × = 120°
π
180
(c) 6 (c) 6× = 344°
π
(d) 0.07 180
(d) 0.07 × = 4°
π

10 What are the exact values of the following?

π π 2
(a) sin (a) sin =
4 4 2
3π 3π
(b) tan (b) tan = −1
4 4
7π
(c) cos 7π 3
6 (c) cos =−
6 2
11π
(d) tan 11π 3
6 (d) tan =−
6 3

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