A bicycle wheel has radius . The wheel turns through an angle of .
Express in radians, giving your answer as an exact multiple of .
Calculate the distance travelled by a point on the circumference during this turn.
The wheel completes this turn times. Calculate the total distance travelled by the bicycle, assuming there is no slipping.
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A sector of a circle has central angle radians and area .
Find the radius of the circle.
Hence find the length of the arc of the sector.
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A belt passes around a pulley of radius . The belt moves without slipping. During one stage of a machine cycle, of belt passes the pulley.
Determine the angle, in radians, through which the pulley turns.
Find the corresponding number of complete revolutions and partial revolutions.
The pulley rotates at a constant angular speed of . Calculate the time taken for this stage of the cycle.
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A windscreen wiper sweeps through an angle of . The rubber blade covers distances from to from the pivot.
Calculate the area swept by the rubber blade.
Find the distance travelled by the outer tip of the blade during one sweep.
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A rotating beacon illuminates a fixed point while turning through an angle of radians. The beacon rotates uniformly at revolutions per minute.
Express radians in degrees.
Find the fraction of one complete revolution represented by this angle.
Calculate the time for which the fixed point is illuminated during each revolution.
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A garden bed is in the shape of an annular sector. Its inner radius is , its outer radius is and its central angle is radians.

Calculate the area of the garden bed.
Calculate the total length of the boundary of the garden bed.
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The terminal side of an angle meets the unit circle at the point . The point lies in the third quadrant and , where .
Determine .
Find .
Determine the value of .
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An angle satisfies and , where .
State the quadrant in which the terminal side of lies.
Using trigonometric identities, find and .
Find .
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A point moves anticlockwise around the unit circle. At time , its angular position is radians. Its angular speed is . The vertical coordinate of the point is denoted by . Consider .
Write down a model for in terms of .
Find the first time at which reaches its maximum and the first time at which it reaches its minimum.
Determine all times in the interval when the point lies on the horizontal axis.
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Consider the equation
where .
Using a graphical method, solve the equation.
State the common value of the two expressions at either solution.
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A circular sector has perimeter and area . Its radius is and its central angle is radians.
Show that satisfies the equation .
Determine all possible pairs .
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Consider the equation
where .
Using a graphical method, solve the equation.
State the number of solutions and explain how the graph confirms that no solutions have been omitted.
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In triangle , side , side and angle radians.
Use the sine rule to find the principal possible value of angle .
Explain why the supplementary value of does not form a triangle.
Calculate the length of side for the valid triangle.
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An alternating voltage is modelled by
where is measured in volts and is measured in seconds. Consider .
Using a graphical method, determine all times at which .
Calculate the total duration during which over this interval.
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In triangle , side , side and angle radians.
Determine the two possible values of angle .
For each possible triangle, calculate the length of side .
Explain why both solutions correspond to valid triangles.
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The temperatures recorded by two sensors during a -hour test are modelled by
and
where temperature is measured in and .
Using a graphical method, determine the times at which the two sensors record the same temperature.
Find the common temperature at each of these times.
Determine the total length of time during which sensor records a higher temperature than sensor .
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A theatre follow-spot illuminates an annular sector of the stage. The inner radius is , the outer radius is and the angle of the sector is .

Express the angle of the sector in radians, giving your answer as an exact multiple of .
Calculate the area illuminated by the follow-spot.
translucent floor covering is required for the illuminated region. An additional of its area is allowed for cutting waste. The covering is sold in rolls containing . Determine the minimum number of rolls required.
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A decorative mosaic has the shape of an annular sector. Its outer radius is , its inner radius is , its central angle is radians and its area is .

Form an equation in using the area of the mosaic.
Hence find the outer and inner radii.
Calculate the total length of the boundary of the mosaic.
Tiles of width are placed side by side along the outer curved edge. Determine the minimum number of tiles required.
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A curved stained-glass panel is a sector of a circle. Its curved edge has length and the area of the sector is . The two endpoints of the curved edge are joined by a straight support.

Find the radius of the sector.
Find the central angle of the sector.
Calculate the area enclosed between the curved edge and the straight support.
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The curved edge of a bridge arch is modelled by the minor arc of a circle of radius . The length of this arc is . The region between the arc and its chord is filled with decorative material.

Find the angle subtended by the arc at the centre of the circle.
Calculate the area of the corresponding sector.
Calculate the area of the decorative region.
Find the maximum perpendicular distance between the chord and the arc.
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A lampshade panel is cut in the shape of an annular sector. Its inner radius is , its outer radius is and its outer curved edge has length .

Find the central angle of the panel.
Find the length of the inner curved edge.
radial strip with angular width radians is used as an overlapping seam and is not visible. Calculate the visible area of one completed panel.
sheet contains of material, of which is lost during cutting. Determine the maximum number of completed panels that can be made from one sheet.
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A circular particle detector has outer radius . It contains identical radial sensors. Each sensor detects a centre-based sector extending from the centre to the detector's outer boundary; its outer arc has length . Adjacent sensor sectors are separated by equal angular gaps of radians. There are such equal gaps, in addition to one remaining angular gap.

Find the angle subtended by one sensor sector.
Calculate the total area detected by the sensors.
Show that the sensors and their separating gaps do not fill a complete revolution, and find the remaining angular gap.
Calculate the length of the outer arc corresponding to the remaining angular gap.
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The cross-section of water in a horizontal cylindrical tank is modelled by a minor circular segment. The tank has radius and the curved boundary of the water has length .

Find the angle subtended by the curved water boundary at the centre of the tank.
Calculate the length of the straight water surface joining the endpoints of the curved boundary.
Calculate the cross-sectional area of the water.
Calculate the maximum depth of the water segment, measured perpendicular to the straight water surface.
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The height, , in metres, of a passenger on an observation wheel is modelled by
where is measured in minutes.

State the maximum and minimum heights of the passenger.
State the period of the wheel and the first time at which the passenger reaches maximum height.
Determine the total time during the ride for which the passenger is more than above the ground.
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A coastal radar scans a sector of radius and central angle radians. After each scan, the sector is rotated anticlockwise through radians. Consecutive scanned sectors therefore overlap.

Calculate the length of the outer arc scanned during one scan.
Calculate the area covered during one scan.
Determine the minimum number of consecutive scans required for every direction from the radar station to have been scanned. Justify your answer.
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A tracking marker moves anticlockwise around the unit circle. Initially it is at the point in the second quadrant, where the horizontal coordinate is . It then moves with constant angular speed .

Find the vertical coordinate of .
Find the initial angular position of .
For , determine all times when the marker has vertical coordinate .
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During an eight-hour wildlife survey, sound levels at two monitoring stations are modelled by
and
where sound level is measured in decibels and .

Using a graphical method, determine the times when the stations record the same sound level.
Find the common sound level at each of these times.
Determine the total duration for which station 1 records a higher sound level than station 2.
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A motorized stage light projects a narrow beam to a wall from its pivot. Its angular position is modelled by
where is measured in radians and is measured in seconds.

Find the minimum and maximum angular positions of the beam.
Calculate the area swept out by the beam between its extreme positions.
warning signal operates whenever . Determine the total time for which the warning signal operates during the given interval.
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During a -hour laboratory test, the outputs of two light sensors are modelled by
and
where and output is measured in lux.

Using a graphical method, determine the times when the two sensors have equal output.
Find the common output at each of these times.
Determine the total time during which sensor has a greater output than sensor .
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Three emergency shelters form triangle . The distances opposite angles and are and respectively. The measured angle is radians.

Use the sine rule to find the two possible values of angle .
Explain why both values of produce valid triangles.
Calculate the length of side for each possible triangle.
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A point moves anticlockwise around the unit circle. Its angular position is , where . A sensor is activated whenever lies on the line

Using the unit-circle definitions of sine and cosine, write an equation in for activation of the sensor.
Using a graphical method, determine all values of for which the sensor is activated.
Explain the relationship between the first two activation angles and the final two activation angles.
Find the distance travelled by along the unit circle from the first activation to the final activation.
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Consider the equation
where .

State the two functions that should be graphed to solve the equation.
Using a graphical method, solve the equation in the given interval.
Use the Pythagorean identity to verify the possible values of and hence confirm the solutions from part (a).
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Consider the equation
where .
State the definition of in terms of sine and cosine.
Show that every solution must satisfy
Hence solve the original equation in the given interval.
Explain why and are not solutions, even though multiplication by was used.
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A marker moves anticlockwise around the unit circle with angular position
where is measured in seconds and . Its vertical coordinate is denoted by .

Write down a model for .
Determine all times when .
Determine the total time for which the marker lies in the second quadrant.
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An illuminated display is an annular sector with inner radius and outer radius . Its boundary has total length . Identical displays are placed around a circular tower. The angular displacement between successive displays is one third of the angle of each display.

Show that the central angle of the display is approximately radians.
Calculate the area of one display.
Determine the minimum number of displays required to illuminate every direction around the tower. If you did not obtain in part (a), use this value.
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Two points and lie on a unit circle. The length of the minor chord is . The angle subtended by this chord at the centre is radians.

Using the Pythagorean identity or the cosine rule, show that .
Find .
Find the area of the minor circular segment bounded by chord and the minor arc .
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Three marine observation stations form triangle . The measured values are , and radians, where side is opposite angle .

Find the two possible values of angle .
Explain why both values produce a valid triangle.
Calculate the area of each possible triangle.
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An electrical signal is modelled by
where is measured in volts, is measured in seconds and .

Write in the form , where and .
State the period of the signal.
Using a graphical method, determine the total duration for which over the given interval.
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The vertical coordinates of two markers on a rotating stage are modelled by
and
where . Define .

Determine all times when the markers have the same vertical coordinate.
State how the graph confirms that no equality times have been omitted.
Express as a single sine function and hence find its maximum value.
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A robotic arm of length rotates about a fixed pivot. Its angle from the positive horizontal direction is
where , is measured in seconds, and the coefficient has units of .

Find the maximum angular range swept by the arm.
Calculate the area of the sector swept by the arm.
safety alarm operates whenever the tip of the arm is to the left of the vertical line through the pivot. Determine the total time for which the alarm operates.
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A camera moves anticlockwise on a circular rail of radius . Its angular displacement from its starting point is
where is measured in seconds and .

Calculate the distance travelled along the rail during the first seconds.
Calculate the area of the sector swept out by the radius joining the centre to the camera during this time.
Determine the times at which the camera crosses the vertical diameter of the rail.
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An acoustic panel has the shape of a circular sector. Its curved edge has fixed length . The radius is metres and the central angle is radians. Design restrictions require the panel area to be at most and its total perimeter to be at most .

Show that .
Express the area in terms of and determine the restriction on imposed by the area limit.
Taking into account the perimeter restriction and the requirement , determine the feasible interval for . Hence find the maximum possible area of the panel.
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Two ground stations and and a drone at form a triangle. The angle is radians and the opposite distance is . An initial estimate gives .

Find the principal possible value of .
Explain why the supplementary value of is invalid.
The actual value of may be anywhere in the interval . Determine the subintervals for which the information produces one triangle and two triangles.
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A point rotates around the unit circle with angular position . A sensor calculates the signal
where is measured in seconds.
/ s | / rad | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 3.000 |
0.773 | 0.464 | 0.894 | 0.447 | 0.800 | 0.200 | 2.800 |
2.618 | 1.571 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
4.463 | 2.678 | -0.894 | 0.447 | 0.800 | 0.200 | 2.800 |
4.800 | 2.880 | -0.966 | 0.259 | 0.933 | 0.067 | 2.933 |
Show that
Find the period of .
During one period, determine the total time for which . Explain why the signal completes a full cycle while the point completes only half a revolution.
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In triangle , angle radians and side . The possible measured value of side is denoted by , where .

For , find the two possible values of angle .
Verify that both values produce valid triangles.
Classify all positive values of according to whether the information produces one triangle, two triangles or no triangle.
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In triangle , radians, and the length may vary.

For , find the two possible values of .
Verify that both values produce a valid triangle.
Classify all positive values of according to whether zero, one or two triangles are possible.
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For a real parameter , consider
The value is a solution for every value of .

Using a graphical method, solve the equation when .
Explain why the two non-central solutions are equally spaced from .
By considering how the line changes as varies, classify the number of distinct solutions for , , and .
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Consider the equation
where .

Using and the Pythagorean identity, show that any solution satisfies
Find the valid value of .
Hence solve the original equation, and explain why no solutions have been introduced at values where tangent is undefined.
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