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5 Balloon A travels 15 km on a bearing of 029°.

Balloon B travels 39 km on a bearing of 043°.
a How far apart are the balloons now?
b On what bearing would balloon A have to travel
in order to reach the position of balloon B?
If the area of triangle PRS is 127 cm’, Q
find the area of triangle PQR.
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Hanif walks 6 km on a bearing of 159° then 9 km on a bearing of 252°. On what bearing
must Hanif walk to return to his starting point and how much further must he walk?

TASK E18.4
Use a calculator and give all answers to 3 significant figures when appropriate.
1 This pyramid has a square base V
PQRS of side length 9 cm.
VM is vertical. M is the midpoint of PR.
Find
a the length of PM
b the height VM of the pyramid

Find the following lengths in this cuboid.

a QS
b LS
c KR

A man walks 30 m due West from the foot of an aerial mast which is 40 m
high. He then walks 50 m North. How far is he from the top of the mast?
 4 This pyramid has a rectangular base ABCD x
which is horizontal. The vertex P is directly
above the centre of the rectangular base.
The perpendicular height of the pyramid is 27 cm.
Find
a AQ B
b AP C
c the area of the face PCD
13cm

oo A 16cm D
5 A cuboid is such that its height is 1 m longer than -
its width and its length is 2 m longer than its height.
If the longest diagonal in the cuboid is 6 m then find
the width of the cuboid.

TASK E18.5
Use a calculator and give all answers to 3 significant figures.
1 PQRSTUVW is a cuboid. P Q
Find
a QV b ZQVU | 5
c WU d ZWUV R
e QW f ZQWU l4em IT U
17cm
W 30cm V
2 BC is perpendicular to CD. B
Find 25cm
a AC 7cm
b ZBAC A e
e CD
d the angle between BD and the
plane ACD 31cm

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D
" 3 This pyramid has a rectangular base ABCD. VM is vertical.
M is the midpoint of AC. Find AN
a BM
b VM A B
c the angle between VB and the plane ABCD
d ZBVC
18cm

D 28cm C