3.48: Triangle with surds; GP terms

0606/22/O/N/22 — Question 9 · 15 marks

3.48 diagram
(a)
Triangle ABCABC has sides AB=51AB=\sqrt{5}-1, AC=5+1AC=\sqrt{5}+1 and BC=xBC=x, and area 253\dfrac{2\sqrt{5}}{3}. Angle AA is acute. Find the exact value of sinA\mathrm{sin}\,A.
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(b)
Find exact cosA\cos A and hence exact xx.
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(c)
Find exact sinB\sin B.
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(a)
A GP has third term 4.54.5 and sixth term 15.187515.1875. Find aa and rr.
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(b)
Find the sum of ten terms starting with the sixteenth, to the nearest integer.
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