Target Mathematics

1.93: $AB=BC=CA=10$ cm and $DA=DB=DC=13$ cm

4PM1/2/January/2015 — Question 9 · 15 marks

1.93 diagram 1
Figure 2 shows a triangular pyramid ABCDABCD.
AB=BC=CA=10AB=BC=CA=10 cm and DA=DB=DC=13DA=DB=DC=13 cm. The point EE is the midpoint of ACAC.
(a) Find the exact length of
(i) DEDE
(ii) BEBE (4)
(b) Find, in degrees to 1 decimal place, the size of the angle between the line BDBD and the line DEDE. (3)
(c) Find, in degrees to 1 decimal place, the size of the angle between the line BDBD and the plane ABCABC. (3)
(d) Find, in degrees to 1 decimal place, the size of the angle between the plane ADCADC and the plane ABCABC. (2)
(e) Find, to 3 significant figures, the volume of the pyramid ABCDABCD. (3)