Target Mathematics

1.99: Areas using trigonometry

4PM1/1/January/2016 — Question 7 · 8 marks

1.99 diagram 1
Figure 1 shows the triangle ABCABC with AB=4 cmAB=4\text{ cm}, BC=5 cmBC=5\text{ cm} and BCA=30\angle BCA=30^\circ. The point DD lies on ACAC such that BD=4 cmBD=4\text{ cm} and angle BDCBDC is obtuse.
Find
(a) the size of angle BDCBDC, giving your answer in degrees correct to 1 decimal place, (3)
(b) the length, in cm, of ADAD, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures, (3)
(c) the area, in cm2\text{cm}^2, of triangle ABDABD, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. (2)