Target Mathematics

1.73: 3D angles in a prism

4PM1/2/January/2017 — Question 10 · 15 marks

1.73 diagram 1
Figure 1 shows a right prism ABCDEFGHIJABCDEFGHIJ. The base, DEFGDEFG, is horizontal and is a rectangle with DG=EF=10 cmDG=EF=10\text{ cm}. The midpoint of EDED is MM.
The planes ABCDEABCDE and JIHGFJIHGF are vertical.
AE=CD=GH=FJ=8 cmAB=BC=HI=IJ=6 cmBAC=30AE=CD=GH=FJ=8\text{ cm}\qquad AB=BC=HI=IJ=6\text{ cm}\qquad \angle BAC=30^\circ
(a) Show that the length of MDMD is 333\sqrt3 cm. (2)
(b) Show that the length of BMBM, the height of the prism, is 11 cm. (2)
(c) Find, in cm to 3 significant figures, the length BGBG. (3)
Find, in degrees to 1 decimal place,
(d) the size of the angle between the planes BCHIBCHI and CHFECHFE, (3)
(e) the size of the angle between the planes ABIJABIJ and BEFIBEFI. (5)