Precalculus II

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Precalculus II Test 1

Completely document your work and your reasoning.

You will be graded on your documentation, your reasoning, and the correctness of your conclusions.

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Instructions:

Test is to be taken without reference to text or outside notes.
Graphing Calculator is allowed, as is blank paper or testing center paper.
No time limit but test is to be taken in one sitting.
Please place completed test in Dave Smith's folder, OR mail to Dave Smith, Science and Engineering, Va. Highlands CC, Abingdon, Va., 24212-0828 OR email copy of document to dsmith@vhcc.edu, OR fax to 276-739-2590. Test must be returned by individual or agency supervising test. Test is not to be returned to student after it has been taken. Student may, if proctor deems it feasible, make and retain a copy of the test..

Directions for Student:

Completely document your work.
Numerical answers should be correct to 3 significant figures. You may round off given numerical information to a precision consistent with this standard.
Undocumented and unjustified answers may be counted wrong, and in the case of two-choice or limited-choice answers (e.g., true-false or yes-no) will be counted wrong. Undocumented and unjustified answers, if wrong, never get partial credit. So show your work and explain your reasoning.
Due to a scanner malfunction and other errors some test items may be hard to read, incomplete or even illegible. If this is judged by the instructor to be the case you will not be penalized for these items, but if you complete them and if they help your grade they will be counted. Therefore it is to your advantage to attempt to complete them, if necessary sensibly filling in any questionable parts.
Please write on one side of paper only, and staple test pages together.

Test Problems:

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Problem Number 1

Find the values of the six trigonometric functions of angle `theta whose terminal side passes thru (-14, -25)?

Problem Number 2

Establish or refute the proposed identity (cos^2(a) – sin^2(a) ) / (1 – tan^2(a) ) = cos^2(a).

Problem Number 3

Establish or refute the proposed identity tan^2(a) – cos^2(a) = sin^2(a).

Problem Number 4

If the radius of a circle is 10.25 and the length of an arc on the circle is 13.75, then what is the corresponding central angle ?

Problem Number 5

Each of the functions y = sin(x), y = cos(x), y = sin(x + `pi/2), y = cos(x + `pi/2), y = -sin(x+`pi) and y = -cos(x + `pi) can be represented by one of two graphs. Sketch these two graphs and tell which functions go with each. Explain in terms of the circular definitions of the trigonometric functions why the functions that go with y = sin(x) do so, and why those that go with y = cos(x) do so.

Problem Number 6

Using transformations sketch the graph of y = -1.3 tan ( .25 `pi t + `pi / -2 ).

Problem Number 7

Find the exact value of the sine and cosine of each of the following angles. Accompany your work with a sketch and an explanation. Do not use a calculator to obtain your answers.

300 deg
240 deg
225 deg
13 `pi / 6
2 `pi / 3
3 `pi / 4

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Problem A: Explain in detail how we derive the values of the sine and cosine functions of 30 and 60 degrees using a 30-60 right triangle with hypotenuse 1. Explain how we know the lengths of two the sides from basic geometry, and how we then use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the third side. Then explain in terms of the definition of the sine function how we use this triangle to find the exact value of the cosine of 60 degrees.
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Problem B: Sketch the unit circle, indicate all angles which are multiples of pi/6 and indicate the x and y coordinates of the unit-circle point corresponding to each multiple. Use these values to make a table of sec(theta) vs. theta. Sketch on a single set of clearly labeled coordinate axes the graph of this function. Be sure the horizontal-axis intercepts of the graph are labeled.
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Problem C: A line from a point on level ground to the top of a building makes an angle of 4.8 degrees with the ground. The building is known to be 362 feet high. How far away is the building?
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