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Question 25 — IGCSE 0580 May/June 2024 Paper 12

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Core tier, non-calculator. Topic: Vectors · Vectors (basic). Worth 6 marks.

VectorsVectors (basic)6 marksCoreNon-calculatorPaper 12May/June 2024
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25 D NOT TO SCALE 21.2 m 48° A B C 16.5 m The diagram shows a flagpole, BD, held by two ropes, AD and CD. ABC is a straight line and angle ABD = 90°. AD = 21.2 m, AB = 16.5 m and angle BCD = 48°. (a) Show that the height of the flagpole BD is 13.3 m, correct to 1 decimal place. [3] (b) Calculate the length of the rope CD. CD = ............................................ m [3] Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series. Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge. © UCLES 2024 0580/12/M/J/24

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