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Date May 2018 Marks available 2 Reference code 18M.2.SL.TZ1.T_1
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 2 Time zone Time zone 1
Command term Calculate Question number T_1 Adapted from N/A

Question

Farmer Brown has built a new barn, on horizontal ground, on his farm. The barn has a cuboid base and a triangular prism roof, as shown in the diagram.

The cuboid has a width of 10 m, a length of 16 m and a height of 5 m.
The roof has two sloping faces and two vertical and identical sides, ADE and GLF.
The face DEFL slopes at an angle of 15° to the horizontal and ED = 7 m .

The roof was built using metal supports. Each support is made from five lengths of metal AE, ED, AD, EM and MN, and the design is shown in the following diagram.

ED = 7 m , AD = 10 m and angle ADE = 15° .
M is the midpoint of AD.
N is the point on ED such that MN is at right angles to ED.

Farmer Brown believes that N is the midpoint of ED.

Calculate the area of triangle EAD.

[3]
a.

Calculate the total volume of the barn.

[3]
b.

Calculate the length of MN.

[2]
c.

Calculate the length of AE.

[3]
d.

Show that Farmer Brown is incorrect.

[3]
e.

Calculate the total length of metal required for one support.

[4]
f.

Markscheme

* This question is from an exam for a previous syllabus, and may contain minor differences in marking or structure.

(Area of EAD =)  1 2 × 10 × 7 × sin 15     (M1)(A1)

Note: Award (M1) for substitution into area of a triangle formula, (A1) for correct substitution. Award (M0)(A0)(A0) if EAD or AED is considered to be a right-angled triangle.

= 9.06 m2  (9.05866… m2)     (A1)   (G3)

[3 marks]

a.

(10 × 5 × 16) + (9.05866… × 16)     (M1)(M1)

Note: Award (M1) for correct substitution into volume of a cuboid, (M1) for adding the correctly substituted volume of their triangular prism.

= 945 m3  (944.938… m3)     (A1)(ft)  (G3)

Note: Follow through from part (a).

[3 marks]

b.

MN 5 = sin 15      (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for correct substitution into trigonometric equation.

(MN =) 1.29(m) (1.29409… (m))     (A1) (G2)

[2 marks]

c.

(AE2 =) 102 + 72 − 2 × 10 × 7 × cos 15     (M1)(A1)

Note: Award (M1) for substitution into cosine rule formula, and (A1) for correct substitution.

(AE =) 3.71(m)  (3.71084… (m))     (A1) (G2)

[3 marks]

d.

ND2 = 52 − (1.29409…)2     (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for correct substitution into Pythagoras theorem.

(ND =) 4.83  (4.82962…)     (A1)(ft)

Note: Follow through from part (c).

OR

1.29409 ND = tan 15      (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for correct substitution into tangent.

(ND =) 4.83  (4.82962…)     (A1)(ft)

Note: Follow through from part (c).

OR

ND 5 = cos  15      (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for correct substitution into cosine.

(ND =) 4.83  (4.82962…)     (A1)(ft)

Note: Follow through from part (c).

OR

ND2 = 1.29409…2 + 52 − 2 × 1.29409… × 5 × cos 75°     (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for correct substitution into cosine rule.

(ND =) 4.83  (4.82962…)     (A1)(ft)

Note: Follow through from part (c).

4.82962… ≠ 3.5   (ND ≠ 3.5)     (R1)(ft)

OR

4.82962… ≠ 2.17038…   (ND ≠ NE)     (R1)(ft)

(hence Farmer Brown is incorrect)

Note: Do not award (M0)(A0)(R1)(ft). Award (M0)(A0)(R0) for a correct conclusion without any working seen.

[3 marks]

e.

(EM2 =) 1.29409…2 + (7 − 4.82962…)2     (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for their correct substitution into Pythagoras theorem.

OR

(EM2 =) 52 + 72 − 2 × 5 × 7 × cos 15     (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for correct substitution into cosine rule formula.

(EM =) 2.53(m) (2.52689...(m))     (A1)(ft) (G2)(ft)

Note: Follow through from parts (c), (d) and (e).

(Total length =) 2.52689… + 3.71084… + 1.29409… +10 + 7     (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for adding their EM, their parts (c) and (d), and 10 and 7.

= 24.5 (m)    (24.5318… (m))     (A1)(ft) (G4)

Note: Follow through from parts (c) and (d).

[4 marks]

f.

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