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Date May 2021 Marks available 4 Reference code 21M.1.SL.TZ2.9
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
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Question

A garden includes a small lawn. The lawn is enclosed by an arc AB of a circle with centre O and radius 6m, such that AÔB=135° . The straight border of the lawn is defined by chord [AB].

The lawn is shown as the shaded region in the following diagram.

A footpath is to be laid around the curved side of the lawn. Find the length of the footpath.

[3]
a.

Find the area of the lawn.

[4]
b.

Markscheme

135°×12π360°                 (M1)(A1)

14.1m  14.1371                 A1


[3 marks]

a.

evidence of splitting region into two areas                 (M1)

135°×π62360°-6×6×sin135°2                 (M1)(M1)


Note:
Award M1 for correctly substituting into area of sector formula, M1 for evidence of substituting into area of triangle formula.


42.4115-12.7279

29.7m2  29.6835                A1


[4 marks]

b.

Examiners report

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a.
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b.

Syllabus sections

Topic 3—Geometry and trigonometry » SL 3.2—2d and 3d trig
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