Question 1: Find the degree corresponding to the following radian measures
Answer:
Question 2: Find the radian measure corresponding to the following degree measures:
Answer:
Question 3: The difference between the two acute angles of a right-angled triangle is radians. Express the angles in degrees.
Answer:
be two acute angles of a right angles triangle.
… … … … … i)
Also in a right angled triangle
… … … … … ii)
Adding i) and ii) we get
Question 4: One angle of a triangle is grades and another is
degrees while the third angle is
radians. Express all the angles in degrees.
Answer:
Let the three angles be
In the triangle
Question 5: Find the magnitude, in radians and degrees, of interior angle of: i) pentagon ii) octagon (iii) heptagon iv) duodecagon
Answer:
Interior angles of a polygon with sides
i) Pentagon
ii) Octagon
(iii) Heptagon
iv) Duodecagon
Question 6: The angles of a quadrilateral are in A.P. and the greatest angles is . Express the angles in radians.
Answer:
Let the angles of quadrilateral in degrees be
We know, sum of angles in quadrilateral
Largest angle
angles are
,
,
Question 7: The angles of a quadrilateral are in A.P. and the number of degrees in the least angles is to the number of degrees in the mean angle as . Find the angles in radians.
Answer:
be the three angles
It is given that are in an AP
,
Question 8: The angle in a regular polygon is to that in another is and the number of sides in first is twice that in second. Determine the number of sides of two polygons.
Answer:
be the number of sides of two regular polygons respectively.
… … … … … i)
Also
Substituting in i) we get
Hence
Question 9: The angles of a triangle are in A.P. such that the greatest angle is five times the least. Find the angles in radians.
Answer:
be the three angles
In radians
Question 10: The number of sides of two regular polygons are as and the difference between their angles is 9^{\circ}. Find the number of sides of the polygon.
Answer:
be the number of sides of two regular polygons respectively.
Also given
Hence
Question 11: A rail road curve is to be laid out on a circle. What radius should be used if the track is to change direction by in a distance of
Answer:
be the rail road
Question 12: Find the length which is at a distance m will subtend an angle of
at the eye.
Answer:
Question 13: A wheel makes revolutions in a minute. Through how many radians does it turn in
second.
Answer:
revolutions per minute
revolution per second
revolution, wheel will cover
In one second the wheel will cover
Question 14: Find the angle in radians through which a pendulum swings if its length is and the tip describes as arc of length
Answer:
length of pendulum
m
m
m
m
m
Question 15: The radius of a circle is Find the length of an arc of this circle, if the length of the chord of the arc is
Answer:
radius of circle
m
chord
m
is equilateral triangle.
m
Question 16: A railway train is travelling on a circular curve of m radius at a rate of
km/hr. Through what angle has it turned in
seconds?
Answer:
radius
m
The train turns seconds
m
Question 17: Find the distance from the eye at which a coin of diameter should be held so as to conceal the full moon whose angular diameter is
.
Answer:
be the distance at which coin needs to be placed to completely conceal the full moon.
m
Therefore the coin should be placed m away from the eye.
Question 18: Find the diameter of the sun in km supposing that it subtends an angle of at the eye of an observer. Given that the distance of the sun is
km.
Answer:
km
Therefore Distance of sun is km
Question 19: If the arcs of the same length in two circles subtend angles at the center, find the ratio of their radii.
Answer:
be two circles with same arc length
are two angles subtended by the arcs on respective circles
Question 20: Find the degree measure of the angle subtended at the center of the circle of radius by an arc of length
(Use
):
Answer:
be the angle subtended by the
at center