A chock is a block placed against a wheel or rounded object, to prevent it from moving. Jenny had to come up with a prototype for the design of a new wheel chock. Jenny drew a model of the wheel chock and the cross section is shown below.

  1. (a)

    Show that BC=28(7+r)BC = \sqrt{28(7 + r)}

  2. (b)

    Find the area of the shaded region ABC, given that BC = 20 cm

    Answer ... cm^2

  3. (c)

    Jenny claimed that the points O, B and C lie on the circumference of the circle. Do you agree? Explain with reasons.

    Answer .

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13(b)

1. Find the radius $r$ using the result from part (a).

From part (a),
BC=28(7+r).BC=\sqrt{28(7+r)}.
Given BC=20BC=20,
202=28(7+r)20^2=28(7+r)
400=196+28r400=196+28r
28r=20428r=204
r=517.r=\frac{51}{7}.

2. Find the shaded area by subtracting the sector area from triangle $OCB$.

Since AA lies on OBOB, ∠AOC=∠BOC=x\angle AOC=\angle BOC=x.

In right triangle OCBOCB,
tan⁡x=BCOC=2051/7=14051.\tan x=\frac{BC}{OC}=\frac{20}{51/7}=\frac{140}{51}.
Hence
x=tan⁡−1(14051).x=\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{140}{51}\right).

Area of shaded region
=area of △OCB−area of sector OAC=\text{area of }\triangle OCB-\text{area of sector }OAC
=12(517)(20)−12(517)2tan⁡−1(14051)=\frac12\left(\frac{51}{7}\right)(20)-\frac12\left(\frac{51}{7}\right)^2\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{140}{51}\right)
=40.4 cm2(3 s.f.).=40.4\text{ cm}^2\quad\text{(3 s.f.)}.

Answer

40.4 cm240.4\text{ cm}^2

13(c)

1. Identify the angle formed by $OC$ and $CB$.

Since OC⊥CBOC \perp CB,
∠OCB=90∘.\angle OCB = 90^\circ.

2. Use the circle angle property to justify whether the points are concyclic.

An angle in a semicircle is a right angle. Conversely, if ∠OCB=90∘\angle OCB = 90^\circ, then OBOB is the diameter of a circle passing through CC.

Therefore, OO, BB and CC lie on the circumference of a circle.

Answer

Yes. Since OC⊥CBOC \perp CB, ∠OCB=90∘\angle OCB = 90^\circ. Hence CC lies on the circle with OBOB as diameter, so OO, BB and CC lie on the circumference of a circle.

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