This exam was adminstered in June 2025.
June 2025 Geometry, Part III
Each correct answer is worth up to 4 credits. Partial credit can be given. Work must be shown or explained.
32. A store sells colored craft sand with a base length of 4 inches and a height of 7.5 inches.
Container 1: A square prism with a base length of 4 inches and a height of 7.5 inches. Container 2: A cylinder with a diamter of 5 inches and a height of 6 inches. Container 3: A cone with a diamter of 7.5 inches and a height of 8.5 inches. If the containers are filled to the top, which container will hold the most sand? Justify your answer.
Answer:
Find the volume of all three containers and answer the question.
V1 = (4)(4)(7.5) = 120
V2 = (2.5)2(6)π = 117.8097...
V3 = 1/3 π (3.75)2(8.5) = 125.1728...
Container 3 holds the most sand.
33. Quadrilateral MIKE has vertices with coordinates M(-1,-3), I(-3,3), K(5,4), and E(7,-2).
Prove MIKE is a parallelogram, and prove MIKE is not a rhombus.
[The use of the set of axes below is optional.]
Answer:
You don't have to graph the figure but it will make the problem easier to visualize. Parallelograms have opposite sides parallel. Or they have opposite sides congruent. Rhombus has four congruent sides. Or Rhombuses have diagonals with perpendicular slopes.
The "OR" clauses above are there to say that there are multiple ways to solve this problem, but you must show the work and state your conclusions.
THe "easiest" way to do this is to finding the slopes of the sides and the diagonals. If you graph the image, you can simply count boxes without using any formulas.
The slope of MI = -6/2 = -3. The slope of IK = 1/8. The slope of KE = -6/2 = -3. The slope of EM = 1/8.
The opposite sides have the same slope, so MI || KE and IK || EM. The opposite sides are parallel, so MIKE is a parallelogram.
The slope of MK = 7/6. The slop of IE = -5/10 = -1/2. The product of (7/6)(-1/2) =/= -1, so the diagonals are not perpendicular. Therefore, MIKE is not a rhombus.
--- OR ---
The length of MI = √(4 + 36) = √(40). The length of IK = √(64 + 1) = √(65). The length of KE = √(4 + 36) = √(40). The length of EM = √(64 + 1) = √(65).
The opposite sides of MIKE are congruent. Two pairs of congruent sides means the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
The consecutive sides of MIKE are NOT congruent. Therefore, MIKE is not a rhombus.
You can mix and match. For example, use the slopes to show that it is a parallelogram and then use the lengths of MI and IK to show it is not a rhombus.
Make sure all concluding statments are written.
34. A park ranger needs to secure two different trees with wire. A wire is to be attached from a stake in the ground to each tree. The wire is attached at two different heights and two different angles of elevation, as indicated in the model below.
The park ranger has 20 feet of wire. Does the park ranger have enough wire to secure both trees? Justify your answer.
Answer:
A "yes" or "no" answer without any justification is worth zero points. Also, forgetting to say "yes" or "no" will cost you a point.
You have the opposite sides of two right triangles and you are looking for the lengths of both hypotenuses. You need to use SINE twice.
If you use Cosine or Tangent, that is a conceptual error and you will lose half credit.
sin (24) = 4 / w1
w1 = 4 / sin (24) = 9.83...
sin (11.6) = 3 / w2
w2 = 3 / sin (11.6) = 14.92...
Since 14.92 + 9.83 24.75, which is more than 20 feet, NO, the ranger will not have enough rope.
End of Part III
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