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Law of Sines Law of Cosines

𝒂𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 − 𝟐𝒃𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒔𝑨

𝒔𝒊𝒏𝑨 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝑩 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝑪 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒔𝑩

= =
𝒂 𝒃 𝒄
-The Law of Sines can be used to find
missing parts of triangles that are not right
triangles.
-The Law of Sines can be used when you
know the measures of two angles and any
side of a triangle (AAS or ASA) and when
you know the measures of two sides and an
angle opposite one of these sides of the
triangle (SSA).
Example: Given 𝞓𝑨𝑩𝑪 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎∠𝑨 = 𝟑𝟎°,
𝒎∠𝑩 = 𝟐𝟎° 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 = 𝟒𝟓 𝒎,
𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔.
𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒔𝑪
-The Law of Cosines allows us to solve a
triangle when the Law of Sines cannot be used.
-If you know the measures of two sides of a
triangle and their included angle (SAS) or the
measure of all three sides (SSS), use Law of
Cosines.
Example: Given 𝞓𝑨𝑩𝑪 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 = 𝟏𝟏 𝒎,
𝒃 = 𝟓 𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎∠𝑪 = 𝟐𝟎°,
𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔.

𝑩𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔,

𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒔𝑪
So c = √𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒔𝑪
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 = √𝟏𝟏𝟐 + 𝟓𝟐 − 𝟐(𝟏𝟏)(𝟓)𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐𝟎°
𝒎∠𝑪 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝒎∠𝑨 − 𝒎∠𝑩 ≈ 𝟔. 𝟓𝟑𝒎
= 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟑𝟎° − 𝟐𝟎°
= 𝟏𝟑𝟎°. 𝑻𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐
𝑩𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔.
𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟑𝟎° 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝟎° 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟏𝟑𝟎° 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝑨 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝟎°
= = . 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 = ,
𝟒𝟓 𝒃 𝒄 𝟏𝟏 𝟔. 𝟓𝟑
𝟏𝟏𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝟎°
𝑩𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝑨 = .
𝟔. 𝟓𝟑
𝟏𝟏𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝟎°
𝑨 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧−𝟏 ( 𝟔.𝟓𝟑 ) ≈ 144.82°.
𝟒𝟓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝟎°
𝒃= ≈ 𝟑𝟎. 𝟕𝟖 𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒎∠𝑩
𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟑𝟎°
= 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝒎∠𝑨 − 𝒎∠𝑪
𝟒𝟓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟏𝟑𝟎° = 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟏𝟒𝟒. 𝟖𝟐° − 𝟐𝟎°
𝒄= ≈ 68.94 m. ≈ 𝟏𝟓. 𝟐°.
𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟑𝟎°