Novemba 19, 2013

Lesson 5-6a & 5-8a

Review Handout First.... Now for some sample problems:

Law of Cosines (solving for a side)

Solve for the length of side a.

84 ft.

A
102

78 ft.

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Law of Cosines (solving for an angle)

Find the measure of <A in triangle ABC, if a = 44, b = 47 and c = 53.

By the way...the shortest side will always be across from the smallest angle. The longest will be across from the largest angle.

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Law of Sines (solving for a side)

Solve for the length of side a.

B
112

33

37.9

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Law of Sines (solving for an angle)

Find the measure of <R.

P
6.5
49

7.5

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We need to be very careful in "SSA" triangles, in some cases there is more than one possible solution.

2 1.5
30

1.5

2
30

2 1.5
30

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FYI: When you are asked to "solve" a triangle, that means solve for all side and angle measures.

And... Many problems will require that you use the law of sines & law of cosines to solve a triangle.

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Practice: pg. 316 # 11, 13, 15 pg. 331 # 11, 12, 17

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