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The Law of Cosines / Area of a Triangle

Law of Sines

Section 8.2 8.3

Law of Cosines

** In order to use Law of Sines- you must know an angle and opposite side (ex:

Neither

mA and

Law of Cosines:

** In order to use Law of Cosines- you must know 2 sides and the middle angle (ex:

mA , , and
) OR all 3 sides **
Examples:

VABC
1. Solve for

given

VABC
2. Solve for

given

b 4.2 c 1.8
,

a5 b7
,

, and

, and

35

c 8

) **

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The Law of Cosines / Area of a Triangle

Area of a Triangle:

Examples:

VABC
3. Find the area of

given

VABC
4. Find the area of

given

a 3.2m c 5.1m
,

100 b 9
,

49
, and

, and

c 10

Section 8.2 8.3

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The Law of Cosines / Area of a Triangle

Homework: p. 791: # 9-21 (x3)

p. 800: # 1, 5, 8
Directions: Solve each triangle.

100

9.

,
12.
15.
18.

a4

, and

c3

170 b 5

a9

c 12

, and

45 b 3

, and

23

, and

c 18

a4 b4

21.

, and

c5
Directions: Find the area of each triangle.

1.
a 8, c 16o , 60

5.
8.

a 6, b 8, 80
a 6.3, b 4.8, 17

a6

Section 8.2 8.3