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Please help me with my Trigonometry?
1 – 4. Solve the given triangles by finding the missing angle and other side lengths.
4 Answers
- KrishnamurthyLv 72 years ago
1.
Solve for all missing sides and angle
Triangle ABC AB = 12 Angle B = 45° Angle C = 52°
Angle A = 83°
Acute Scalene Triangle
Side a = 15.11471
Side b = 10.76798
2.
Solve for all missing sides and angle
Triangle ABC Angle A = 45° Angle C = 15° AC =200
Angle B = 120°
Obtuse Scalene Triangle
Side a = 163.29932
Side c = 59.7717
- la consoleLv 72 years ago
Whatever the triangle, the sum of the 3 angles is always 180 °.
First triangle
You can write:
68 + 56 + C = 180
124 + C = 180
C = 180 - 124
C = 56
As the angle C is equal to the angle A, you can deduce that the triangle is an isosceles triangle.
As the triangle is an isosceles triangle, you can deduce that: BA = BC.
AB = 1.3
Then you can see that:
AC.cos(A) + BC.cos(C) = AC → we've just seen that: C = A = 56
AC.cos(56) + BC.cos(56) = AC
AC - AC.cos(56) = BC.cos(56)
AC.[1 - cos(56)] = BC.cos(56)
AC = BC.cos(56) / [1 - cos(56)] → given that: BC = 1.3
AC = 1.3 * cos(56) / [1 - cos(56)] → where: cos(56) ≈ 0.55919
AC ≈ 1.6491135
AC = 1.65
Second triangle
You can write:
15 + 45 + B = 180
60 + B = 180
B = 180 - 60
B = 120
As the angle C is equal to the angle A, you can deduce that the triangle is an isosceles triangle.
As the triangle is an isosceles triangle, you can deduce that: BA = BC.
AB = 1.3
Then you draw the red line (perpendicular to the line (AC), and you can write:
15 + 90 + yellow = 180
105 + yellow = 180
yellow = 180 - 105
yellow = 75
You can write:
45 + 90 + green = 180
135 + green = 180
green = 180 - 135
green = 45
You can see:
AB.cos(green) = BC.cos(yellow)
AB.cos(45) = BC.cos(75)
You can see:
BC.cos(15) + AB.cos(45) = 200 → recall the previous result: AB.cos(45) = BC.cos(75)
BC.cos(15) + BC.cos(75) = 200
BC.[cos(15) + cos(75)] = 200
BC = 200/[cos(15) + cos(75)] → where: cos(15) ≈ 0.96592 and where: cos(75) ≈ 0.25881
BC ≈ 163.299
BC = 163.3
Recall: AB.cos(45) = BC.cos(75)
AB = BC.cos(75) / cos(45) → recall BC
AB = { 200/[cos(15) + cos(75)] }.cos(75) / cos(45)
AB = 200 * cos(75)/{ cos(45).[cos(15) + cos(75)] }
AB ≈ 59.77169
AB ≈ 59.78
- davidLv 72 years ago
C = 180 - 68 - 56 = 56
BA = 1.3 (the triangle is isosceles
... law of cosines
CA^2 = 1.3^2 + 1.3^2 - 2*1.3*1.3cos68
CA = 1.454
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now you try the others
- alexLv 72 years ago
Link1
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<C = 180-(68+56)=56
Sine rule --> 1.5/sin56 = AB/sin56 = AC/sin68
easy to find AB and AC
2/ similar 1/
<B=120
200/sin120 = AB/sin15 = BC/sin45
solve for AB and BC