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Sine Cos Rules

This document discusses solving triangles using trigonometric functions when certain angle measures and side lengths are known. It presents three cases: 1) knowing two angles and the side opposite one angle (AAS), 2) knowing two angles and the included side (ASA), and 3) knowing two sides and the angle opposite one side (SSA). For the SSA case, there may be no solution, one solution, or two solutions depending on the specific values. Several examples are worked through to demonstrate solving for unknown side lengths and angle measures.

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Sine Cos Rules

This document discusses solving triangles using trigonometric functions when certain angle measures and side lengths are known. It presents three cases: 1) knowing two angles and the side opposite one angle (AAS), 2) knowing two angles and the included side (ASA), and 3) knowing two sides and the angle opposite one side (SSA). For the SSA case, there may be no solution, one solution, or two solutions depending on the specific values. Several examples are worked through to demonstrate solving for unknown side lengths and angle measures.

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a b c

= =
SIN A SIN B SIN C

CASE 1 : AAS
Two angles of a triangle and a side
opposite one of them are known.

CASE 2 : ASA
Two angles of a triangle and
the included side are known
CASE 3 : SSA
Two sides of a triangle and an angle
opposite one of them are known.

NOTE: In this case there may be no


solution, one solution, or two solutions
(ambiguous case)

B<90 TRUE
b<c TRUE
b>c SIN B TRUE

AMBIGUOUS CASE
C
a 224

100 25
A
c

A 100 a 224
B 25 b 96.1269
C 55 c 186.3207

C
a

31
A
c 37.5

A 31 a 19.5037
B 51 b 29.4294
C 98 c 37.5
b 15

29
A
c 20

A 111 a 28.9372
B 29 b 15
C 40 c 20

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION

A 11 a 6.0476
B 29 b 15
C 140 c 20
B

RATIO
227.4556
227.4556
227.4556

51
B

RATIO
37.86853
37.86853
37.86853
C

RATIO
30.93998
30.93998
30.93998

RATIO
30.93998
30.93998
30.93998
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