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Trig Cheat Sheet

The document provides information on the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines, which are formulas used to solve triangles. It gives the formulas for the Law of Sines as sin(A)/a = sin(B)/b and b = a*sin(B)/sin(A). For the Law of Cosines it provides the formula b^2 = a^2 + c^2 - 2*a*c*cos(B) and b = sqrt(a^2 + c^2 - 2*a*c*cos(B)). It also discusses calculating areas of polygons using coordinate or deflection methods.

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Trig Cheat Sheet

The document provides information on the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines, which are formulas used to solve triangles. It gives the formulas for the Law of Sines as sin(A)/a = sin(B)/b and b = a*sin(B)/sin(A). For the Law of Cosines it provides the formula b^2 = a^2 + c^2 - 2*a*c*cos(B) and b = sqrt(a^2 + c^2 - 2*a*c*cos(B)). It also discusses calculating areas of polygons using coordinate or deflection methods.

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A

c
b? sin(A)/a = sin(B)/b b? b2 = a2 + c2 - 2ac*cos(B)
b = a*sin(B)/sin(A) b = sqrt(a2 + c2 - 2*a*c*cos(B))
B

B
a a

A A?
b

b
c
sin(A)/a = sin(B)/b Any Angle:
B = sin-1(b*sin(A)/a) a2 = b2 + c2 - 2bc*cos(A)
A = cos-1((b2 + c2 - a2)/(2*b*c))
B?
a a

LAW OF SINES LAW OF COSINES

sin(Ɵ) = opp/hyp
opp = hyp*sin(Ɵ)
hyp = opp/sin(Ɵ)
b
sin(A)/a = sin(B)/b
hyp
A B' = sin-1(b*sin(A)/a) cos(Ɵ) = adj/hyp
B = 180 - B' opp adj = hyp*cos(Ɵ)
Ɵ
B' B? hyp = adj/cos(Ɵ)
a adj
tan(Ɵ) = opp/adj
opp = adj*tan(Ɵ)
AMBIGUOUS LAW OF SINES adj = opp/tan(Ɵ)

Area of any polygon or cross-sectional area w/ cut & fill points


COORDINATE METHOD: SEE CPESR PAGE 16
DO NOT USE DMD METHOD, SET A = 0 AND USE COORDINATE

I = Intersection Angle
I/2 = Deflection Angle
b
c

Area with 3 sides: Distance Along Tangent


s = (a + b + c)/2 dat = Rsin(I)
7.50 = 15sin(30)
Area = sqrt[s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)]
7.50
Tangent Offset
dat
to = R(1-cos(I))
a 2.01 = 15(1-cos(30))
15°

2.01

If I = 90, dat = to because


I/2

to

sin(90) = (1-cos(90))

30°
I
0
b

5.0
R1

Area with 2 sides and angle between:


Area = a*b*sin(C)/2
C

AREAS

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