Kami Export - Wilson Zhang - 8.6 Law of Sines and Cosines Review

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HW 8.

6 Law of Sines and Cosines

1. An airplane flies on a bearing of 130 at a speed of 1100 km/h. How far east of its starting
point is it after 3 hours?

1.)___________________

2. One angle of an isosceles triangle has a measure of 150. If the area of the triangle is
9 cm2, what is the perimeter of the triangle?

2.)___________________

3. A ship leaves port and proceeds west 30 miles. It then changes bearing to 020 until it is
due north of its origin. How far north of its origin is it?

3.)___________________

4. The area of ∆ABC is 45 square units. If a = 10 and b = 15, find the measure of angle C to
the nearest degree.

4.)___________________

5. Given the diagram below, find ZN to the nearest whole unit. 5.)___________________

Y
2
N
5
4

X
Z 7
6. Solve XYZ if x = 52, y = 70 and z = 100. 6.)___________________

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7. Solve XYZ and find its area if  X  52,  Y  70 , and z  100 . 7.)___________________

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8. Solve XYZ and find its area if  X  52, y  70, , and x  100 . 8.)___________________

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9. Eli Cooley flew his plane 900 km north, turned 15 , and flew
1150 km. How far is Mr. Cooley from his starting point? 9.)___________________

10. The angle of elevation to the peak of a mountain is 30 .


A kilometer closer, the angle of elevation is 35 . Find the
height of the mountain. 10.)__________________

11. A lakefront plot of land is shown below. What is its area and
lakefront footage (bolded sides are lakefront footage)? 11.)__________________

70

80 350 ft

75
250 ft
12. The diagram shows the dimensions for a sail on a wooden model
ship. Find the area of the sail to the nearest square inch. 12.)__________________
[The angle at the bottom left is NOT a right angle!]

12.5 in

26 in

18 in.

75

16.5 in

13. A ship leaves port and travels 36 miles west, then 24 miles on a
course bearing 213 . How far is it from its starting point? 13.)__________________

14. A hiker walks 8000 m on a bearing of S 81 E . She then changes


direction and hikes 5000 m on a bearing of N 32W . How far is she
from her starting point, and on what bearing must she travel to return
to the starting point? 14.)__________________

15. A regular pentagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 4 in. Find the area of the pentagon.

15.)__________________
16. Observers at points A and B, 30 km apart, sight an airplane between them at angles of
elevation of 40 and 75, respectively. How far is the plane from each observer?

16.)__________________

17. Two hikers follow a trail that splits into two forks. Each hiker takes a different fork. The forks
diverge at an angle of 67 and both hikers walk at a speed of 3.5 mph. How far apart are the
hikers after 1 hour?

17.)__________________

18. After leaving an airport, a plane flies for 1.5 hours at a speed of 200 km/h on a bearing of
200. Then, on a bearing of 340, the plane flies for 2 hours at a speed of 250 km/h. At this
time, how far from the airport is the plane?

18.)__________________

1. 2527.9 km 2. 23.6 cm 3. 82.4 miles 4. 36.9 or 143.1 5. 5.0 6.  X  29.4,  Y  41.4,  Z  109.2
7. x  92.9, y  110.8,  Z  58, AREA  4364.9 8.  Y  33.5,  Z  94.5, z  126.5, AREA  3489.2 9. 2032.7 km
10. 3.3 km 2
11. Area = 55,132.21 ft , lakefront footage = 401.3 ft 12. 301.8 in2 13. 53.04 miles
14. 6042.8 m, bearing of 240 or 𝑆 60° 𝑊 15. 38.04 in 2 16. 31.97 km from A and 21.3 km from B 17. 3.86 miles 18. 331.9 km

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