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12. Construct Arguments Lourdes said that you How can you derive the Law of Sines for the
can use the Law of Sines if you have any two given angles? SEE EXAMPLE 1
angles and any side, or any two sides and 18. E and F E
any angle. Is Lourdes correct? Explain your
reasoning. 19. F and G
F G
13. Generalize Knowing a particular combination
of the sides and/or angles in a triangle leads
Use the Law of Sines to solve. SEE EXAMPLE 2
to the ambiguous case. What is that
combination? 20. In △HJK, m∠J = 122°, j = 17, and k = 8.
What is m∠K?
14. Error Analysis Describe and correct the error
a student made in using the Law of Cosines to 21. In △RST, m∠R = 45°, m∠S = 19°, and r = 15.
find a. What is s?

Find the number of possible triangles for each set

a2 = 142 + 92 – 2(14)(9)(cos 140) of measures. Then find the angle measure(s).
a2 = 196 + 81 – 252(–.766) SEE EXAMPLE 3
a2 = 277 – 193.03 22. In △WXY, m∠X = 104°, x = 7, and y = 2.
a2 = 83.97
a ≈ 9.16 ✗ Find m∠Y.

23. In △DEF, m∠D = 28°, d = 8, and e = 15.

Find m∠E.

15. Communicate Precisely Two students are 24. In △RST, m∠R = 30°, r = 14, and t = 32.
solving for d in the triangle shown, using Find m∠T.
the Law of Cosines. One says the answer is
20 in., and the other says the answer is How can you derive the Law of Cosines for obtuse
20.3 in. Is either student incorrect? Explain angle K? SEE EXAMPLE 4
your reasoning. 25. J K

17 in.

d L
46°
In △PQR, find m∠P. SEE EXAMPLE 5
28 in.
26. p = 5, q = 8, r = 9

16. Look for Relationships Show that the Law 27. p = 14, q = 6, r = 12
of Cosines is equivalent to the Pythagorean
Theorem when the given angle is 90°. What is the measure of angle Z? SEE EXAMPLE 6
28. X 29. Y
c 54 7.7 34°
a
25° 9
Y Z X
C 42
b

17. Higher Order Thinking The ambiguous case

only causes a problem when the given angle Z
is acute, not when an obtuse angle is given.
Explain why.

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30. Model with Mathematics The head sail for 35. In △EFG, m∠E = 35°, e = 5.8, and f = 10. Choose
Melissa’s sailboat is a triangle with the three Yes or No to tell whether each is a possible
sides having lengths of 24 ft, 23 ft, and 12 ft. value for m∠F.
What is the measure of the sail’s greatest
angle? Yes No
31. Use Structure There are no possible values. ❑ ❑
An art sculpture
6.2° ❑ ❑
is made of
rotated scalene 60.3° ❑ ❑
triangles, as
78 in. 81.5° ❑ ❑
shown. The
triangles are 98.5° ❑ ❑
all congruent.
100˚ 119.7°
What is the ❑ ❑
length of the 40 in.
longest side of 36. SAT/ACT In △ABC, a = 29.7, b = 48.5, and
each triangle? B = 92°. What is m∠A?
Ⓐ There is no possible value.
32. Make Sense and Persevere The course for a Ⓑ 37.7°
race follows three roads as shown. How far do Ⓒ 56.3°
the runners travel along Jappa Road? Ⓓ 123.7°
Jappa Rd. Ⓔ 142.3°
37. Performance Task Teo is standing 80 yd from
60° the base of a Mayan pyramid. The side of the
pyramid is 100 ft from base to peak.
t.

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As yd
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Ca

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33. Model With Mathematics Noemi throws a ball x P

20º
to Parker, who is 6 m away. When Parker catches
the ball, he turns 50°, and then throws the ball Teo
7 m to Shandra. What angle does Shandra turn 80 yd 100 ft
to throw back to Noemi?

34. Make Sense and Persevere Tamika parked Part A How many feet from the base of the
her car and walked 300 yd down a path. pyramid is Teo?
She then made a 135° turn onto a new path.
She walked another 40 yd along a river to Part B What is the measure of angle P formed
her fishing spot. If Tamika turns to face the by the side of the pyramid and Teo’s line of
direction of her car, what angle does she sight?
need to turn?
Part C What is the distance in a straight line
from Teo to the peak x?

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