MATH 1023 Lesson 6 TRIGONOMETRY Sine Law Cosine Law Triangle Formulas

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MATHEMATICS

OF ENGINEERING
TRIGONOMETRY ∙ LESSON 2
LAW OF SINE & COSINE
AREA OF A TRIANGLE
ENGR. DONN PEDRO PANGANIBAN
OBLIQUE triangle formulas
An oblique triangle is a triangle without a 90-degree angle
(e.g. acute, obtuse)

𝜷 𝝋

OBTUSE
ACUTE
𝝎
𝜹
𝜽 𝜶
OBLIQUE triangle formulas
THE SINE LAW:
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
𝐶 𝑏 = =
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐵 sin 𝐶

𝑎 𝐴 THE COSINE LAW:


2 2 2
𝑎 = 𝑏 + 𝑐 − 2𝑏𝑐 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝐴)
𝐵 𝑐 2 2 2
𝑏 = 𝑎 + 𝑐 − 2𝑎𝑐 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝐵)
2 2 2
𝑐 = 𝑎 + 𝑏 − 2𝑎𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝐶)
OBLIQUE triangle formulas

𝑏 USE SINE LAW:


𝐶 ∙ When 1 pair of a side and angle is given
and 1 other side or angle is also given

𝑎 𝐴 USE COSINE LAW:


∙ When all 3 sides are given
𝐵 𝑐
∙ When a side-angle-side are given
OBLIQUE TRIANGLE EXAMPLES
1.) Solve for the missing side/s and angle/s of the given triangle

48°
𝑐
9

𝐶 68°
𝑏
OBLIQUE TRIANGLE EXAMPLES
2.) Solve for the missing side/s and angle/s of the given triangle

75° 𝐴
10
OBLIQUE TRIANGLE EXAMPLES
3.) Solve for the missing side/s and angle/s of the given triangle

𝐶 75°
10
OBLIQUE TRIANGLE EXAMPLES
4.) Solve for the missing side/s and angle/s of the given triangle

47

𝐶 𝐴
54
OBLIQUE TRIANGLE EXAMPLES
5.) Solve for the missing side/s and angle/s of the given triangle

35°

𝐶 𝐴
10
AREA OF A TRIANGLE
FORMULA 1: 𝐵
1 𝑎 𝑐
𝐴∆ = 𝑏ℎ
2 ℎ

FORMULA 2: HERON’S FORMULA


𝐶ҧ 𝐴
𝐴∆ = 𝑠 𝑠−𝑎 𝑠−𝑏 𝑠−𝑐 𝑏
𝑎+𝑏+𝑐 ℎ: ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒
𝑠=
2
𝑠: 𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟
AREA OF A TRIANGLE
FORMULA 3: SCISSORS FORMULA 𝐵
1 𝑎 𝑐
𝐴∆ = 𝑎𝑏 sin(𝐶)ҧ
2 1 ℎ
𝐴∆ = 𝑏𝑐 sin 𝐴
1 2
𝐴∆ = 𝑎𝑐 sin 𝐵 𝐶ҧ 𝐴
2
𝑏
FORMULA 4:
𝑎2 sin 𝐵 sin 𝐶ҧ 𝑏 2 sin 𝐴 sin 𝐶ҧ 𝑐 2 sin 𝐴 sin 𝐵
𝐴∆ = = =
2 sin 𝐴 2 sin 𝐵 2 sin 𝐶ҧ
EXAMPLES
1.) In triangle ABC, BC=40m, AB=50m, and A is
53 degrees. Solve for the area of the triangle.
𝐶ҧ

40
𝑏

53°
𝐴 50 𝐵
EXAMPLES
2.) A triangular lot in front of a commercial building bounded by sides of lengths 13
meters, 14 meters and 5 meters is to be enclosed by concrete fence and planted
with bluegrass. Find the length of the concrete fence and the area of the lot.

13
5

14
EXAMPLES Area of an equilateral triangle given side 𝑎: 𝐴
𝑒𝑞𝛥 =
3 2
𝑎
4
3.) Find the area of an equilateral triangle if its altitude is 5 cm.
𝐴

60°
𝑎 𝑎
5

60° 60°
𝐴 𝐴
𝑎

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