MATH 1023 Lesson 6 TRIGONOMETRY Sine Law Cosine Law Triangle Formulas
MATH 1023 Lesson 6 TRIGONOMETRY Sine Law Cosine Law Triangle Formulas
MATH 1023 Lesson 6 TRIGONOMETRY Sine Law Cosine Law Triangle Formulas
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
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
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