8-6 Law of Sines and Cosines (Presentation)
8-6 Law of Sines and Cosines (Presentation)
8-6 Law of Sines and Cosines (Presentation)
12.9 m a
42.3°
2 2 2 A 15.4 m B
a = b + c − 2bc cos A
a2 = 12.92 + 15.42 − 2(12.9)(15.4 ) cos42.3°
a2 ≈ 109.7
a ≈ 10.47 m
Area Formulas
If a triangle has sides of lengths a, b, and c, the area is
given by the following formula:
1 1 1
A = bc sin A or A = ab sin C or A = ac sin B
2 2 2
1
The semiperimeter, s, of a triangle is s = (a + b + c )
2
and the area of a triangle (Heron’s formula) is thus:
A = s ( s − a )( s − b )( s − c )
Homework
College Algebra (brown book)
Page 742: 10-60 (×5s), 75, 80, 85
Page 879: 1, 3, 5
Page 883: 1, 3, 5