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Calculating areas and the sine rule

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Warm-up

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Answer each one, then check.

1

What is the area of a triangle?

2

What do the angles in a triangle add up to?

3

What is sin ⁻¹(0.5)?

4

Which side is opposite the right angle?

5

What does SOH CAH TOA help with?

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Warm-up - Answers

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1

What is the area of a triangle?

½ × base × height

2

What do the angles in a triangle add up to?

180°

3

What is sin ⁻¹(0.5)?

30°

4

Which side is opposite the right angle?

The hypotenuse

5

What does SOH CAH TOA help with?

Right-angled triangles only

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Learning Objectives

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1

Label a triangle with lower-case sides opposite capital angles.

2

Find the area of any triangle using ½absin C.

3

Use the sine rule to find a missing side.

4

Use the sine rule to find a missing angle.

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SINE RULE

In any triangle, the sides and the sines of their opposite angles are in proportion.

a/(sin A) = b/(sin B) = c/(sin C). Flip it to find an angle: (sin A)/a = (sin B)/b.

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Labelling a Triangle

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Side a is opposite angle A, and so on. Area uses two sides and the angle between them.

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Which Formula?

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Area

½absin C: two sides and the angle between them.

Sine rule (side)

Two angles and a side, need another side.

Sine rule (angle)

Two sides and a non-included angle, need an angle.

Neither

Three sides, or two sides and the included angle: use the cosine rule (next lesson).

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Area of a Triangle

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Find the area of a triangle with sides a = 8 cm and b = 11 cm and angle C = 50° between them. Give your answer to 3 significant figures.

1

Write the formula

Area = ½absin C

2

Substitute

½ × 8 × 11 × sin 50°

3

Work out

44 × 0.7660 = 33.7

ANSWER

Area = 33.7 cm²

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Sine Rule: Finding a Side

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In triangle ABC, A = 40°, B = 65° and a = 8 cm. Find b.

1

Set up

b/(sin 65°) = 8/(sin 40°)

2

Rearrange

b = (8 × sin 65°)/(sin 40°)

3

Work out

b = 11.28

ANSWER

b = 11.3 cm (3 s.f.)

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Sine Rule: Finding an Angle

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In triangle ABC, a = 7 cm, b = 9 cm and angle A = 35°. Find angle B.

1

Set up

(sin B)/9 = (sin 35°)/7

2

Rearrange

sin B = (9 × sin 35°)/7 = 0.7375

3

Inverse sine

B = sin ⁻¹(0.7375) = 47.5°

ANSWER

B = 47.5° (1 d.p.)

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Setting Out

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Put the unknown on top.

Missing side

Write the rule with sides on top: a/(sin A) = b/(sin B).

Missing angle

Write the rule with sines on top: (sin A)/a = (sin B)/b.

Diagram

Mark which side is opposite which angle before you start.

Check

The biggest angle is opposite the longest side.

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Key Terms

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Sine rule

a/(sin A) = b/(sin B) = c/(sin C).

Opposite

Across the triangle from an angle, not touching it.

Included angle

The angle between two given sides.

Scalene

A triangle with no equal sides.

Vertex

A corner of a shape.

Non-right-angled

A triangle with no 90° angle.

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YOUR TASK

Choose the Method

12 minutes

For each, say whether you would use the area formula, the sine rule, or neither yet, and why. (a) Two angles and one side, find another side. (b) Two sides and the angle between them, find the area. (c) Three sides, find an angle. (d) Two sides and an angle not between them, find another angle.

1

List what is given.

2

Choose the formula.

WHAT A GOOD ANSWER SHOWS

(a) Sine rule. (b) Area = ½absin C. (c) Neither yet: cosine rule. (d) Sine rule.

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Can I...?

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Lesson 5 of 9

Label sides and angles.

Write the area formula.

Find the area of a triangle.

Write the sine rule.

Find a missing side.

Find a missing angle.

Put the unknown on top.

Check the answer is sensible.

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Summary & Exam Focus

Area = ½absin C.

Sine rule: a/(sin A) = b/(sin B).

Use the sine rule with two angles and a side, or two sides and a non-included angle.

Check side lengths against angles.

EXAM FOCUS

In triangle ABC, AB = 7 cm, angle B = 40° and angle C = 75°. Work out the length of AC. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. (3 marks)

Write the sine rule with the unknown side on top. Keep your calculator in degrees.

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