Law of Sines and Cosines

Which of the following formulas shows the Law of Cosines?

• c² = a² + b² - 4ac + cosA
• c² = a² - b² - 2abcosC
• c² = a² + b² - 2abcosC
• (cos A)/a = (cos B)/b

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

Which Law would you use?

• Law of Sines
• Law of Cosines
• Law of the Jungle
• Law of Gravity

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

Which Law would you use?

• Law of Sines
• Law of Cosines
• Law of the Jungle
• Law of Gravity

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

Which Law would you use?

• Law of Sines
• Law of Cosines
• Law of the Jungle
• Law of Gravity

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

Which Law would you use?

• Law of Sines
• Law of Cosines
• Law of the Jungle
• Law of Gravity

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

Use Law of Cosines to find XZ

• 16.004 meters
• 544.165 meters
• 34.7 meters
• 1204.165 meters

What is the measure of angle A?

• 50 degrees
• 60 degrees
• 78 degrees
• 74 degrees

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

Clint is building a wooden swing set for his children.  Each supporting end of the swing set is to be an A-frame constructed with two 10 foot long 4-by-4s joined at a 45 degree angle.  To prevent the swing set form tipping over, Clint wants to secure the base of each A-frame to concrete footings.  How far apart should the footings for each A-frame be?

• 5.461 feet
• 9.743 feet
• 6 feet
• 7.65 feet

Parker must find the distance from Point A to Point B on opposite sides of a lake.  He locates Point C that is 860 feet from point A and 175 feet from Point B.  He measures the angle at Point C to be 78 degrees.  Find the distance from point A to point B.

• 707643.58
• 841.22
• 877.62
• 842.01

Use Law of Cosines to find angle T

• 62.2 degrees
• 53.1 degrees
• 59.5 degrees
• 64.7 degrees