Pre-Calculus Law of Cosines and Heron's Area Formula

Use Law of Cosines to find XZ.

• 16.004 meters

• 544.165 meters

• 34.7 meters

• 1204.165 meters

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Solve for x!

• 72

• 77

• 79

• 75

What is the purpose of Heron's formula?

• To find the angle measure in a triangle.
• To find the area of a non-right triangle.
• To find the side length of a triangle.
• To find the height of a triangle.

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Find the area of the triangle

• 72 meters squared
• 8.8 meters squared
• 18.09 meters squared
• 70.2 meters squared

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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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Which Law would you use?

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

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Find the missing side.

• 15.9 in.

• 22.8 in.

• 19.2 in.

• 521.1 in.

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Find m<C

• A
• B
• C
• D

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If the sides of a triangle are 8, 8, and 8, what is the area?

• 8

• 15.58

• 27.71

• 62.91

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Use Law of Cosines to find angle T

• 62.2°

• 53.1°

• 59.5°

• 64.7°

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