Law of Sines and Law of Cosines

Find the length of Side BC.

• 33

• 24

• 12

• 29

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What is the measure of angle A?

• 58 degrees
• 61 degrees
• 78 degrees
• 74 degrees

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Find the length of side AC.

• 12

• 10

• 23

• 14

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What is the measure of angle A?

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

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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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Which Law would you use?

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

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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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Amanda and Jamie are standing 25 feet apart and spot a bird in the sky between them.  The angle of elevation from Amanda to the bird is 55, and from Jamie to the bird is 63.  How far away is the bird from Amanda?

• 25.23
• 23.19
• 22.15
• 20.85

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Identify the Law of Sines

• Sin²x + Cos²x =1
• Sin(A)/a = Sin(B)/b = Sin(C)/c
• Sin(A)Sin(B)Sin(C) = 1
• Soh-Cah-Toa

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Two stakes are holding a small blimp in place. Stake A measures an angle of elevation of 49^o and Stake B measures an angle of elevation of 58^o. If the string attached to Stake A has a length of 148 feet, what is the length of the string attached to Stake B?

• 152.7 feet

• 166.3 feet

• 157.3 feet

• 131.7 feet

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