Law of Sines vs. Law of Cosines

Which Law would you use?

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

• Law of the Jungle

• Law of Gravity

Find m<B to the nearest whole number.

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is the area of this triangle to three decimal places?

• 14.494 meters squared

• 108.184 meters squared

• 54.092 meters squared

• 54.350 meters squared

Use Law of Cosines to find XZ

• 16.004 meters

• 544.165 meters

• 34.7 meters

• 1204.165 meters

A triangle with two sides that measure 6 m and 8 m with an included angle of 137°. (Creates SAS)

• 17.8m

• 14.6m

• 13.0m

• 12.9m

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

Which Law would you use to find side length BC?

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

• Law of the Jungle

• SOHCAHTOA

Find the length of side AB. m<C = 53 degrees. m<B = 44 degrees. AC = 7.

• 8.0

• 8.8

• 9.2

• 10.3

What is the measure of angle A? BC = 37 cm, AB = 29 cm and m<C = 50 degrees.

• 70.7 degrees

• 74.5 degrees

• 77.8 degrees

• 80.2 degrees

Use the Law of Cosines to find the measure of angle x. The side lengths shown are 25, 32 and 37. <x is opposite the 25 length side.

• 38.5^o

• 41.7^o

• 45.1^o

• 51.3^o