The Law of Cosines - practice problems
Number of problems found: 55
- Triangle 75
Triangle ABC has angle C bisected and intersects AB at D. Angle A measures 20 degrees and angle B measures 40 degrees. The question is determine AB-AC if length AD=1.
- Loonie
Loonie has three wooden sticks measuring 17 inches, 21 inches, and 25 inches. He lays them down to form a triangle. Find the measure of the angle enclosed by 17 inches and 21 inches. (Express answers to the nearest hundredths) (using the law of cosines)
- Binibini
Binibini owns a triangular residential lot bounded by two roads which intersect at 70°. The sides of the lot along the road are 62m and 43m respectively. Find the length of the fence needed to enclose the lot. (express answers to the nearest hundreths)
- Big tower
From the tower, which is 15 m high, and 30 m from the river, the river's width appeared at an angle of 15°. How wide is the river in this place?
- Parallelogram 65954
In the parallelogram ABCD AB = 8, BC = 5, BD = 7. Calculate the magnitude of the angle α = ∠DAB (in degrees).
- Magnitudes 64704
The triangle ABC determines the size of the sides a and b and the magnitudes of the interior angles β and γ, given c = 1.86 m, the line on the side c is 2.12 m, and the angle alpha is 40 ° 12 '.
- Observer 64354
At what angle of view does an object 70 m long appear to the observer, 50 m away from one end, and 80 m from the other end?
- Cosine
Cosine and sine theorem: Calculate all missing values from triangle ABC. c = 2.9 cm; β = 28°; γ = 14° α =? °; a =? cm; b =? cm
- Cosine
Cosine and sine theorem: Calculate all missing values (sides and angles) of the triangle ABC. a = 20 cm; b = 15 cm; γ = 90°; c =? cm; α =? °; β =? °
- Two forces 3
Two forces of magnitude 8 Newtons and 15 Newtons respectively act at a point. If the resultant force is 17 Newtons, find the angle between the forces.
- Calculate triangle
In the triangle ABC, calculate the sizes of all heights, angles, perimeters and its area, if given a-40cm, b-57cm, c-59cm
- The farmer
The farmer sees the back fence of the land, which is 50 m long at a viewing angle of 30 degrees. It is 92 m away from one end of the fence. How far is it from the other end of the fence?
- Triangle's centroid
In the triangle ABC the given lengths of its medians tc = 9, ta = 6. Let T be the intersection of the medians (triangle's centroid) and point is S the center of the side BC. The magnitude of the CTS angle is 60°. Calculate the length of the BC side to 2 d
- Aircraft bearing
Two aircraft will depart from the airport simultaneously, the first with a course of 30° and the second with a course of 86°. Both fly at 330 km/h. How far apart will they be in 45 minutes of flight?
- Two chords
From the point on the circle with a diameter of 8 cm, two identical chords are led, which form an angle of 60°. Calculate the length of these chords.
- Viewing angle
The observer sees a straight fence 60 m long at a viewing angle of 30°. It is 102 m away from one end of the enclosure. How far is the observer from the other end of the enclosure?
- Triangle from median
Calculate the perimeter, area, and magnitudes of the triangle ABC's remaining angles, given: a = 8.4; β = 105° 35 '; and median ta = 12.5.
- The angle of view
Determine the angle of view at which the observer sees a rod 16 m long when it is 18 m from one end and 27 m from the other.
- Two groves
Two groves A, B are separated by a forest, both are visible from the hunting grove C, which is connected to both by direct roads. What will be the length of the projected road from A to B, if AC = 5004 m, BC = 2600 m and angle ABC = 53° 45 ’?
- Circular railway
The railway connects in a circular arc the points A, B, and C, whose distances are | AB | = 30 km, AC = 95 km, BC | = 70 km. How long will the track from A to C?
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