The Law of Cosines - practice problems - page 3 of 5
Instructions: For each problem, solve carefully and show your complete working.Number of problems found: 85
- Observation angle
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 unknown values (side lengths or angles) from triangle ABC. c = 2.9 cm; β = 28°; γ = 14° α =? °; a =? cm; b =? cm - Isosceles Trapezoid Sides Angle
ABCD isosceles trapezoid. A = 6cm, e = 7cm and delta angle = 105 °. Calculate the remaining pages. - Heptagon perimeter
Calculate a regular heptagon's perimeter if its shortest diagonal length is u=14.5cm. - Circumscribed circle
In triangle ABC, we know a = 4 cm, b = 6 cm, γ = 60°. Calculate the area and radius of the inscribed and circumscribed circle. - Cosine
Cosine and sine theorem: Calculate all unknown values (sides and angles) of the triangle ABC. a = 20 cm; b = 15 cm; γ = 90°; c =? cm; α =? °; β =? ° - 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) - Circumscribed circle ABC
Triangle ABC, with sides a = 15 cm, b = 17.4 cm, and c = 21.6 cm, is circumscribed by a circle. Calculate the area of the segments determined by the sides of the triangle. - Trapezoid interior angles
The area for shooting training has the shape of a trapezoid, the parallel sides of which are 36m, 21m long, and the remaining sides are 14m, 16m long. Determine the size of the interior angles with a longer base. - 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 the point S is the center of the side BC. The magnitude of the CTS angle is 60°. Calculate the length of the BC side t - Parallelogram
The sides of the parallelogram are 8 cm and 6 cm long, and the diagonals' angle is 60°. What is its area? - Calculate triangle
In the triangle, ABC, calculate the sizes of all heights, angles, perimeters, and areas if given a=40cm, b=57cm, and c=59cm. - 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? - Heron backlaw
Calculate the unknown side in a triangle with sides 39 and 38 and area 438.6. - Parallelogram - sides L
In a parallelogram, the sum of the lengths of the sides a+b = 234. The angle subtended by the sides a and b is 60°. The diagonal size against the given angle of 60° is u=162. Calculate the sides of the parallelogram, its perimeter, and its area. - Aircraft bearing
Two aircraft will depart from the airport simultaneously. The first flight flies 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? - Triangle tangent area
In the triangle ABC, b=5 cm, c=6 cm, /BAC/ = 80° are given. Calculate the sizes of the other sides and angles, and further determine the sizes of the tangent tc and the area of the triangle. - The cosine law
Solve the unknown dimensions for the following triangle: Triangle ABC: Angle A=43 degrees, b=7.0cm, c=6.0cm Question 1. Angle B with units written as degrees Question 2. Angle C with units written as degrees Question 3. a, rounded to the nearest tenth of - Two groves
Two groves A and 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'? - Inner angles
The inner angles of the triangle are 30°, 45°, and 105° and its longest side is 10 cm. Calculate the shortest side length, and write the result in cm up to two decimal places.
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