Solutions of Triangles 1

SOLUTION OF TRIANGLES
1.2 Use Sine Rule to find the unknown sides or angles of a triangle.

Task 1 : Find the unknown sides of a triangle when two of its angles and one of the corresponding
sides are known.
(1) Diagram 1 shows the triangle ABC.










Calculate the length of BC.
Answer :


0 0
40 sin
2 . 8
75 sin
=
BC



0
0
75 sin
40 sin
2 . 8
= BC

Using the scientific calculator,

BC = 12.32 cm
(2) Diagram 2 shows the triangle PQR











Calculate the length of PQ.












[ 8.794 cm ]
(3) Diagram 3 shows the triangle DEF.









Calculate the length of DE.














[ 10.00 cm ]
(4) Diagram 4 shows the triangle KLM.








Calculate the length of KM.













[ 11.26 cm ]

Diagram 2
D
E
F
60
0
35
0
16
15 cm
Diagram 3
L
K
M
42
0
63
0

15 cm
Diagram 4

Diagram 1
To find unknown sides :
C
c
B
b
A
a
sin sin sin
= =
To find unknown angles :
c
C
b
B
a
A sin sin sin
= =
Solutions of Triangles 2

(5) Diagram 5 shows the triangle ABC.










Calculate the length of AC.
Answer :

0 0 0 0
65 75 40 180 = = ABC


0 0
40 sin
2 . 8
65 sin
=
AC



0
0
65 sin
40 sin
2 . 8
= BC

Using the scientific calculator,

AC = 11.56 cm
(6) Diagram 6 shows the triangle PQR











Calculate the length of PR.













[ 6.527 cm ]
(7) Diagram 7 shows the triangle DEF.









Calculate the length of EF.















[ 17.25 cm ]
(8) Diagram 8 shows the triangle KLM.








Calculate the length of KL.
















[ 16.26 cm ]

Diagram 5

Diagram 6
D
E
F
60
0
35
0
16
15 cm
Diagram 7
L
K
M
42
0
63
0

15 cm
Diagram 8
Solutions of Triangles 3
Task 2 : Find the unknown sides of a triangle when two of its angles and the side not corresponding
to the angles are known.
(9) Diagram 9 shows the triangle ABC.











Calculate the length of BC.
Answer :


0 0 0 0
55 78 47 180 = = ABC


0 0
55 sin
2 . 11
47 sin
=
BC



0
0
47 sin
55 sin
2 . 11
= BC

Using scientific calculator,

BC = 9.9996 cm or 10.00 cm
(10) Diagram 10 shows the triangle ABC.









Calculate the length of AC.












[ 4.517 cm ]
(11) Diagram 11 shows the triangle PQR.









Calculate the length of PQ.















[ 3.810 cm ]
(12) Diagram 12 shows the triangle DEF.












Calculate the length of DE.














[ 5.189 cm ]

Diagram 10
R
P
Q
25
0
28
0

7.2 cm
Diagram 11
D
E
F
72
0
51
0

5.6 cm
Diagram 12
Diagram 9
Solutions of Triangles 4

Task 3 : Find the unknown angles of a triangle when two sides and a non-included angle are given.
(1) Diagram 1 shows the triangle ABC.










Find ACB.
Answer :


15
60 sin
10
sin
0
=
C



15
60 sin 10
sin
0
= C


5774 . 0 sin = C


5774 . 0 sin
1
= C


0
27 . 35 = C

(2) Diagram 2 shows the triangle KLM









Find KLM













[ 27.36
0
]
(3) Diagram 3 shows the triangle DEF.









Find DFE.














[ 11.09
0
]
(4) Diagram 4 shows the triangle PQR.









Find QPR.
















[ 36.11
0
]
D
E
F
3.5 cm
43
0
24
12.5 cm
Diagram 3
L
K
M
9 cm

50
0

15 cm
Diagram 2
R
P
Q
10 cm
130
0

13 cm
Diagram 4
A
B
C
60
0
15 cm
Diagram 1
10 cm
Solutions of Triangles 5

(5) Diagram 5 shows the triangle ABC.









Find ABC.



Answer :

14
110 sin
9
sin
0
=
A


14
110 sin 9
sin
0
= A


6041 . 0 sin = A


6041 . 0 sin
1
= A


0
16 . 37 = A


0
0 0 0
84 . 32
16 . 37 110 180
=
= ABC

(6) Diagram 6 shows the triangle KLM.










Find KLM.













[ 138.64
0
]
(7) Diagram 7 shows the triangle DEF.








Find DFE.
















[ 124.46
0
]
(8) Diagram 8 shows the triangle PQR.








Find PQR.













[ 94.15
0
]
L K
M
4.2 cm

25
0

2.8 cm
Diagram 6
E
D
F
34
0
6.7 cm
Diagram 7
4.4 cm
B
A
C
110
0
14 cm
Diagram 5
9 cm
P
R
Q
55
0
12.3 cm
Diagram 8
7.7 cm
Solutions of Triangles 6
Task 4 : Find the unknown side of a triangle when two sides and a non-included angle are given.
(1) Diagram 1 shows the triangle ABC.









Given that ACB is an obtuse angle, find
the length of AC.











Answer :

9
37 sin
14
sin
0
=
C


9
37 sin 14
sin
0
= C


9362 . 0 sin = C

9362 . 0 sin
1
= C

0
58 . 110 = C


0
0 0 0
42 . 32
37 58 . 110 180
=
= B


0 0
37 sin
9
42 . 32 sin
=
AC


0
0
37 sin
42 . 32 sin 9
= AC


AC = 8.018 cm


(2) Diagram 2 shows the triangle KLM








Given that KLM is an obtuse angle, find
the length of ML.






























[ 2.952 cm ]

L
K
M
7 cm

40
0

9 cm
Diagram 2
B
A
C
37
0
14 cm
Diagram 1
9 cm
Solutions of Triangles 7
(3) Diagram 3 shows the triangle DEF.









Given that the value of EDF is greater than
90
0
, find the length of DE.




















[ 5.040 cm ]
(4) Diagram 4 shows the triangle PQR.










Given that PQR is an angle in the second
quadrant of the cartesian plane, find the
length of QR.




















[ 2.707 cm ]
(5) Diagram 5 shows the triangle KLM.










Given that KLM is an angle in the second
quadrant of the cartesian plane, find the
length of KL.



















[ 9.686 cm ]

D
E
F
11 cm
42
0

8 cm
Diagram 3
R
P
Q
6.9 cm

46
0

8.5 cm
Diagram 4
L K
M
17.3 cm

23
0

9.2 cm
Diagram 5