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Math 125 Problem Session #13

The document outlines various precalculus problems focused on the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines, including explanations of their applications and limitations. It includes specific problems to solve triangles given different conditions, as well as real-world applications involving distances and angles. Additionally, it addresses the necessary conditions for solving right triangles and identifies impossible triangle configurations.

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Math 125 Problem Session #13

The document outlines various precalculus problems focused on the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines, including explanations of their applications and limitations. It includes specific problems to solve triangles given different conditions, as well as real-world applications involving distances and angles. Additionally, it addresses the necessary conditions for solving right triangles and identifies impossible triangle configurations.

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PRECALCULUS PROBLEM SESSION #13

The Law of Sines


1. Explain why the law of sines cannot be used to find the first angle when solving a triangle given three sides.
2. Explain why we cannot solve a triangle given SAS with the law of sines.

3. Solve each triangle. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.
a. ‫ ܣ‬ൌ ͷ͸ιǡ ‫ ܥ‬ൌ ʹͶιǡ ܿ ൌ ʹʹ b. ‫ ܤ‬ൌ ͺͲιǡ ‫ ܥ‬ൌ ͳͲιǡ ܽ ൌ ͺ

4. Two sides and an angle (SSA) of a triangle are given. Determine whether the given measurements produce one
triangle, two triangles, or no triangle at all. Solve each triangle that results. Round to the nearest tenth and the
nearest degree for all sides and angles.
a. ܽ ൌ ͵Ͳǡ ܾ ൌ ʹͲǡ ‫ ܣ‬ൌ ͷͲι b. ܽ ൌ ͵Ͳǡ ܾ ൌ ͶͲǡ ‫ ܣ‬ൌ ʹͲι

5. A surveyor needs to determine the distance between two points that lie on opposite banks of a river. The figure
shows that 300 yards are measured along one bank. The angles from each end of this line segment to a point on the
opposite bank are 62° and 53°. Find the distance between A and B to the nearest tenth of a yard. (Figure 1)

6. A pier forms an 85°angle with a straight shore. At a distance of 100 feet from the pier, the line of sight to the top
forms a 37° angle. Find the length of the pier to the nearest tenth of a foot. (Figure 2)

7. A leaning wall is inclined 6° from the vertical. At a distance of 40 feet from the wall, the angle of elevation to the
top is 22°. Find the height of the wall to the nearest tenth of a foot. (figure 3)

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

a b c
8. The law of sines is sometimes expressed as . Explain whether any restrictions should be
sin D sin E sin J
placed on variables in the denominators.

The Law of Cosines


1. To solve a right triangle means to find the measures of the unknown sides and angles, when some measures of the
triangle are known. Summarize the combinations of sides and angles of a right triangle that must be known to yield
a solution.

2. Solve each triangle. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.
a. ܽ ൌ ͳͲǡ ܾ ൌ ͵ǡ ‫ ܥ‬ൌ ͳͷι b. ܽ ൌ Ͷǡ ܾ ൌ ͸ǡ ܿ ൌ ͻ c.  = 50q, a = 8, c = 10

3. Explain why the following triangles are impossible:


a.  = 46.5, a = 7.9 mm, b = 13.1 mm b.  = 123, a = 101 m, b = 150 m

Selected problems were taken from Blitzer’s PreCalculus


4. To find the distance across a protected cove at a lake, a surveyor makes the measurements shown in the figure. Use
these measurements to find the distance from A to B to the nearest yard.

5. The figure shows a 200-foot tower on the side of a hill that forms a 5° angle with the horizontal. Find the length of
each of the two guy wires that are anchored 150 feet uphill and downhill from the tower’s base and extend to the
top of the tower. Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

6. A Little League baseball diamond has four bases forming a square whose sides measure 60 feet each. The pitcher’s
mound is 46 feet from home plate on a line joining home plate and second base. Find the distance from the
pitcher’s mound to third base. Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

Selected problems were taken from Blitzer’s PreCalculus

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