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9.05 Sine rule - worksheet

The document provides a series of exercises related to the sine rule in triangles, including determining unknown sides and angles, writing equations, and applying the sine rule to solve various problems. It includes tasks for calculating side lengths, angles, and applications in real-world scenarios. The exercises require rounding answers to specified decimal places and involve both acute and right-angled triangles.

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9.05 Sine rule - worksheet

The document provides a series of exercises related to the sine rule in triangles, including determining unknown sides and angles, writing equations, and applying the sine rule to solve various problems. It includes tasks for calculating side lengths, angles, and applications in real-world scenarios. The exercises require rounding answers to specified decimal places and involve both acute and right-angled triangles.

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Sine rule

1 For each of the given triangles, determine if there is enough information to find all the
remaining sides and angles in the triangle using only the sine rule:

a Three sides are known: b Two of the angles and the side included
between them are known:

c Two of the angles and a side not d Two of the sides and an angle included
included between them are known: between them are known:

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2 For each of the following triangles, write an equation relating the sides and angles using the
sine rule:

a b

3 Consider the following diagram:

a Find an expression for sin A in △ACD.


b Find an expression for sin B in △BDC .
Then make x the subject of the
equation.
c Substitute your expression for x into the
equation from part (a), and rearrange the
equation to form the sine rule.

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Unknown sides

4 For each of the following triangles, find the side length a using the sine rule. Round your
answers to two decimal places.

a b

c d

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5 For each of the following triangles, find the length of side x, correct to one decimal place:

a b

6 For each of the following triangles:

i Find the value of a using the sine rule. Round your answer to two decimal places.
ii Use another trigonometric ratio and the fact that the triangle is right-angled to calculate
and confirm the value of a. Round your answer to two decimal places.

a b

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7 Consider the following triangle:

a Find the length of side HK to two


decimal places.
b Find the length of side KJ to two
decimal places.

8 Consider the triangle with ∠C = 72.53° and ∠B = 31.69°, and one side length a = 5.816 m.

a Find ∠A. Round your answer to two


decimal places.
b Find the length of side b. Round your
answer to three decimal places.
c Find the length of side c. Round your
answer to three decimal places.

Unknown angles

9 For each of the following diagrams, find the value of the angle x using the sine rule. Round
your answers to one decimal place.

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a b

c d

e f

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g h

i j

10 For each of the following acute angled triangles, calculate the size of∠B to the nearest
degree:

a △ABC where ∠A = 57° side a = 156 cm and side b = 179 cm


b △ABC where ∠A = 48° side a = 2.7 cm and side b = 1.9 cm

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11 The angle of depression from J to M is 68°.
The length of J K is 25 m and the length of
M K is 28 m as shown:

Find the following, rounding your answers


to two decimal places:

a Find x, the size of ∠J M K .


b Find the angle of elevation from M to
K.

12 Consider △ABC below:

a Find x to the nearest degree.


b Find ∠ADB to the nearest degree.

13 Consider the following diagram of a


quadrilateral:
Find the value of θ , correct to two decimal
places.

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Applications

14 Consider the following diagram:

a Find the size of ∠OBA.


b Find the length of k, to two decimal
places.

15 A bridge connects two towns on either side


of a gorge, where one side of the gorge is
inclined at 59° and the other side is inclined
at 70°. The length of the steeper incline is
59.1 m.
Find x, the length of the bridge. Round your
answer correct to one decimal place.

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16 During football training, the coach marks
out the perimeter of a triangular course that
players need to run around. The diagram
shows some measurements taken of the
course, where side length a = 14 m:

a Find the size of ∠A.


b Find the length of side c, correct to two
decimal places.
c Find the length of side b, correct to two
decimal places.
d Each player must sprint one lap and then
jog one lap around the triangle. This
process is to be repeated 3 times by
each player.
If Tara can run 280 m/min, and can jog at
half the speed she runs, calculate the
time this exercise will take her, correct
to one decimal place.

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