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Warm Up1. What is the third angle measure in a triangle with angles measuring 65° and 43°?

Find each value. Round trigonometricratios to the nearest hundredth and angle measures to the nearest degree.2. sin 73° 3. cos 18° 4. tan 82°

5. sin-1 (0.34) 6. cos-1 (0.63) 7. tan-1 (2.75)

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesUse your calculator to find each trigonometric ratio. Round to the nearest hundredth.A. tan 103° B. cos 165° C. sin 93°

Holt McDougal Geometry

8-5 Law of Sines and Law of Cosines

Use the law of sines in a non-right triangle in you are provided with the measurements of an angle opposite a side.

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.FG

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.NP

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.mQ

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.mL

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.mX

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.AC

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesSolve each triangle.

f = 9.1, r = 20.1 , m R = 107⦟ ᵒ

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesSolve each triangle.

m⦟R = 71ᵒ, m F = 41⦟ ᵒ, r = 7.4

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesSolve each triangle.

m R = 34⦟ ᵒ , f = 9.1 , r = 27

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesSolve each triangle.

m F = 25⦟ ᵒ , m D = 52⦟ ᵒ , r = 15.6

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesSolve each triangle.d = 30, r = 9.5 , m D = 107⦟ ᵒ

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of Cosines

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of Cosines

Use the law of cosines if are NOT provided with a side opposite an angle.

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of Cosines

Find the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.XZ

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.DE

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.mK

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.YZ

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.mR

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesFind the measure. Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesA sailing club has planned a triangular racecourse, as shown in the diagram. How long is the leg of the race along BC? How many degrees must competitors turn at point C? Round the length to the nearest tenth and the angle measure to the nearest degree.

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of CosinesWhat if…? Another engineer suggested using a cable attached from the top of the tower to a point 31 m from the base. How long would this cable be, and what angle would it make with the ground? Round the length to the nearest tenth and the angle measure to the nearest degree.

31 m

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Round lengths to the nearest tenth and angle measures to the nearest degree.

1. mB = 20°, mC = 31° and b = 210. Find a.

2. a = 16, b = 10, and mC = 110°. Find c.

3. a = 20, b = 15, and c = 8.3. Find mA.

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8-5 Law of Sines and Law of Cosines4. An observer in tower A sees a fire 1554 ft away at an angle

of depression of 28°. To the nearest foot, how far is the fire from an observer in tower B? To the nearest degree, what is the angle of depression to the fire from tower B?