Section 11.4 The Sine Rule Oblique triangles have no right angles. That means you cannot use the Pythag Thm or standard sine, cosine, ot ‘angent to find missing angles and sides. Also remember angles ina triangle add to 180° ‘You can find missing parts of your triangle is you know two angles and any side (AAS or ASA) or two sides ‘and an angle opposite one of them (SSA). The Sine Rule: oat fone "SSA" (see last example) sinA _sinB_ sinc af 4 ae y Y ° eo 2 oh Fr ‘The proof ean be seen on page 380, NOTE: the rule can also be set up upside down (see book pe 381) Example: Sclve the following triangle. Round answers tothe nearest tenth. B=33°, C46 0-4 8 Sin33-_ SIKH oe aye #e= [Wo He-33, © x [azn © Sin 33> HAH {c= 53) Sin33_ sin Lol fo cn eoet alweys © Sin33> 41H lol Use arack 7 On Tk Va\ues whene gable! Example: A ship is sailing due north. At a certain point the bearing of a lighthouse that is 12.5 km away from the boats current position ® N 38.8" E. Laer on, te capain notices tht the bearing of the lighthouse bas become S 4.2 How fr dd te ship ave bereen tne to Observations ofthe lighthouse? awk |S. WON Iwo -44,2 -39.& x tA gn tv AIT & ke bee Sin 14.2. S897 d= kee 25 \sr EeercseG | Que 2-44| See investigation pe 384 Example: Solve the following triangle. Round answers tothe nearest tenth. 9 125,e=201,B=373° Sin 37.3 sinc 25 nS 2A K 373N 3 Sia C= Loeb sh 373 aah 125 A= \sp-313-77 [Ares] Sin373 SiKCST =———F — 2S 7 oS As (Fk ‘Now, this is called the ambiguous case (SSA) since when I did my inverse sine I got an answer in Quad I, 1 ‘must figure out my possible angle in Quad II (since we were looking for where sine is positive) wh ch would be 180~77.0= 103.0" [Now continue the prablem by finding an addtional A value (180 ~ 37.3 — 103) which is 39.7%. ‘Then use that new Ato find a new a which would be 13.2. Now do a sketch fo ensure that is possitle. Remember thatthe smallest angle must be across ftom the smallest side, largest angle across from the largest side, ete onion = Option Bon e A Sor 8 {so sai ison om amaroa an in 1 niles eat ofthe na. Along the coun, here areseveal a ln hey mat, el ona iatng of 0a thes one heading TS tin tal uncon te eae ce ei i , Sin 130, SIKBO — SHKIBO_ SIA 26 ' fe S eR ; Che x= 9.79 Yr be97 st ane i total OAK [e487 miles Useoc