UNIT 15

SCALE DRAWINGS, BEARINGS

& TRIGONOMETRY
A bearing tells you a direction of travel. It is an angle measured clockwise from North and then
represents the 360° of a circle. (90 from east, 180 from south, 270 from west)
Can have any value from 0° to 360
That means that north can be written as 000 or 360
If number less than a hundred degrees, you would need to add a 0

15.6 – SINE AND COSINE RULES

Sine rule
- Used when dealing w/ pairs opposite sides and angles.
- To calculate angles
sinA sinB sinC
o = =
a b c
o Ex
 Angle DEF is opp a side of length ..cm. This forms one pair.
sinD sinE sin ..° sinE sin.. °
 = ⇒ = ⇒sinE=10 ×
d e 7 10 7
sin .. °
−1
(
 ¿=sin 10 ×
7 )
=X °

 Sin X is periodic function. Second possible value of angle DEF is

 ¿=180− X ° =Y °
 Beware when calculating a third angle (two possible solutions)
o Property:
 The sides are proportional to the sinus of the angles
 The bigger angle is opposed by the bigger side  if when calculating the value of an angle
there are two options but 1 of these doesn’t follow the rule, it cannot be correct
 Ex: Y must be greater than …, because it is the angle that opposed the side ZY which
measures …, whereas angle X, measures … and opposes side … which measures….
Therefore, because of the property that …, as Y opposes a larger side than the one opposite
…°., Y must be bigger than …
o
 Make sure to use the am of s.f needed
- Calculate lengths
a b c
o = =
sinA sinB sinC
-
o Ex:
 C+ …+…=180 ⇒ C=180−…−…=…
a c BC AB
 = ⇒ =
sinA sinC sinA sinC
… AB …
 So = ⇒ AB= ×sin ..° =Xcm
sin ..° sin … ° sin …°
- Each fraction requires an angle (A) and length of opp side (a)