Trigonometry Section 3: Sine and cosine rules Proof of the Sine Rule Forany tangle anc: — PROOF ‘There are two possible cases: ‘he pespendeuler haghtiserawn insidethe vance ‘he pexpndiculer reign sau cutee te angle case Locks Ac Farbohcawe: snd 1 Lika 80 inate sont inca sagan out snQ*-B)=Sn# eeu 2sorwty somhenat: —ina=t sonentone: basa 2 Enpresns tend Zeb connotes. ca Remmmetoet Ean she sia we had daw be pend fon Ae wl have fears od So for any triangle ABC: — "= b= as required. Gnd” sinB sinC © MEI, 11/04/05 mTrigonometry Section 3: Sine and cosine rules Proof of the Cosine Rule For any triangle ABC: PROOF ‘he perpendicular ‘There are two possible cases; hgh awn the petpendiousr ‘uti the angle hight awn Ine the ane, Case 1 Look at ACD. By Pythagoras’ theorem: Also: Seo Look at ABCD. Incase 1 by Pythagores' theorem: Incase 2 by Pythagores' theorem: e-ay roe) 4H Now (c=) ‘and (c-2) 2 2eres" (<-e)) Inbboth cases the expressions expand to give: ac dete si 2 2er48 ~2eheos A+B se Dhecos A ‘The cosine rule can berearranged to get: —_2éceos A Bactoa he ‘This is @ more convenient form to use when you are finding an unknown angle. So: os © MEI, 11/04/05 m