20-1 Worksheet – Sine Law and Cosine Law Name:

Draw a diagram for each question.

1. The span (width) of a roof is 23 m. Each of the sides is 18 m long. What angle is formed at the
peak of the roof?

2. A ferry boat is to connect two towns on the opposite sides of a lake. To determine the width of the
lake, the measurements were made as shown in the diagram. Find the width of the lake.

Town A FERRY
3.71km Town B

5.12 km
23°

3. The piece of countertop needed to finish one end of a counter is in the shape of a triangle PQR.
The length of side PR is 58 cm and of side RQ is 93 cm. ∠PQR is 25º. What is the measure of
<RPQ?

4. One side of a triangular piece of land is 110.7 m long. The adjacent side is 125.6 m long. The
angle between these two sides is 22º. What is the length of the third side?
5. A sailboat race follows a triangular course. The three legs of the race are 8.56 km, 5.93 km and
10.24 km long. Find the angle between the starting leg and the finishing leg.

6. A roof has a span of 8 m. The slant angles of the sides on the roof are 45º and 21º.
a) What is the measure of the angle between the slanting sides?

b) Find the slant length of both sides of the roof.

7. A light is suspended from the ceiling by two chains. One chain is 3.6 m long and forms an angle
of 62º with the ceiling. The other chain is 4.8 m long. What angle does the second chain form
with the ceiling?

Solutions:
1. 79º 5. 35º
2. 2.24 km 6. a) 114º b) 3m , 6,
3. 43º
4. 47.4 m 7. 41º