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Law of Cosines

Grade 10·21 problems·~30 min·ACT Math·topic·act-geo-trig-lawcosines
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Recall / Warm-Up

1.

In a right triangle with legs 5 and 12, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

2.

What is the value of cos(60°)\cos(60\degree)?

3.

The three angles of a triangle always sum to:

B

Fluency Practice

1.

In triangle ABCABC, a=6a = 6, b=10b = 10, and C=60°C = 60\degree. Find side cc. Round to the nearest tenth.

2.

In triangle PQRPQR, p=8p = 8, q=5q = 5, and R=40°R = 40\degree. Find side rr. Round to the nearest tenth.

3.

In triangle ABCABC, a=7a = 7, b=9b = 9, and C=120°C = 120\degree. Find side cc. Round to the nearest tenth.

4.

In triangle ABCABC, a=5a = 5, b=8b = 8, and c=9c = 9. Find angle CC. Round to the nearest degree.

5.

In triangle DEFDEF, d=11d = 11, e=7e = 7, and f=6f = 6. Find angle DD. Round to the nearest degree.

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