10.2.1 Find the value of x in each of the following triangles.
Example 1 Example 2 R Q
65 9 cm 16 cm sin x = 8 cm x = 76 x sin x = 0.5458 75 R P x = 33º 5’ P x Q x = 7.506 cm
(a) (c ) R P 9.3 cm Q x 62 70 Q 10.2 cm 6.5 cm x 53 R P
(b) (d) Q P
x 15.8 5m 3.1 cm 5.6 cm 125 130 30 x R Q R P
3 10.2.1 Solve each of the following
(1) (2) S Q
4.9 cm R 80
60 7 cm 97 9 cm 55 45 35 P Q R P 8.2 cm In the diagram above, PQR is a straight S line. Calculate In the diagram above PQRS is a (a) length of PQ Quadilateral. Calculate
(a) length of QR
(b) length of RS (b)
4 10.3. COSINE RULE 10.3.1 Find the value of x in the following triangles.
Example 1 Example 2 Q Q 3 cm x cm
45 8 cm R 5 cm P 10 cm x x² = 3² + 10² − 2(3)(10) kos 45º P 6 cm R
x = 8.159 cm 5² = 8² + 6² − 2(8)(6) kos x
kos x = x = 0.7813 x = 38º 37’
(a) B R 6 cm 5 cm 80 A x Q 6 cm 4 cm x cm 8 cm C P ( c)
(b) A P x 7 cm x cm 8 cm 15 cm 110 C
Q 12 cm R 20 cm B
(d)
5 10.3.2 Solve the following problems
(1) ABC is a triangle with A= 39º, (2)
AB = 15.2 cm and AC = 12 cm. Find T R (a) the length of BC 5 cm 25
7 cm S 10 cm
4 cm
P Q
In the diagram, PSR and QST are straight
lines. Calculate (a) PST
(b) ABC
(b) the length of SQ
6 10.4. AREA OF TRIANGLE
10.4.1 Calculate the area of the following triangles ABC
Example C (a) In ABC, A = 57º, AB = 8.5 cm and AC = 6.3 cm. Calculate the area of ABC. 16.2 cm
49
A 18.4 cm B
Area of ABC = x 16.2 x 18.4 x sin 49º
= 112.48 cm²
A C
4 cm 30 7 cm 125 A 7 cm B
B 10 cm C ( c) (b)
10 cm
60 35 A C (d)
7 10.5 SPM QUESTIONS
SPM 2004 PAPER 2
1. Diagram below shows a quadrilateral ABCD such that ABC is acute.
D 5.2 cm C
9.8 cm 12.3 cm 9.5 cm
40.5 A B
( a) Calculate ( i) ( ii) ( iii) the area, in cm², of quadrilateral ABCD. ( 8 Marks)
(b) A triangle has the same measurements as those given for triangle ABC, that is = 12.3 cm, = 9.5 cm and = 40.5º, but which is different in shape to triangle ABC. ( i) Sketch the triangle , ( ii) State the size of ( 2 Marks)
(a) Calculate the length, in cm, of AC. ( 2 Marks)
(b) A quadrilateral ABCD is now formed so that AC is a diagonal, and AD = 16 cm. Calculate the two possible values of . ( 2 Marks) (c) By using the acute from (b), calculate (i) the length, in cm of CD, (ii) the area, in cm², of the quadrilateral ABCD. ( 6 Marks)
9 10.6 ASSESSMENT
Answer All questions Time : 30 minutes
(a) In Diagram below, PQS and SQR are two triangles
S PQR is a straight line. Calculate
(i) the length of SR (ii) the length of PQ 6 cm (iii) the area of
40 75 35
P Q R
(b) In triangle ABC, , c = 10 cm and b= 6 cm. Find
( i) the possible value of ( ii) the length of BC
10 (c ) Diagram below shows two triangles ABC and ACD. A BCD is a straight line. Find (i) (ii ) the length of CD 10 cm 8 cm (iii ) the area of the whole diagram 8 cm 35 B C D
(d) Diagram below shows two triangles, PTQ and PSR.
S 2 cm PTS and PQR are straight lines, T Calculate 5 cm (i) (ii) the length of SR P 4 cm Q 6 cm R ( ii) the area of quarilateral TQRS
11 ANSWER
10.2 SINE RULE
( 10.2.1) (a) 10.28 (10.2.2) (1) (a) 3.89 cm (b) 9.175 (b) 6.041 cm (c) 36º 47’ (2) (a) 5.823 cm (d) 8º 37’ - 8º 39’ (b) 126º 54’
