Chapter 9 Trig Applications Fr. Chris Trig Applications Fr. Chris
Right Triangles Proof:Also...
9.1(p. 633)
What about Triangles that AREN’T Right Triangles?
Law of Sines or for that matter... If you know two angles and a side
Proof
ASA Case (1 solution)
SAA/ASS Ambiguity See page 640 for details... Don’t Panic... it sorts itself out...
The Solution?
Could Both Beta’s Work?
Could neither work? But doesn’t sine stay between 1 and -1????? ERR:DOMAIN
WHAT ABOUT SAS & SSS? Law of Sines won’t work!
Law of Cosines
Proof
SAS page 651#9
SSS page 651#21