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Cosine Rule
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Question 1: Find x for each of the triangles below.



(a) (b) (c)



(d) (e) (f)


Question 2: Find the size of θ for each of these triangles.

(a) (b) (c)



(d) (e) (f)

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Question 3: In triangle ABC, the side AB = 6cm, the side BC = 8cm and angle ABC = 100°
Find the length of side AC.
Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

Question 4: In triangle DEF, the side DE = 30cm, the side DF = 40cm and the side EF = 45cm.
Find the size of angle DFE.
Give your answer to 3 signiVicant Vigures.

Question 5: In triangle GHI, the side GH = 3cm, the side HI = 18cm and the side GI = 20.5cm.
Find the size of angle HGI.
Give your answer to 3 signiVicant Vigures.

Apply

Question 1: Calculate the perimeter of triangle ABC

Question 2: Boat A is 16km from a lighthouse on a bearing of 055°


Boat B is 11km from the same lighthouse on a bearing of 152°

Calculate the distance between the two boats.


Question 3: Find the size of the smallest angle in this triangle.

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Question 4: A hot air balloon is Vlying above two point, standing on the ground at points A
and B, 600m apart.

The hot air balloon is 300m from A and 500m from B.

(a) Work out the angle of elevation from point B



(b) How high is the hot air balloon from the ground?

Question 5: Shown is sector OAB.


O is the centre of the circle with radius 9cm
A and B are points on the circle.
The length of the chord AB is 10.35cm

Find the area of sector OAB

Question 6: ABCD is a quadrilateral.


AB = 7cm BC = 5cm BC = 11cm AD = 10cm Angle BAD = 130°

Work out the size of angle BCD.

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Question 7: A is a vertex of a regular pentagon.
B is a vertex of a regular octagon.
C and D are vertices of both polygons.

The perimeter of the octagon is 40cm.

Work out the length AB

Question 8: A clock has two hands.


A minute hand which is 5.5cm long and an hour hand which is 4cm long.

Find the distance between the tips of the two hands at 7:15am

Question 9: Two ships, A and B, leave a port at 10:30

Ship A travels on a bearing of 196° at a speed of 30km/h.


Ship B travels on a bearing of 244° at a speed of 24km/h.

(a) Work out the distance between A and B at 14:00

(b) Work out the bearing of B from A at 14:00


Question 10: In the diagram:

ABD is a straight line.


AC = 6cm CD = 7.4cm DE = 25cm
Angle BAC = 36° Angle BDE = 110°

Calculate the length of BE

Question 11: The Cosine Rule is a² = b² + c² − 2bcCosA

Make CosA the subject.

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Question 12: Shown is kite ABCD

Prove

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