Sine rule and cosine rule

There are 17 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Sine rule and cosine rule

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Bendy quad

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14 to 16

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Four rods are hinged at their ends to form a convex quadrilateral. Investigate the different shapes that the quadrilateral can take. Be patient this problem may be slow to load.

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Given a square ABCD of sides 10 cm, and using the corners as centres, construct four quadrants with radius 10 cm each inside the square. The four arcs intersect at P, Q, R and S. Find the area enclosed by PQRS.

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Pythagoras for a tetrahedron

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16 to 18

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In a right-angled tetrahedron prove that the sum of the squares of the areas of the 3 faces in mutually perpendicular planes equals the square of the area of the sloping face. A generalisation of Pythagoras' Theorem.

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Hexy-metry

Age

14 to 16

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A hexagon, with sides alternately a and b units in length, is inscribed in a circle. How big is the radius of the circle?

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Three by one

Age

16 to 18

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There are many different methods to solve this geometrical problem - how many can you find?

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Cubestick

Age

16 to 18

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Stick some cubes together to make a cuboid. Find two of the angles by as many different methods as you can devise.

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Calculating with cosines

Age

14 to 18

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If I tell you two sides of a right-angled triangle, you can easily work out the third. But what if the angle between the two sides is not a right angle?

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Raising the roof

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

How far should the roof overhang to shade windows from the mid-day sun?

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Just touching

Age

16 to 18

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Three semi-circles have a common diameter, each touches the other two and two lie inside the biggest one. What is the radius of the circle that touches all three semi-circles?

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Biggest bendy

Age

16 to 18

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Four rods are hinged at their ends to form a quadrilateral. How can you maximise its area?

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Sine rule and cosine rule

Bendy quad

Quadarc

Pythagoras for a tetrahedron

Hexy-metry

Three by one

Cubestick

Calculating with cosines

Raising the roof

Just touching

Biggest bendy