Sine rule and cosine rule

  • Biggest Bendy
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    Biggest Bendy

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Four rods are hinged at their ends to form a quadrilateral. How can you maximise its area?
  • Xtra
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    Xtra

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Find the sides of an equilateral triangle ABC where a trapezium BCPQ is drawn with BP=CQ=2 , PQ=1 and AP+AQ=sqrt7 . Note: there are 2 possible interpretations.

  • Calculating with cosines
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    Calculating With Cosines

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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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?

  • Just touching
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    Just Touching

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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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?

  • Cyclic Triangles
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    Cyclic Triangles

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Make and prove a conjecture about the cyclic quadrilateral inscribed in a circle of radius r that has the maximum perimeter and the maximum area.

  • The Dodecahedron Explained
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    The Dodecahedron Explained

    What is the shortest distance through the middle of a dodecahedron between the centres of two opposite faces?