Sine Rule
Learn how to use the Sine Rule, , to find missing sides or angles in triangles. Let’s get started! 🚀

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🛎️ What Is the Sine Rule?
- The Sine Rule is used to find missing sides or angles in a non-right-angled triangle.
- The formula is .
🛎️ Using the Sine Rule to Find a Side
- You must know one angle and its opposite side as a matching pair.
- Use this known pair to calculate the missing side opposite another known angle.
🛎️ Using the Sine Rule to Find an Angle
- You must know one side and its opposite angle as a matching pair.
- Then apply to find the angle.
Practice Questions
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What information is required to apply the Sine Rule?
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To apply the Sine Rule, you need to know at least one pair of an angle and its opposite side in the triangle.
In the Sine Rule formula , what do the letters , , and represent?
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In the Sine Rule formula, , , and represent the sides of the triangle, and , , and are the angles opposite those sides.
In a triangle, angle , and side . If angle , what is the length of side ?

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Using the Sine Rule, . Substituting the known values, . Since and , we cross-multiply to get .
In a triangle, angle and side . If angle , what is the length of side ?

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Using the Sine Rule, . Substituting the known values, . Since and , we cross-multiply to get .
In a triangle, angle , and side . If angle , what is the length of side ?

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Using the Sine Rule, . Substituting the known values, . Since and , we cross-multiply to get .
In a triangle, side , side , angle , find angle .

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Using the Sine Rule, . Substituting the known values, . Since , we get . Finally, using the inverse sine function, we find that .
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