Equations and Formulas
Vocabulary
7.1-7.2
7.3-7.4 Day 1
7.4 Day 2-7.5
100


What is the Law of Sines?

100

Quantities involving magnitudes

What are scalars?

100

The acronyms for the four types of oblique triangles

What are SAS, ASA, SAA, and SSS?

100

The solution for ΔABC given A = 41.4°, b = 2.78 yds, and c = 3.92 yds.

 

What is a = 2.60 yds, B = 45.1°, and C = 93.5°?

100

The magnitude of the resultant force of forces 75.6 and 98.2 newtons that form an angle of 82°50'.

What is |v| = 131 N?

200

The formula for the area of a triangle when a, b, and C is given.

What is 0.5absinC?

200

A representation of a vector quantity; a directed line segment

What are vectors?

200

The area of ΔABC given: C = 72.2°, b = 43.8 ft, and   c =35.1 ft

 

What is 732 feet squared?

200

Solve ΔABC given = 28 ft, = 47 ft, and = 58 ft. 

What is = 98°, = 29°, and = 53°?

200

The x- and y-components of v (to three decimal places), written as an ordered pair given θ = 75° and |v| = 100.

What is ⟨25.882, 96.593⟩?

300

What is the Law of Cosines?

300

The first letter of the vector name, the starting point of the vector

What is the initial point?

300

The possible triangles for ΔABC given b = 60, a = 82, and B = 100°.

 

What is no triangle is possible for the given parts?

300

The area of ΔABC given a = 22 in., b = 45 in., and      c = 31 in.

What is 310 inches squared?

300

u + v given u = ⟨4, 3⟩ and v = ⟨-2, 1⟩.

What is ⟨2,4⟩?

400

The magnitude of a vector u = ⟨a, b⟩. 

What is: |u| = √a2+b2?

400

The second letter of the vector name, the ending point of the vector

What is the terminal point?

400

The solution for ΔABC if C = 88.70°, c = 112.4 yd, and b = 56.87 yd.

What is B = 30.39°, A = 60.91°, and = 98.25 yds?

400

The magnitudes of the horizontal and vertical components of v, if α is the angle of inclination of v from the horizontal given α = 20° and |v| = 50.

What is |x| = 47 and |y| = 17?

400

The force required to keep a 3,000 pound car parked on a hill that makes an angle of 15° with the horizontal.

What is 780 pounds?

500

a = |u| cos θ 

b = |u| sin θ


What are horizontal and vertical components?

500

2 vertical bars, similar to absolute value symbol

What is the notion of magnitude for a vector?

500

The number of triangles ABC possible with the given parts: a = 35, b = 30, and A = 40°.

What is one possible triangle?

500

The magnitudes of the horizontal and vertical components of v, if α is the angle of inclination of v from the horizontal given α = 35°50' and |v| = 47.8.

What is |x| = 38.8 and |y| = 28.0?

500

The angle a hill makes with the horizontal when a force of 15 pounds is required to push a 75 pound crate up a hill.

What is 12°?