A B = 3 cm , A C = 3 3 0 cm , A D = 4 cm , and B C = 2 cm . If ∠ B A D = α , then sin α = q p . Calculate p − q .
See the picture above. It is known
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I used Heron's formula to find the area of the triangle and then used A r e a = 2 1 b c sin ( A ) to work out sin α of the triangle.
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Can you please elaborate ? Since BD is not known I would like to understand how you used Heron's formula.
A p p l y i n g S i n a n d C o s R u l e s a n d S i n 2 A + C o s 2 A = 1 t h e f o l l o w i n g a n g l e s a r e f o u n d . I n Δ A B C , C o s B = 2 ∗ 2 ∗ 3 2 2 + 3 2 − 3 1 0 = 3 6 2 9 . ⟹ S i n B = 3 6 1 ∗ 3 6 2 − 2 9 2 = 3 6 4 5 5 I n Δ A B D , S i n D = S i n B ∗ A D A B = 3 6 4 5 5 ∗ 4 3 = 4 8 4 5 5 ⟹ C o s D = 4 8 1 ∗ 4 8 2 − 4 5 5 = 4 8 4 3 ∴ S i n α = S i n ( B + D ) = S i n B ∗ C o s D + C o s B ∗ S i n D = 3 6 4 5 5 ∗ 4 8 4 3 + 3 6 2 9 ∗ 4 8 4 5 5 = 3 6 ∗ 4 8 4 5 5 ∗ ( 4 3 + 2 9 ) = 3 6 ∗ 4 8 4 5 5 ∗ 7 2 = 2 4 4 5 5 = q p p − q = 4 5 5 − 2 4 = 4 3 1 .
I manually solved the angles
Use cosine rule for triangle ABC and find angle B then use again cosine rule for triangle ABD to find the length BD. Once more use cosine rule to find angle 'alpha'.
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See the picture above. First, we calculate m by using Stewart's theorem : b 2 m + c 2 n = a ( d 2 + m n ) . We obtain m = 4 cm , then using cosine formula yields cos α = 2 b c b 2 + c 2 − a 2 = − 2 4 1 1 . Therefore, using trigonometric identity sin 2 α + cos 2 α = 1 , we obtain sin α = 1 − cos 2 α = 2 4 4 5 5 . Thus, p − q = 4 5 5 − 2 4 = 4 3 1 .
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