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false}], "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "<p>$A=\\var{AA0}$, $a=\\var{a0}$, $c=\\var{c0}$</p>\n        <p>Angle $C=$ [[0]]</p>\n        <p>Angle $B=$ [[1]]</p>\n        <p>Side length $b=$ [[2]]</p>", "steps": [{"type": "information", "prompt": "<p>Use the Sine Rule to find $\\sin C$: $\\dfrac{a}{\\sin A}=\\dfrac{c}{\\sin C}$, and then find $C$. Note that $C$ lies between $\\dfrac{\\pi}{2}$ and $\\pi$, whereas $\\sin^{-1}$ returns a value between $0$ and $\\dfrac{\\pi}{2}$; this means that $C$ will be $\\pi -$ (value calculated using $\\sin^{-1}$). Remember that $A+B+C=\\pi$. Use the Sine Rule to find $b$: $\\dfrac{a}{\\sin A}=\\dfrac{b}{\\sin B}$.</p>", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "scripts": {}, "marks": 0}], "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0}], "statement": "\n    <p>Suppose that $\\Delta ABC$ is a triangle with $C&gt; \\dfrac{\\pi}{2}$ (so it is an obtuse triangle). Here all angles are expressed in radians. Suppose also that standard naming conventions are used as indicated in the picture below (not necessarily an accurate picture of $\\Delta ABC$).</p>\n    <p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Given the following two angles and a side length, determine the other two side lengths and the angle. Write down the side lengths as whole numbers and the angle (in radians) as a decimal to 3dp.</p>\n    <p style=\"margin: 0px;\"></p>\n    <p style=\"margin: 0px;\"></p>\n    <p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><img src=\"resources/images/Triangle_2.PNG\"/></p>\n    ", "tags": ["checked2015", "SFY0001", "sine rule", "Sine Rule", "Solving triangles", "Triangle", "Two sides and an angle"], "rulesets": {"std": ["all", "!collectNumbers", "fractionNumbers", "!noLeadingMinus"]}, "preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "type": "question", "metadata": {"notes": "\n                                \t\t<p>I want an obtuse triangle with side lengths $a,b,c$. I need $a^2+b^2&lt;c^2&lt;(a+b)^2$. I start with $c_1=ceil(\\sqrt{a^2+b^2})+1$, $c_2=\\max\\{b+0.9 a, a + 0.9 b\\}$ to establish a range of values for $c$ so that the triangle is neither too flat nor too close to a right-angled triangle. The upper limit ensures that $-\\cos C \\leq 0.9$ and so $\\sin C \\geq 0.435$. Specifying that $a \\leq 11b, b \\leq 11a$ ensures that $\\sin A, \\sin B$ are not too small and thereby ensures that percentage errors are below 0.5%. This last figure points to $a,b \\leq 100$ and there are benefits in $a,b \\geq 10$.&nbsp;</p>\n                                \t\t                <p></p>\n                                \t\t", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", "description": "<p>A question testing the application of the Sine Rule when&nbsp;given two sides and an angle.&nbsp; In this question the triangle is obtuse and the first angle to be found is obtuse.</p>"}, "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "advice": "<p>We use the Sine Rule to find $C$: $\\dfrac{a}{\\sin A}=\\dfrac{c}{\\sin C}$. Thus $\\sin C=\\dfrac{c \\sin A}{a}=\\dfrac{\\var{c0}* \\var{s0}}{\\var{a0}}=\\var{c0*s0/a0}$. To find $C$ we need to calculate $\\sin^{-1} (\\var{c0*s0/a0})$, calculating the angle between $\\dfrac{\\pi}{2}$ and $\\pi$, so $C=\\var{cc01}$ (to 3 decimal places). [Using a calculator, $\\sin^{-1} (\\var{c0*s0/a0})$ returns $\\var{arcsin(u1)}$, which lies between $0$ and $\\dfrac{\\pi}{2}$, so the value we need is $\\pi-\\var{arcsin(u1)}=\\var{pi-arcsin(u1)}$.]</p>\n    <p>Since $A+B+C=\\pi$, we calculate $B=\\pi-A-C=\\var{bb11}$. To 3dp, this gives $\\var{bb21}$.</p>\n    <p>We use the Sine Rule to find $b$: $\\dfrac{a}{\\sin A}=\\dfrac{b}{\\sin B}$. Thus $b=\\dfrac{a \\sin B}{\\sin A}=\\dfrac{\\var{a0}* \\var{t21}}{\\var{s0}}=\\var{a0*t21/s0}$. The closest integer is then $\\var{b0}$. Note that this solution uses the 3dp value of $B$; the answer using $\\var{bb11}$ would give a slightly different long decimal value of $b$, but the integer value would be the same.</p>\n    <p></p>", "contributors": [{"name": "Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/697/"}]}]}], "contributors": [{"name": "Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/697/"}]}