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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 three side lengths, determine the three angles using the Cosine Rule. Write down the <strong>angles (in radians) as decimals to 4dp.</strong> [Before submitting answers, you can check that the sum of the three angles is $\\pi$.]&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"></p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Also c<strong>alculate the area of the triangle, giving your</strong> <strong>answer as a decimal to 3dp</strong>.</p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"></p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"></p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><img src=\"resources/images/Triangle_1.PNG\"/></p>", "advice": "<p>(a) Use the Cosine Rule to find $\\cos A$: $\\cos A =\\dfrac{b^2+c^2-a^2}{2bc}$. Therefore</p>\n  <p>\\[\\cos A =\\dfrac{\\var{b0}^2+\\var{c0}^2-\\var{a0}^2}{2 \\times \\var{b0} \\times \\var{c0}}=\\dfrac{\\var{b0^2+c0^2-a0^2}}{\\var{2 *b0*c0}}\\]</p>\n  <p>\\[=\\var{(b0^2+c0^2-a0^2)/(2 *b0*c0)}\\]</p>\n  <p>and so $A=\\cos^{-1}(\\var{(b0^2+c0^2-a0^2)/(2 *b0*c0)})=\\var{aa0}$.</p>\n  <p></p>\n  <p>Similarly $\\cos B =\\dfrac{a^2+c^2-b^2}{2ac}$ and $\\cos C =\\dfrac{a^2+b^2-c^2}{2ab}$. 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