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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Determination of Unknown Angles Using Law of Cosines

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers using the Law of Cosines to find an angle in a triangle.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Determination of Unknown Triangle Measures Given Area

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at triangle problems where you are given the area and must use trigonometry to find unknown sides or angles.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: General Solutions of Triangles

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A summary of when to use the law of cosines or the law of sines to solve triangles.
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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Law of Cosines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about the Law of Cosines with this resource which offers detailed explanations, examples, and an interactive. Links to related topics.
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Handout
Cuemath

Cuemath: Cosine Law

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about the law of cosine with definitions, what is the law, and solved examples.
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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Law of Sines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to the Law of Sines. It provides definitions, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 7.7 Law of Cosines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how the Law of Cosines uses the measure of angle C to provide an equation that relates the three sides of the triangle with angle C.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 7.6 Law of Sines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore and apply the Law of Sines.
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Activity
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Law of Cosines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page from the Georgia State University provides a definition of the Law of Cosines. Also includes a "calculator" to help you find side lengths and opposite angles when you are given either three sides or two sides and a third angle.
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Activity
Windstream

Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: The Law of Sines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to solving acute and obtuse triangles by using the law of sines, including a derivation of the formula. Includes several pictures and examples.
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Graphic
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Barcos en Alta Mar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. Play submarine by using trigonometry, learn the law of sines and cosine, build an instrument to measure angles and distance and find out who was the father of Trigonometry.
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Activity
Cut the Knot

Cut the Knot!: The Law of Cosines (Cosine Rule)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Cut The Knot provides an overview of the law of cosines, complete with an explanation of the law and a proof of the law.
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Activity
Other

Radford University: Law of Sines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page states the Law of Sines and provides some interactive graphics that may help you understand the law more clearly.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Law of Cosines

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart defines and uses the law of cosines to find the missing sides and angles of oblique triangles.
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Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: The Right Triangle and Applications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to "solve" a right triangle and apply the concept to real world situations using angles of elevation and depression.
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Lesson Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Working on a Rescue Team Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Your pupils are part of the Yellowstone National Park rescue team which has just been dispatched to help located a downed plane. How can they effectively use the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines to assist them in finding the plane?...
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Law of Sines Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use the law of sines to calculate unknown angles or sides of a triangle. In order to calculate the unknown values, you must enter 3 known values.
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Law of Cosines Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use the law of cosines to calculate unknown angles or sides of a triangle. In order to calculate the unknown values, you must enter 3 known values.
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Triangle Theorems Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Each calculation option has sub-bullets that list the sequence of methods used in this calculator to solve for unknown angle and side values including Sum of Angles in a Triangle, Law of Sines, and Law of Cosines.