Maths - Cosine Rule
de0e2a683df24b4f87b748648a73e67aWhat is the $a^2$ form of the cosine rule?
20f418c334ff44c6b64b100147930d50What is the $\cos(A)$ form of the cosine rule?
f6b4e36359194daeb7cc70c685b0be6fWhen can you use the cosine rule for working out the length of a side?
When you have SAS.
e54af3e320bf492285422be1052c94f9When can you use to cosine rule for working out an angle?
When you have only lengths.
6bf0b2c31cc64ff7b6eb8b9fe9122669How is the start of the cosine rule proof similar to the start of the sine rule proof?
You drop a line $h$ down the centre of a triangle.
f6cb120785eb4b70873402e8c96dd45fAlong with $h$, what variable do you also introduce when starting the cosine rule proof?
$x$
4af47e71387f43f38973d579c260350dRearrange $b^2 = x^2 + h^2$ so $h^2$ is the subject of the formula?
3828b1b80bfe42a28eb47840ce2a7129Rearrange $a^2 = (c-x)^2 + h^2$ so $h^2$ is the subject of the formula?
16f264adc8274845a598950f740fb3f9If $h^2 = b^2 - x^2$ and $h^2 = a^2 - (c-x)^2$, then what must be true?
fabc6a6fff764834af90dc3bcc284d58How could you simplify $b^2 - x^2 = a^2 - c^2 + 2cx + x^2$?
Eliminate $x^2$ from both sides.
0806434e3f3d463c89177eda95c91dfaSubstituting $x = b\cos(A)$ into $b^2 = a^2 - c^2 + 2cx$ gives what formula?
The cosine rule.
0936009649a14d1a9d7e1a4b7ce4a55dWhat are the four main steps for proving the cosine rule?
- Drawing a diagram with two new variables
- Creating two expressions using the Pythagorean theorem
- Creating one expression using normal triginometry
- Substituting



