Sine rule question (1 Viewer)

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Im probably going to sound like a retard, but im gonna ask anyway:


When you use the sine rule to calculate the size of an angle in a triangle, you need to test the validity of the angle.
i) Explain the reason for testing the validity.
ii) under what circumstances are there two possible values which occur.
 

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you need to test for validity its because sine has 2 values between 0 and 2pi
if they give you angle A, length a and length b, there are 2 different diagrams you can draw (this is why ssa isnt a congruency test)
 

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