Find the measure of the indicated angle to the nearest degree calculator

Kayla W.

asked • 05/05/21

Sin X= 0.7547

sin A= 0.4540

cos Y= 0.5736

cos B= 0.5000

tan B= 0.6239

tan C= 0.1405

2 Answers By Expert Tutors

X=48.99916333 degrees, use a trig calculator that has inverse functions. That definitely rounds to 49 for nearest degree. Another way to view X is sin45 is a common angle whose sine is sq2/2 = 0.707. .7547 is slightly more than .707, so X is slightly more than 45 degrees. 49 looks about right.

sinA = .4540, A=27.00061091 degrees or 27 rounded off. Use a calculator with an inverse sine function. Also .454 is close to .5. .5 = 1/2 which is the sin30, a common angle in trig. .454 is slightly less than .5, so A is slightly less than 30. 27 looks about right.

cosY= .736 Y=42.60821753 = 43 degrees rounded off. Again, .736 is a little over .707 = sqr2/2, a common right triangle with 45 degrees. 43 is slightly less than 45, and .736 is slightly more than .707 If you drew a picture, a graph, it would make sense.

cosB = 0.5 = 1/2. B = 60 degrees. It's that common right triangle with angles 30-60-90 that you'll see popping up a lot in trigonometry. Almost as common as the 45-45-90 degree right triangle.

tanB=0.6239 B=31.96 = 32 degrees

32 is close to 30. tan30 = 1/sqr3 = 0.577 32 is a little more than 30, so tan32 is a little more than tan30. .6239 is a little more than .577

tanC =.1405. C=7.9977 = 8 degrees

any tangent less than 1 is less than 45 degrees. .1405 is about 1/7 of 1. 1/7 of 45 is about 6 1/2 degrees. 8 degrees is in the right range for the solution. But use a calculator to get the more precise answer

Also each of these answers at a minimum include +n360 where n= any integer.

some have another answer as well. sinX >0 could be in quadrant I or II. a reference angle of 49 degrees in quadrant II is 131 degrees. then add +n360 to that where n= any integer.

There's an infinite number of solutions to each of these problems.

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This Calculation Equation & Triangle

\( A = \sin^{-1} \left[ \dfrac{a \sin B}{b} \right]\)

Find the measure of the indicated angle to the nearest degree calculator

A = angle A
B = angle B
C = angle C
a = side a
b = side b
c = side c
P = perimeter
s = semi-perimeter
K = area
r = radius of inscribed circle
R = radius of circumscribed circle

*Length units are for your reference-only since the value of the resulting lengths will always be the same no matter what the units are.

Calculator Use

Uses 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.

Some calculation choices are redundant but are included anyway for exact letter designations.

Calculation Methods

To calculate any angle, A, B or C, say B, enter the opposite side b then another angle-side pair such as A and a or C and c. The performed calculations follow the side side angle (SSA) method and only use the law of sines to complete calculations for other unknowns.

To calculate any side, a, b or c, say b, enter the opposite angle B and then another angle-side pair such as A and a or C and c. The performed calculations follow the angle angle side (AAS) method and only use the law of sines to complete calculations for other unknowns.

Find the measure of the indicated angle to the nearest degree calculator

Law of Sines

If a, b and c are the lengths of the legs of a triangle opposite to the angles A, B and C respectively; then the law of sines states:

\( \dfrac{a}{\sin A} = \dfrac{b}{\sin B} = \dfrac{c}{\sin C} \)

Equations from Law of Sines solving for angles A, B, and C

\( A = \sin^{-1} \left[ \dfrac{a \sin B}{b} \right] \)

\( A = \sin^{-1} \left[ \dfrac{a \sin C}{c} \right] \)

\( B = \sin^{-1} \left[ \dfrac{b \sin A}{a} \right] \)

\( B = \sin^{-1} \left[ \dfrac{b \sin C}{c} \right] \)

\( C = \sin^{-1} \left[ \dfrac{c \sin A}{a} \right] \)

\( C = \sin^{-1} \left[ \dfrac{c \sin B}{b} \right] \)

Equations from Law of Sines solving for sides a, b, and c

\( a = \dfrac{b \sin A}{\sin B} \)

\( a = \dfrac{c \sin A}{\sin C} \)

\( b = \dfrac{a \sin B}{\sin A} \)

\( b = \dfrac{c \sin B}{\sin C} \)

\( c = \dfrac{a \sin C}{\sin A} \)

\( c = \dfrac{b \sin C}{\sin B} \)

Triangle Characteristics

Triangle perimeter, P = a + b + c

Triangle semi-perimeter, s = 0.5 * (a + b + c)

Triangle area, K = √[ s*(s-a)*(s-b)*(s-c)]

Radius of inscribed circle in the triangle, r = √[ (s-a)*(s-b)*(s-c) / s ]

Radius of circumscribed circle around triangle, R = (abc) / (4K)

References/ Further Reading

Weisstein, Eric W. "Law of Sines" From MathWorld-- A Wolfram Web Resource. Law of Sines.

Zwillinger, Daniel (Editor-in-Chief). CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae, 31st Edition New York, NY: CRC Press, p. 512, 2003.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/lcos.html

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/lsin.html