Sine & cosine formulae resources
Guides (1)
Just the Maths (A.J.Hobson)
"Just the Maths" authored by the late Tony Hobson, former Senior
Lecturer in Mathematics of the School of Mathematical and
Information Sciences at Coventry University, is a collection of separate mathematics units, in chronological
topic-order, intended for foundation level and first year
degree level in higher education where mathematics is a service discipline e.g. engineering.
Quick Reference (1)
The sine rule and cosine rule
This leaflet states the sine and cosine rules and gives examples of their use. (Engineering Maths First Aid Kit 4.6)
Teach Yourself (1)
Triangle formulae
This unit explains the sine rule, cosine rule and formula for finding the area of a triangle.
Test Yourself (1)
Maths EG
Computer-aided assessment of maths, stats and numeracy from GCSE to undergraduate level 2. These resources have been made available under a Creative Common licence by Martin Greenhow and Abdulrahman Kamavi, Brunel University.
Video (2)
a cos x + b sin x = R cos(x-alpha) - an Animation
This mathtutor animation shows how the formula a cos x + b sin x = R cos(x-alpha) may be derived using right angled triangles. This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by Skillbank Solutions Ltd.
Triangle formulae
A common mathematical problem is to find the angles or lengths of the sides of a triangle when some, but not all, of these quantities are known. It is also useful to be able to calculate the area of a triangle from some of this information. (Mathtutor Video Tutorial)
This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by Skillbank Solutions Ltd.