Mathematics 9

Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 17
Solving Problems Involving
Oblique Triangles
Mathematics – Grade 9
Quarter 4 – Self-Learning Module 17: Solving Problems Involving Oblique Triangles
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 Mathematics 9
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 17
Solve Problems Involving Oblique Triangles
using Law of Sines
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Mathematics 9 Self-Learning Module on Solving Problems

Involving Oblique Triangles!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this self-
learning module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing
them to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and
assist the learners as they do the tasks included in this self-learning module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Mathematics 9 Self-Learning Module on Solving Problems

Involving Oblique Triangles!

This Self-Learning Module was designed to provide you with fun and
meaningful opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and
time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being
an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This part measures how much you have learned

from the entire module.
 EXPECTATION

1. Solve problems involving oblique triangles using law of sines.

PRETEST

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter that corresponds to the
correct answer.

1. Which of the following is the Law of Sines?

a b c a b c
A. = = C. = =
sin A sin B sin C sin B sin C sin A
a b c a b c
B. = = D. = =
sin A sin C sin B sin C sin A sin B

2. Which of the following given is NOT solvable by Sine Rule/Law?

A) two sides and an included angle (SAS)
B) two sides and an angle opposite one of these sides (SSA)
C) two angles and an included side (ASA)
D) two angles and one side (SAA)

3. In an oblique ∆ABC, ∠A = 50°, ∠B = 70° and AC = 10, what is the

measure of ∠C?
A) 50° C) 70°
B) 60° D) 80°

4. In question number 3, Which of the following equation will lead to solve

BC?
10 𝐵𝐶 10 𝐵𝐶
A) = sin 50 C) = sin 70
sin 100 sin 180
10 𝐵𝐶 10 𝐵𝐶
B) = sin 70 D) = sin 50
sin 50 sin 70

5. ∆DAY is a non- right triangle. If DA measures 20 cm, DY measures 15 cm

and ∠Y measures 35°. What is the measure of ∠A?
A. 25.84° C. 25.48°
B. 24.85° D. 24.58°
 RECAP

Direction: Using the Law of Sines, find the missing parts in each oblique
triangle.
B
1.
75°
c=? a =5

? 41°
A C
b =?

B
2. ?
c=8 a=?

30° 45°
A C
b=?
B
A
3. 22.7°
c=?
a = 30

A ?
?
b = 25 C

LESSON

The law of Sines is easy to follow and useful rule in solving oblique triangles
when we are dealing with a triangle with the following given:
• two angles and one side
• two sides and an angle opposite one of these sides
The law is expressed by the formula:
𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐴 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐵 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐶 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
= = or = =
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐴 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐵 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐶
Let us try to solve the following problems involving oblique triangles applying
the law of sines.
B
Example 1. In the figure, I and R are two points, 160 m
on the ground, B is a plane above a point D on the
ground. If m∠ I = 35°, m∠ BRD = 57°, and ∠D is a right
angle, find:
a. BI
b. The height BD of the plane above the ground 35° 57°
I 160 R D
Solution.
a. In ∆BIR,
m∠ BRI = 180° - 57° ∠BRI and ∠BRD are supplementary angles.
= 123°

m∠ IBR = 57° - 35° The measure of the exterior angle is

= 22° equal to the sum of the measures of c
corresponding remote interior angle.
By the Law of Sines
𝐵𝐼 𝐼𝑅
=
Sin∠BRI Sin∠IBR
𝐵𝐼 160
=
sin 123° sin 22°
160 sin 123°
BI = sin 22°

BI = 𝟑𝟓𝟖. 𝟐𝟏 𝒎
b. In ∆IBD,
𝐵𝐷
sin ∠I =
𝐵𝐼
BD = BI sin ∠I
BD = 358.21 sin 35°
BD = 205.46 m
Therefore, the height of B on the ground is 205.46 m.
Example 2. Juan and Maria are standing at the seashore 10 km apart. The
coastline is a straight line between them. Both can see the same ship in the
water. The angle between the coastline and the line between the ship and
Juan is 35°. The angle between the coastline and the line between the ship
and Maria is 45°. How far is the ship from Juan?

Solution:
J 10 km M
35° 45° To solve for the third angle:
= 180 – (35 + 45)
x
= 100°
To solve for distance of the ship from
Juan:
10 𝑥
= sin 45°
sin 100°

10 sin 45°
𝑥=
sin 100°
𝒙 = 𝟕. 𝟏𝟖 𝒌𝒎
The distance between Juan and ship is 7.18 km.

ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE!

Directions: Solve the following problems involving oblique triangles applying
the law of sines. Show all necessary solutions.

1. In the figure, I and T are two points, 180 m apart on the ground, K is a
kite above a point E on the ground. If m ∠I = 42°, m∠ KTE = 64°, and ∠E
is a right angle, find –
a. KI
b. The height KE of the kite above the 0ground
K

42° 64°
I T E
 2. The two-observation points P and Q are 5 km apart. A ship at R is
observed that m∠ RPQ = 82° and m∠ PQR = 65°. Find the distance of the
ship from point Q.

P 5 km Q
82° 65°

ACTIVITY 2: KEEP PRACTICING!

Directions: Sketch the figure and solve the problem. Show all necessary
solutions.
1. Find the length of the diagonals of a rhombus whose side is 10cm and
one of the angles is 70°.

ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOURSELF!

Directions: Sketch the figure and solve the problem. Show all necessary
solutions.
1. There is a tree in front of a yard and tilted slightly at 70°. A house is
22 meters away and the angle from the house to the top of a tree is
40°.
(a) What is the length of the tree?
(b) If there is a strong typhoon and the tree fall can the tree hit the
house? Explain.
 WRAP-UP

Direction: Answer the following questions.

1. What is the formula for the law of Sines?
2. What is/are the following information you need to consider in solving
oblique triangles using Law of Sines?

VALUING

“There's no use talking about the problem unless you talk about
the solution.”
Betty Williams
For you as a student, what solution/s can you do or suggest to the
problems that our community/country is facing today?

POSTTEST

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter that corresponds to the
correct answer.
1. Given the figure at the right which of the following law can be applied to
solve for x?
A. Sine law
B. Pythagorean Theorem x
27m
C. Cosine law
D. D. Heron’s Law 40° 65°

2. Pepe and Jose is on one side of a 150-foot wide canyon and Pepe on the
other. Pepe and Jose can both see the trail guide at an angle of depression of
60°. How far are they from the trail guide?
A. 150 feet C. 100 feet
B. 250 feet D. 200 feet
3. You are walking along a straight level path toward a mountain. At one point
the angle of elevation of the top of the mountain is 40°. As you walk 250m
closer, the angle of elevation is 45°. How high is the mountain?
A. 1304 m C. 1034 m
B. 1340 m D. 1043 m

4. Airplane X is flying toward the airport which is 20 miles away. The pilot
notices airplane Y is 45° to her right. Airplane Y is also flying towards the
airport. The pilot of airplane Y calculates that airplane X is 50° to his left.
Based on the information how far is airplane Y from the airport?
A. 18.64 miles C. 16.84 miles
B. 18.46 miles D. 16.48 miles

5. Mr. Panopio bought a triangular piece of land LOT. If OT = 70 m, TL = 50m

and m∠ O = 40°, what is the length of LO?
A. 75.34 m C. 74.53 m
B. 74.35 m D. 75.43 m
 KEY TO CORRECTION

5. D 4. B 1. A 2. A 3. A
POSTTEST
b. Most probably no.
a. 15.05 meters
Activity 3: TEST YOURSELF!

1. 11.47 cm and 16.38 cm

Activity 2: KEEP PRACTICING!
2. x = 9.09 km
b. KE = 288.98 m 1. a. KI = 431.87 m
Activity 1: LET’S PRACTICE!

c = 49.83 m∠C = 129.71° 3. m∠A = 27.59°

a = 5.66 b = 10.93 2. m∠B = 105°
c = 3.65 b = 5.37 1. m∠A = 64°
RECAP

5. C 4. D 3. B 2. A 1. A
PRETEST

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