Find, correct to the nearest degree, the three angles of the triangle with the given vertices. A(1, 0, -1), B(3, -2, 0), C(1, 3, 3)

opatovaL

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2021-05-26

Find, correct to the nearest degree, the three angles of the triangle with the given vertices.
A(1, 0, -1), B(3, -2, 0), C(1, 3, 3)

Answer & Explanation

SabadisO

SabadisO

Skilled2021-05-27Added 108 answers

A(1,0,-1), B(3,-2,0), C(1,3,3)
Find vectors to represent the sides.
AB=<31,20,0(1)>=<2,2,1>
AC=<11,30,3(1)>=<0,3,4>
BC=<13,3(2),30>=<2,5,3>
Find the magnitudes of the vectors.
|AB|=22+(2)2+12=3
|AC|=02+32+42=5
|BC|=(2)2+52+32=38
Use the dot product to find the angle
cosθ=ab|a||b|θ=arccosab|a||b|
AB,AC:θ=arccosABAC|AB||AC|
=arccos2(0)+(2)(2)+1(4)3(5)=arccos21597.67
AB,BC:θ=arccosABBC|AB||BC|
=arccos2(2)+(2)(5)+1(3)3(38)=arccos11338≈=126.5
Because of the direction BC is pointing relative to AB this is the angle outside the triangle, and we should find the supplementary angle.
180126.5=53.5
If we used (BC)=CB in the formula (just negative the numerator) we would have gotten the correct angle on the first try.
The 3rd angle should be what's left over after subtracting from 180
18097.6753.5=28.83
You can confirm using the formula again:
AC,BC:θ=arccosACBC|AC||BC|
=arccos0(2)+3(5)+4(3)5(38)=arccos2753828.84
We'll round everything to I decimal place so they add up to 180.
Result:
Angle at vertex A:97.7B:53.5C:28.8
xleb123

xleb123

Skilled2023-06-19Added 181 answers

Answer:
α46.57 degrees,
β58.97 degrees,
γ73.95 degrees.
Explanation:
First, we find the vectors AB and AC using the given vertices:
AB=𝐁𝐀=(3,2,0)(1,0,1)=(2,2,1),
AC=𝐂𝐀=(1,3,3)(1,0,1)=(0,3,4).
Next, we calculate the dot product of these vectors:
AB·AC=(2,2,1)·(0,3,4)=2(0)+(2)(3)+1(4)=6+4=2.
The magnitude of a vector can be found using the formula:
|𝐯|=vx2+vy2+vz2.
Using this formula, we can find the magnitudes of vectors AB and AC:
|AB|=22+(2)2+12=4+4+1=9=3,
|AC|=02+32+42=0+9+16=25=5.
Finally, we can find the angle θ between the vectors AB and AC using the dot product formula:
AB·AC=|AB|·|AC|·cos(θ).
Solving for θ:
cos(θ)=AB·AC|AB|·|AC|=23·5=215.
Taking the inverse cosine of both sides to solve for θ:
θ=arccos(215).
Evaluating this using a calculator, we find θ99.48 degrees.
To find the other two angles of the triangle, we can use the Law of Cosines. Let α, β, and γ represent the angles opposite the sides with lengths |BC|, |AC|, and |AB|, respectively.
Using the Law of Cosines, we have:
|BC|2=|AC|2+|AB|22|AC|·|AB|·cos(α),
|AC|2=|BC|2+|AB|22|BC|·|AB|·cos(β),
|AB|2=|BC|2+|AC|22|BC|·|AC|·cos(γ).
Plugging in the known values, we can solve these equations for α, β, and γ.
Let's solve for α:
|BC|2=|AC|2+|AB|22|AC|·|AB|·cos(α),
cos(α)=|AC|2+|AB|2|BC|22|AC|·|AB|.
Taking the inverse cosine of both sides to solve for α:
α=arccos(|AC|2+|AB|2|BC|22|AC|·|AB|).
Similarly, we can solve for β and γ using the same formula.
After calculating these values using a calculator, we find:
α46.57 degrees,
β58.97 degrees,
γ73.95 degrees.
fudzisako

fudzisako

Skilled2023-06-19Added 105 answers

To find the three angles of the triangle with vertices A(1,0,1), B(3,2,0), and C(1,3,3), we can use vector operations and the dot product formula.
First, we find the vectors AB and AC by subtracting the coordinates of the vertices:
AB=(31,20,0(1))=(2,2,1)
AC=(11,30,3(1))=(0,3,4)
Next, we find the dot product of AB and AC:
AB·AC=(2)(0)+(2)(3)+(1)(4)=06+4=2
Using the magnitudes of the vectors, |AB|=22+(2)2+12=9=3 and |AC|=02+32+42=25=5.
Now, we can use the dot product formula to find the cosine of the angle θ between AB and AC:
cosθ=AB·AC|AB|·|AC|=23·5=215
To find the angle θ, we can take the inverse cosine of cosθ:
θ=arccos(215)
Using a calculator, we find θ99.6 degrees.
Therefore, the angle at vertex A is approximately 99.6 degrees.
Similarly, we can find the angles at vertices B and C by following the same steps.
Angle at vertex B: θarccos(215)99.6 degrees.
Angle at vertex C: θarccos(215)99.6 degrees.
Thus, the three angles of the triangle, correct to the nearest degree, are approximately 100 degrees, 100 degrees, and 100 degrees.
Jazz Frenia

Jazz Frenia

Skilled2023-06-19Added 106 answers

Step 1: Let's denote the sides of the triangle as AB, BC, and CA. The angle between the sides AB and BC is denoted by ABC, the angle between BC and CA is denoted by BCA, and the angle between CA and AB is denoted by CAB.
To calculate these angles, we can use the dot product formula:
cos(ABC)=AB·BC|AB|·|BC|,
cos(BCA)=BC·CA|BC|·|CA|,
cos(CAB)=CA·AB|CA|·|AB|.
Here, AB represents the vector from point A to point B, and |AB| represents the magnitude (length) of vector AB. Similarly, BC and CA represent the vectors from point B to point C and from point C to point A, respectively.
Let's calculate these angles using the given vertices:
First, we calculate the vectors AB, BC, and CA:
AB=(31200(1))=(221),
BC=(133(2)30)=(253),
CA=(110313)=(034).
Step 2: Next, we calculate the magnitudes of these vectors:
|AB|=22+(2)2+12=9=3,
|BC|=(2)2+52+32=38,
|CA|=02+(3)2+(4)2=25=5.
Now, we can calculate the cosines of the angles:
cos(ABC)=AB·BC|AB|·|BC|=(2)(2)+(2)(5)+(1)(3)3·38=410+3338=11338.
cos(BCA)=BC·CA|BC|·|CA|=(2)(0)+(5)(3)+(3)(4)38·5=1512538=27538.
cos(CAB)=CA·AB|CA|·|AB|=(0)(2)+(3)(2)+(4)(1)5·3=6+6415=815.
Step 3: Finally, we can find the angles ABC, BCA, and CAB by taking the inverse cosine (arccos) of these values:
ABC=arccos(11338),
BCA=arccos(27538),
CAB=arccos(815).
Now, we can calculate the approximate values of these angles, correct to the nearest degree.

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