Find, correct to the nearest degree, the three angles of the triangle with the given...

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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)

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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

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