Edexcel AEA 2009 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleAEA (Advanced Extension Award)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicSine and Cosine Rules

5.(a)The sides of the triangle \(A B C\) have lengths \(B C = a , A C = b\) and \(A B = c\) ,where \(a < b < c\) .The sizes of the angles \(A , B\) and \(C\) form an arithmetic sequence.
(i)Show that the area of triangle \(A B C\) is \(a c \frac { \sqrt { 3 } } { 4 }\) . Given that \(a = 2\) and \(\sin A = \frac { \sqrt { } 15 } { 5 }\) ,find
(ii)the value of \(b\) ,
(iii)the value of \(c\) .
(b)The internal angles of an \(n\)-sided polygon form an arithmetic sequence with first term \(143 ^ { \circ }\) and common difference \(2 ^ { \circ }\) . Given that all of the internal angles are less than \(180 ^ { \circ }\) ,find the value of \(n\) .