AQA C2 2008 January — Question 3

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2008
SessionJanuary
TopicSine and Cosine Rules

3 The diagram shows a triangle \(A B C\). The length of \(A C\) is 18.7 cm , and the sizes of angles \(B A C\) and \(A B C\) are \(72 ^ { \circ }\) and \(50 ^ { \circ }\) respectively.
  1. Show that the length of \(B C = 23.2 \mathrm {~cm}\), correct to the nearest 0.1 cm .
  2. Calculate the area of triangle \(A B C\), giving your answer to the nearest \(\mathrm { cm } ^ { 2 }\).