Solving Triangles with the Law of Cosines

Jun 30, 2025

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Learn about the Law of Cosines used to solve non-right triangles. Explore how it complements the Law of Sines for triangle trigonometry problems. Discover how to apply the Law of Cosines effectively.

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Solving Triangles with the Law of Cosines

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Section 5.7
The Law of Cosines
The Law of Cosines Like the Law of Sines, we use this to solve triangles that are not right triangles (no 90° angles). The Law of Cosines can help to solve triangles that the Law of Sines can not solve.
Law of Cosines (cont.) These all represent the same law, just different ways of showing it…
Example Solve ΔABC if A = 52°, b = 6 and c = 8.
Example #2 Solve ΔABC if a = 21, b = 16.7 and c = 10.3.

5.7

5.7. Find Angle Measure in Polygons. 2. 3. 1. 4. 5. 6. Theorem 5.16: Polygon Interior Angles Theorem. The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a convex n -gon is ( n – __ ) . _____. Corollary to Theorem 5.16: Interior Angles of a Quadrilateral.

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Section 5.7- Proving that Figures are Special Quadrilaterals.

Section 5.7- Proving that Figures are Special Quadrilaterals. By, Michael Thiel and Lauren Larar . . What Family?. First, you must identify what family the quadrilateral falls under. Parallelogram , Trapezoid , quadrilateral. Proving that a quadrilateral is a Rectangle.

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Section 5.7 Numerical Integration

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Notes 5.7

Imaginary/Complex Numbers Complex Conjugates. Notes 5.7. Notes 5.7 Given the fact i 2 = ________ The imaginary number is _____ w hich equals _____. Complex numbers are written in the form: _______________ Where “a” is a real number and bi is an imaginary number.

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Section 5.7 Financial Models

Section 5.7 Financial Models. A credit union pays interest of 4% per annum compounded quarterly on a certain savings plan. If $2000 is deposited in such a plan and the interest is left to accumulate, how much is in the account after 1 year?.

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Section 5.7

Section 5.7. Systems of Inequalities And Linear Programming. Linear Inequality in Two Variables. An inequality that can be written as Ax + By < C or Ax + By > C , where A, B, and C are real numbers and A and B are not both 0. The symbol < may be replaced with , >, or .

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Exercise 5.7

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Section 5.5 (and 5.7)

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Lesson 5.7

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Section 5.7

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Section 5.7 Hot Issues

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Section 5.7 Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences

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5.7

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Section 5.7

Section 5.7 Suppose X 1 , X 2 , …, X n is a random sample from a Bernoulli distribution with success probability p . Then Y = X 1 + X 2 + … + X n has a distribution. According to the Central Limit Theorem, can be treated as having an approximate N (0, 1)

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Section 5.7 Solving recurrence relations

Section 5.7 Solving recurrence relations. One typical problem of this type is to find an explicit formula for the n -th term ( a n ) of the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, … where the recurrence relation is a n = a n -1 + a n -2.

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Section 5.7- Proving that Figures are Special Quadrilaterals.

Section 5.7- Proving that Figures are Special Quadrilaterals. By, Michael Thiel and Lauren Larar. What Family?. First, you must identify what family the quadrilateral falls under. Parallelogram , Trapezoid , quadrilateral. Proving that a quadrilateral is a Rectangle.

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Section 5.7 Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences

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5.7

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Section 5.7

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SECTION 5.7

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Section 5.7: Additional Techniques of Integration

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