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The Law of Cosines, Explained
The Pythagorean theorem only works on right triangles. The Law of Cosines is the generalization that works on any triangle, with one extra term that captures the angle.
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The Pythagorean theorem only works on right triangles. The Law of Cosines is the generalization that works on any triangle, with one extra term that captures the angle.