Law of Sines and Law of Cosines
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When can you use law of sines
ASS and AAS and ASA
What Is the ambiguous case for law of sines
ASS
When can you use law of cosines
SSS or SAS
When is one triangle made in the law of sines ambiguous case
when the side opposite the given angle is equal to the height, or the side opposite the given angle is greater than the adjacent side.
When are 0 triangles made in the law of sines ambiguous case
when the side opposite the given angle is less than the height
When are 2 triangles created in the law of sines ambiguous case
when the side opposite the given angle is greater than the height, and is less than the side adjacent to the side opposite the given angle. This occurs when the angle is acute and there are two possible triangles that can be formed.
What happens when the side opp given angle is less than the height
0 triangles are formed
What happens when the side opp the given angle is equal to the height
1 triangle is madeW
What happens when the side opp the given angle is greater than or equal to the side adjacent
1 triangle is made
What happens when the side opp given angle is greater than the height and less than the adjacent side
2 triangles are made
SSS
law of cosines
SAS
law of cosines
ASA
law of sines
ASS
law of sines
AAS
law of sines