The Sine and Cosine Laws
Students explore and apply the sine and cosine laws to solve problems involving acute, non-right triangles.
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Students explore and apply the sine and cosine laws to solve problems involving acute, non-right triangles.
Key Questions
- When must we use the cosine law instead of the sine law?
- How can we prove the sine law using right triangle trigonometry?
- How do we apply these laws to three-dimensional measurement problems?
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