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Law of cosines, an Uncommon card
In trigonometry, the law of cosines relates the lengths of the sides of a triangle to the cosine of one of its angles.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- For a triangle with sides a , b , and c , opposite respective angles α , β , and γ , the law of cosines states: c 2 = a 2 + b 2 − 2 a b cos γ, a 2 = b 2 + c 2 − 2 b c cos α, b 2 = a 2 + c 2 − 2 a c cos β.
- The law of cosines is useful for solving a triangle when all three sides or two sides and their included angle are given.
Why it is Uncommon
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Text : Wikipedia, Law of cosines (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : David Weisman ( Dweisman ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.