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Law of Cosines


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In a triangle, for the angle $ \gamma$ opposite to side $ \overline{AB}$ the following holds true:

$\displaystyle c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2 ab \cos\gamma\,
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$

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If $ \gamma = \pi/2$ , then we obtain the special case of the Pythagorean Theorem: $ c^2=a^2+b^2$ .

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