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Pythagoras and trigonometry
Lesson 6 of 14

Sine and cosine rules

Objective. Solve non-right-angled triangles.

The key idea

Use the sine rule when you have a matching side–angle pair, and the cosine rule when you have two sides and the angle between them.

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