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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The law of cosines can only be applied to right triangles. true or false

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that's flase...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

false

OpenStudy (anonymous):

just curious but reason?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

law of cosines is a more general form of the pythagorean theorem. It applies to all triangles, while the pythagorean only applies to right triangles.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

in fact, the pythagorean theorem is a special case of the law of cosines.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh k, I learnt something new.

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