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OpenStudy (anonymous):

true or false? The law of cosines reduces to the pythagorean theorem for right triangles.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

This is true. Try it yourself. It works because the cosine of 90 degrees is 0, so the last term becomes 0, and the remaining terms are just the Pythagorean Theorem

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You're welcome, glad I could help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its true

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