 | Robert B. Banks - Mathematics - 2002 - 346 pages
...by using the law of cosines and the law of sines. The law of cosines is given by the relationships cos a = cos b cos c + sin b sin c cos a , cos b = cos c cos a + sin c sin a cos /3, (7.1) cos c = cos a cos b + sin a sin b cos y , and the... | |
 | Carl W. Hall - Technology & Engineering - 2018 - 566 pages
...A = the angle opposite side a for a spherical triangle: cos a = cos b cos c + sin b sin c cos A or cos A = cos B cos C + sin B sin C cos a Keywords: mathematics, plane, spherical, triangle, trigonometry Sources: Baumeister, T. 1967; Isaacs,... | |
 | Robert B. Banks - Mathematics - 2002 - 308 pages
...utilized in our analysis; the various symbols are defined in figure 24.1. The law of cosines states that cos a = cos b cos c + sin b sin c cos a, (24.1) and two similar equations for cos b and cos c. The law of sines states that sin a sin b sin... | |
 | Elmer Rees - Mathematics - 2005 - 132 pages
...sinc = sin b sin y. Proof i) Put cos p = 0 in ® b. ii) Putcosp = 0,sinp = 1 in (J^. iii) Use (3X: cos a = cos b cos c + sin b sin c cos a Substitute cos a cos c for cos b (from i)) and use cos2c = 1 - sin2c. Divide by sin c to get cos a... | |
 | Anthony Kelly, G. W. Groves, P. Kidd - Science - 2000 - 492 pages
...1.2): sin/4 sinß sin C sino sin¿» sine (AI.7) Figure A1.2 cosa = cosfccosc + sinbsinccosA (Al. 8) cos A = - cos B cos C + sin B sin C cos a (A 1. 9) and of course there are corresponding relations for cos b, cos c, cos B and cos C. If one... | |
 | Wu Yi Hsiang - Mathematics - 2001 - 444 pages
...cos A = 2 cos 2 j — 1 (resp. 1 2 sin 2 ^) into the cosine law, one has ^4 2 sin 6 sine cos 2 — = cos a — cos b cos c + sin b sin c = cos a — cos(fe + c) Zt = 2sin-(6 + ca)sin-(a + 6 + c) (29) / resp. i ^4 2 sin b sin c sin 2 — = — cos... | |
 | Albrecht Unsöld, Bodo Baschek - Science - 2001 - 586 pages
...opposite angles a, ß, and y, the following relations hold: sin a : sin b : sin c = sin a : sin ß : sin y cos a = cos b + cos c + sin b sin c • cos a cos a — - cos ß cos y + sin ß sin y • cos a . 2. Resolving Power and Brightness (Sects. 3.4 and... | |
 | James B. Kaler - Nature - 2002 - 524 pages
...trigonometry, equation (2), we can derive (though not here) the Iaw of cosines of spherical trigonometry: cos a = cos b cos c + sin b sin c cos A, (3) cos b = cos a cos c + sin a sin c cos B, cos c = cos a cos b + sin a sin b cos C. The spherical... | |
 | Michele Audin - Mathematics - 2002 - 370 pages
...the triangle xyz, a — d(y, z), b = d(z, x) and c = d(x, y) are the lengths of the three sides, then cos a — cos b cos c + sin b sin c cos a. (2) Deduce that d is a distance on 5. (3) Check that d defines the same topology on 5 as that induced... | |
 | C. R. Kitchin - Science - 2002 - 294 pages
...(only three of which are independent) that are used to interrelate these quantities: Cosine formula: cos a = cos b cos c + sin b sin c cos A sin A sin B sin C Sine formula: sin a sin b sin C Third formula: sin a cos B = cos b sin c - sin b... | |
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A cos 6 = cos a cos c + sin a sin c cos B cos c = cos a cos 6 + sin a sin 6 cos C Law of Cosines for Angles cos A = — cos B... 
