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What does the law of cosines become when the included angle is a right angle?
AThe Pythagorean theorem
BThe law of sines
CHeron's area formula
DThe law of tangents
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The Pythagorean theorem
With cos 90 = 0 the term 2ab cos C vanishes, leaving c squared = a squared + b squared.
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