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The law of cosines reduces to the Pythagorean theorem for right triangles. A. True B. False

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Answer:true

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True :)

The Law of Cosines applies to any triangle with side lengths a,b,c and angles A,B,C. Note that if C is a right angle, then cos(C) = 0 and the law of cosines reduces to the Pythagorean Theorem: a2 + b2 = c2. Here, c would be the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle.


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