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Finding the angles in a triangle
Law of cosines
:
The relationship between the length
of the sides of a triangle and the angle between is
given by:
Solving this for we obtain the angle in terms of the
lengths:
Program
?→ A:?→ B:?→ C:COS
-1
(
(B
2
+ C
2
- A
2
)÷2 BC)→ D:D <
33 STEP
>
Execution Example:
Find the angle in a triangle with sides of length 3, 4 and 5.
To obtain the answer in radians press
before
executing the program.
a
2
b
2
c
2
2
bc
θ
cos
–
+
=
a
b
c
θ
θ
1
–
cos
b
2
c
2
a
2
–
+
2
bc
-----------------------------
=
ON
MODE
MODE
MODE
1
PRGM
MODE
1
COMP
1
P1
MODE
MODE
MODE
MODE
1
DEG
S A
D R
P1
P1 P2 P3 P4
G
Prog
1
5
EXE
S A
D R
P1
P1 P2 P3 P4
G
4
EXE
S A
D R
P1
P1 P2 P3 P4
G
3
EXE
S A
D R
P1
P1 P2 P3 P4
G
8
MODE
MODE
MODE
MODE
2
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