Question

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This is one form of the Law of?

Answer 1

$\bf \textit{Law of Cosines}\\ \quad \\ c^2 = {{ a}}^2+{{ b}}^2-(2{{ a}}{{ b}})cos(C)\implies c = \sqrt{{{ a}}^2+{{ b}}^2-(2{{ a}}{{ b}})cos(C)}\\ \quad \\ \cfrac{{{ a}}^2+{{ b}}^2-c^2}{2{{ a}}{{ b}}}=cos(C)\implies cos^{-1}\left(\cfrac{{{ a}}^2+{{ b}}^2-c^2}{2{{ a}}{{ b}}}\right)=\measuredangle C$