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Law of cosines
For an arbitrary ΔABC the law of cosines states:
a
2
= b
2
+ c
2
- 2 ∙ b ∙ c ∙ cos
A
b
2
= a
2
+ c
2
- 2 ∙ c ∙ a ∙ cos
B
c
2
= a
2
+ b
2
- 2 ∙ a ∙ b ∙ cos
C
or generally as:
cos
C
= (a
2
+ c
2
- c
2
) / 2ab
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