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Page 152 - A cos 6 = cos a cos c + sin a sin c cos B cos c = cos a cos 6 + sin a sin 6 cos C Law of Cosines for Angles cos A = — cos B...
Page 169 - I. The sine of the middle part is equal to the product of the tangents of the adjacent parts.
Page 58 - THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE. Thus, the sum of AB and AC, (Fig. 25.) is to their difference ; as the tangent of half the sum of the angles ACB and ABC, to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 215 - By (150) and (152) we have cos a = cos b cos c -\- sin b sin c cos A, cos c = cos a cos b...
Page 151 - Spherical Triangle the cosine of any side is equal to the product of the cosines of the other two sides, plus the product of the sines of those sides into the cosine of their included angle ; that is, (1) cos a = cos b...
Page 25 - ... sine and cosecant of the supplement of an angle are the same as those of the angle itself; and the cosine, tangent, cotangent, and secant are the negatives of those of the angle.
Page 229 - THEOREM. The surface of a spherical triangle is measured by the excess of the sum of its three angles above two right angles, multiplied by the tri-rectangular triangle.
Page 162 - The product of (30) and (32) gives 4 sin s sin (s — a} sin (s — b} sin (s — c} , . n . sm2 A = r (46) sin2 b sin2 c Put %Q = sin s sin (s — a...
Page 15 - The sum of the two acute angles of a right triangle is equal to one right angle, or 90°.
Page 64 - As the sine of the angle opposite the given side, is to the sine of the angle opposite the required side ; so is the given side to the required side.