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Does trigonometry apply to all triangles?

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David Shabazi answered

Yes. It doesn't just mainly focus on right triangles. For instance, there's the law of cosines and the law of sines that are used for non-right triangles and are considered trigonometry.

Law of cosines:

Law of sines:

You can see from these two pictures, there are no right angles. Formulas are used to determine the missing angle values and/or side values.

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John McCann
John McCann commented
Really? Only right triangles?

Just to keep it simple look up....the law of cosines.
David Shabazi
David Shabazi commented
Woops. I entirely forgot about that. My bad.
John McCann
John McCann commented
Forgiven.

I think since you have votes up for this answer you might want to correct that as this is the answer that will be referenced here. A suggestion you may consider though not of great necessity since this is not a trig text!
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John McCann answered

As for as I know, yes.

Oblique triangles, for instance, can be manipulated with the law of cosines.

An example of one law.

a^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2bc cos(alpha)

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Anonymous answered

Yes, it applies to all triangles.

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