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Law of sines

In a triangle, each side divided by its opposite-angle sine has the same value.

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    An angle measures rotation between rays sharing an endpoint.

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    Trigonometric identities hold throughout their common domains, unlike equations requiring selected solutions.

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    Sine and cosine repeat after a full turn; tangent repeats after a half turn on its domain.

  • Angle addition formulas

    Addition formulas express trigonometric functions of summed angles using individual angles.

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Trigonometry

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