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File Name: 61478_trigsines
Description: Illustration of one possible outcome (1 triangle occurs) when discussing the ambiguous case using the Law of Sines. In this case, side a is equal to the height (bsinα).
Source: George N. Bauer, PH.D. and W.E. Brooke, C.E., M.A. Plane And Spherical Trigonometry (Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1917) 96
Keywords: angle, trigonometry, trigonometric, trig functions, sine, sin, ambiguous case, 1 solution, no triangle, one triangle

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