Ambiguous Case

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Illustration of one possible outcome (2 triangles occur) when discussing the ambiguous case using the Law of Sines. In this case, side a is greater than the height (bsinα).

Keywords

angle, Sine, trigonometry, sin, ambiguous case, two triangles, trigonometric, trig functions, 2 solutions

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Trigonometry: Functions

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

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