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Using the Law of Cosines, how can I show that the measure of each angle of an equilateral triangle is 60 degrees?
11 years ago

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Steve
since the sides are all equal,

s^2 = s^2+s^2 - 2s^2 cosθ
cosθ = 1/2

since you can pick any side, the value for θ is good for all three angles.
11 years ago

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