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Given triangle ABC,

sinC=(sinA+sinB)/(cosA+cosB),

or in LaTeX, sinC=sinA+sinBcosA+cosB

What is the shape of triangle ABC? 

 Mar 25, 2019
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Given triangle ABC,

sinC=(sinA+sinB)/(cosA+cosB),

What is the shape of triangle ABC? 

 

sin(C)=sin(A)+sin(B)cos(A)+cos(B)sin(A)+sin(B)=2sin(A+B2)cos(AB2)cos(A)+cos(B)=2cos(A+B2)cos(AB2)sin(C)=2sin(A+B2)cos(AB2)2cos(A+B2)cos(AB2)sin(C)=sin(A+B2)cos(A+B2)sin(C)=sin(180(A+B))=sin(A+B)sin(A+B)=sin(A+B2)cos(A+B2)sin(A+B)=2sin(A+B2)cos(A+B2)2sin(A+B2)cos(A+B2)=sin(A+B2)cos(A+B2)2cos(A+B2)=1cos(A+B2)cos2(A+B2)=12cos(A+B2)=12cos(A+B2)=22A+B2=arccos(22)A+B2=45A+B=90 so C=90

The shape is a right-angled triangle

 

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 Mar 25, 2019

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