3a+-+Learning+activities

//__Learning Activities__//

Please chose at least one of the following activities and post your solution on the appropriate discussion board. Return to the discussion board before Tuesday at midnight and post a minimum of 2 responses to others posts.


 * 1) ====== Show how Euclid’s Proposition 12 can be used to derive the law of cosines in its current general form (c^2 = a^2 + b^2 – 2ab cos γ). Refer to the figure below titled 'Proposition 12'. Post your response in the discussion board titled "//Activity 1: Euclid's Proposition 12//." (note: slide 5 of the power point contains the proposition as well as the algebraic terms of the figure). ======

__Proposition 12__


2. Using the figure below titled 'Oblique Triangle', complete the learning activity. Post your answers to the prompts in the discussion board titled "//Activity 2//: Worksheet for Law of Cosines."

__Oblique Triangle__
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