Euclid's Elements

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    society. After the argument, if people did not agree with him, then he would agree to unite man and the state. Hobbes went home in 1637 confused about the plan he had made for himself as a philosopher. Having the confusion caused Hobbes to write The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic in 1640. This book was not published but…

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    Then formula is cosα=b/c=(adjacent leg)/hypotenuse Here is also a diagram for easier understanding. The Law of cosines The law of cosine first appears in Euclid’s Elements, which is one of the very first textbook of geometry. If we got a triangle ABC and if angle β is an acute angle then we use the following formula to calculate sides: We can use the law of cosines in a triangle to calculate angles and sides of…

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