options: Prove the Laws of Sines and Cosines and use them to solve problems.

Understand and apply the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines to find unknown measurements in right and non-right triangles (e.g., surveying problems, resultant forces).

Derive the formula A = 1/2 ab sin(C) for the area of a triangle by drawing an auxiliary line from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side.
problem_activity: Problem 1
The Law of Cosines states that:
Given
$${\triangle ABC}$$
,
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What measurements of a triangle make the most sense to use the Law of Cosines?
Problem 2
For each of the triangles below, would you use the Law of Sines, Law of Cosines, or Pythagorean theorem to find the value of
$$x$$
? Explain your reasoning
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