2007-08-28 04:22:04 · 7 answers · asked by MANDY 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Sure. You can always construct right triangles using sides and angle from non-right triangles. Then you can aplpy trig to find other sides or angles. The Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines apply to any triangle. Both laws relate lengths of sides of a triangle to the angles, but obviously using different trig functions.
2007-08-28 04:28:26 · answer #1 · answered by nyphdinmd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that deals with triangles, particularly triangles in a plane where one angle of the triangle is 90 degrees (right angled triangles). It specifically deals with the relationships between the sides and the angles of triangles; the trigonometric functions, and calculations based upon them. The insights of trigonometry permeate other branches of geometry, such as the study of spheres using spherical trigonometry.
Trigonometry can be used on other triangles other than a right triangle.
2007-08-28 04:27:24 · answer #2 · answered by Luxord 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean the trig functions sine, cosine, etc., they are calculated in tables with respect to right triangles.
Within the subject of trig, there are topics other than right triangles. For example, you can have a triangle that is not a right triangle and ask what is the sine of one of its angles.
2007-08-28 04:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by fcas80 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that deals with three coordinates to define distances for anything on any surface from some defined point. So it works for any shapes and volumes.
2007-08-28 04:30:12 · answer #4 · answered by Abhijit Purohit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea, like the sine rule and the cosine rule
2007-08-28 04:28:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
any triangle
2007-08-28 04:26:31 · answer #6 · answered by spirit dummy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think u can use it 4 all
2007-08-28 04:31:32 · answer #7 · answered by fatima b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋