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“The Ambiguous Case” in the Solution of Triangles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

R. F. Muirhead
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Given a, b and A, there are sometimes two distinct solutions, sometimes one, and sometimes none. The geometrical explanation is a commonplace, from which it appears that two solutions occur if b>a>bsinA. [But see correction below.]

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Edinburgh Mathematical Notes , Volume 8 , October 1911 , pp. 85 - 86
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1911