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Case 2: Given two sides and the angle opposite one of them (The SSA Case (Ambiguous Case))

The Law of Sines is still used to find the missing parts of an oblique triangle when the two sides and
an angle opposite one of the sides (SSA) are given, but there are already a number of possibilities. The
following figures illustrate the possible situations when the angle given is acute or obtuse or right. Most of
the time it is assumed that the parts a, b and A of ∆𝐀𝐁𝐂 are given and the altitude h is opposite angle A, this
is why 𝒉 = 𝒃 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝑨.

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