Law of cosines . The power of the point with respect to the circle is equal to both and . Therefore, which is the law of cosines. Using algebraic measures for line segments (allowing negative numbers as lengths of segments) the case of obtuse angle () and acute angle () can be treated simultaneously. By using the law of sines and knowing that the angles of a triangle must sum to 180 degrees, we have the following system of equations (the three unknowns are the angles): Then, by using the third equation of the system, we obtain a system of two equations in
Solution of triangles third angle by using the angle sum property of a triangle, then find the other two sides using the law of sines. The general spherical triangle is fully determined by three of its six characteristics (3 sides and 3 angles). Note that the sides of a spherical triangle are measured by angular rather than linear units, based on the corresponding central angles. The solution of triangles for non-Euclidean spherical geometry has some differences from the planar case. For example, the sum of the three angles depends on the triangle. In addition, there are no unequal similar triangles, and so the