Let and be two lengths of an acute triangle, and let and be their opposite angles. If , and , what is ?
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The sine theorem is given by:
a sin ( α ) = b sin ( β )
\since the angle is acute, we can take the natural log on both sides. After taking the natural log, and transforming the expressions, we get
ln ( sin ( α ) ) − ln ( sin ( β ) ) = ln ( a ) − ln ( b ) , that is; ln ( sin ( α ) ) − ln ( sin ( β ) ) = − 6 .
After squaring both sides, we get
ln 2 ( sin ( α ) ) − 2 ln ( sin ( α ) ) ln ( sin ( β ) ) + ln 2 ( sin ( β ) = 3 6
− 2 ln ( sin ( α ) ) ln ( sin ( β ) ) = 3 4
ln ( sin ( α ) ) ln ( sin ( β ) ) = − 1 7