2a cos 0- b a -c C.

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Explain the following “proof without words” of the law of cosines. (Source: Kung, Sidney H., “Proof Without Words: The Law of Cosines,” Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 63, no. 5, Dec. 1990, p. 342.)

2a cos 0- b
a -c
C.
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