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The law of cisines is a +b+c -abcosC=c find the value of2abcosC

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{a^2 + b^2 - c^2} is the final answer!

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User Davidallyoung
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The law of cosines says
c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2abc\cos C.


Given this, we can add
2ab\cos C to the both sides and subtract
c^2 from the both sides to get the equation
2ab\cos C = a^2 + b^2 - c^2.


Thus, the value of
2ab\cos C is
\boxed{a^2 + b^2 - c^2}.

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