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=== Geometric proof === Consider a unit sphere with: <math display="block">OA = OB = OC = 1</math> Construct point <math>D</math> and point <math>E</math> such that <math>\angle ADO = \angle AEO = 90^\circ</math> Construct point <math>A'</math> such that <math>\angle A'DO = \angle A'EO = 90^\circ</math> It can therefore be seen that <math>\angle ADA' = B</math> and <math>\angle AEA' = C</math> Notice that <math>A'</math> is the projection of <math>A</math> on plane <math>OBC</math>. Therefore <math>\angle AA'D = \angle AA'E = 90^\circ</math> By basic trigonometry, we have: <math display="block">\begin{align} AD &= \sin c \\ AE &= \sin b \end{align}</math> But <math>AA' = AD \sin B = AE \sin C </math> Combining them we have: <math display="block">\begin{align} \sin c \sin B &= \sin b \sin C \\ \Rightarrow \frac{\sin B}{\sin b} &=\frac{\sin C}{\sin c} \end{align}</math> By applying similar reasoning, we obtain the spherical law of sines: <math display="block">\frac{\sin A}{\sin a} =\frac{\sin B}{\sin b} =\frac{\sin C}{\sin c} </math> {{see also|Spherical trigonometry|Spherical law of cosines|Half-side formula}}
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