Define Acos trig function for consine law

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#1

Hey, I am trying to find the angles of a triangle with the lengths of the sides. I already tried using math.acos() to invert the cos in order to find the angle, however the acos always comes back as nan. any fixes or help would be apreciated.

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local point = game.Workspace.triangle.point
local point0 = game.Workspace.triangle.point0
local point1 = game.Workspace.triangle.point1

local pointpos =point.Position
local pointpos0 =point0.Position
local pointpos1 =point1.Position
--Keep in mind Z=Y axis because roblox is 3-dimensional
local pointX = pointpos.X
local pointY = pointpos.Z

local point0X = pointpos0.X
local point0Y = pointpos0.Z

local point1X = pointpos1.X
local point1Y = pointpos1.Z

local length = 0
local length0 = 0
local length1= 0

local angle = 0
local angle0 = 0
local angle1 = 0

local function cosinelaw (a,b,c,angle)
print(c)
print(b)
print(a)
	print(math.acos(a^2+b^2-c^2/2*a*b))
	print(tostring(math.cos(2)))
if angle ==1 then 
	
elseif angle ==2 then
	
elseif angle == 3 then
	
	end
end

local function calcdistance(x1,y1,x2,y2,side)
	--print("length: "..math.sqrt((x1-x2)^2+(y1-y2)^2))
if side == 1 then
		length = math.sqrt((x1-x2)^2+(y1-y2)^2)
elseif side == 2 then
		length0 = math.sqrt((x1-x2)^2+(y1-y2)^2)
elseif side ==3 then 
		length1 = math.sqrt((x1-x2)^2+(y1-y2)^2)
 end
end

--point and point0
calcdistance(pointX,pointY,point0X,point0Y,1)
--point and point1
calcdistance(pointX,pointY,point1X,point1Y,2)
--point0 and point1
calcdistance(point0X,point0Y,point1X,point1Y,3)


wait(1)
print(length)
print(length0)
print(length1)
wait(4)
cosinelaw(tostring(length),tostring(length0),tostring(length1),1)
type or paste code here

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#2

Why are you converting the numbers to strings when passing it into this function?

cosinelaw(tostring(length),tostring(length0),tostring(length1),1)
#3

debug i tried. i found out how to do it though

`-- References to the points in the workspace
local point = game.Workspace.triangle.point
local point0 = game.Workspace.triangle.point0
local point1 = game.Workspace.triangle.point1

– Positions of the points
local pointpos = point.Position
local pointpos0 = point0.Position
local pointpos1 = point1.Position

– Coordinates of the points (note Z is Y axis in Roblox)
local pointX = pointpos.X
local pointY = pointpos.Z

local point0X = pointpos0.X
local point0Y = pointpos0.Z

local point1X = pointpos1.X
local point1Y = pointpos1.Z

– Distances between points
local length = 0
local length0 = 0
local length1 = 0

– Function to calculate distance between two points
local function calcdistance(x1, y1, x2, y2, side)
local distance = math.sqrt((x1 - x2)^2 + (y1 - y2)^2)
if side == 1 then
length = distance
elseif side == 2 then
length0 = distance
elseif side == 3 then
length1 = distance
end
end

– Calculate distances
calcdistance(pointX, pointY, point0X, point0Y, 1)
calcdistance(pointX, pointY, point1X, point1Y, 2)
calcdistance(point0X, point0Y, point1X, point1Y, 3)

– Function to calculate angle using the law of cosines
local function cosinelaw(a, b, c)
local cos_theta = (a^2 + b^2 - c^2) / (2 * a * b)
if cos_theta >= -1 and cos_theta <= 1 then
return math.acos(cos_theta)
else
return nil – Return nil if cos_theta is out of valid range
end
end

– Calculate angles in radians
local angle = cosinelaw(length, length0, length1)
local angle0 = cosinelaw(length0, length1, length)
local angle1 = cosinelaw(length1, length, length0)

– Print distances
print("Length: " … length)
print("Length0: " … length0)
print("Length1: " … length1)

– Print angles in radians
print("Angle (radians): " … (angle or “Invalid”))
print("Angle0 (radians): " … (angle0 or “Invalid”))
print("Angle1 (radians): " … (angle1 or “Invalid”))

– Optional: Print angles in degrees
if angle then print("Angle (degrees): " … math.deg(angle)) end
if angle0 then print("Angle0 (degrees): " … math.deg(angle0)) end
if angle1 then print("Angle1 (degrees): " … math.deg(angle1)) end
`

#4

I’m a bit confused though because (a^2 + b^2 - c^2) / (2 * a * b) should always be between -1 and 1. You shouldn’t have to explicitly check whether it’s between -1 and 1. I’m not sure why you’re getting values outside of that range unless you’re calculating the lengths of the sides incorrectly.

#5

i just need a way to find the angles man

#6

I understand lol. If it works, it works. All I’m just saying is something odd is going on if you’re getting values outside of [-1, 1].

#7

yeah, thanks. ill keep you updated.