PRINCIPIA · THEOREM

Bigger angle ↔ longer opposite side

Dependencies: Base angles of an isoceles triangle are equal, Exterior angle > either non-adjacent interior angle, SAS congruence.

Statement

Let ABC\triangle ABC be any triangle. Then within the same triangle, the larger interior angle is opposite the longer side, and conversely — formally:

B>C    AC>AB.\angle B > \angle C \;\Longleftrightarrow\; AC > AB.

Intuitively: replacing each "angle" with "the side opposite it" preserves the direction of the inequality.

Bigger angle ↔ longer opposite side: \angle B > \angle C ⇔ AC > AB

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