Is it possible to find the angles of a quadrilateral given the sides?

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In the case of a triangle, it is relatively easy to find the three internal angles given the lengths of the three sides by applying the cosine rule. Is it similarly possible to find the angles of a simple (non-self-intersecting) quadrilateral given the lengths of the four sides?

Sub-questions:

  1. Are there possibly multiple solutions to a given set of parameters in this case?
  2. If it is not possible to solve in general, is it at least possible to solve the problem given the constraint that the quadrilateral is convex?
  3. How to determine the solution(s)?

Thank you!