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7.1 Area of Triangles Notes
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Areas of Triangles: T.6 Area of Triangle Notes
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Times when you don’t know the height, we Example 3: Find the area of the given triangle.
can still find the area of the triangle. (The C
triangle will be either obtuse or acute.)
Using Trig, we can find the area of the
triangle…
o If you have two sides and the angle 34.0 ft b
between them (included angle). 9
o If you know the length of all three 55 10'
sides. B A
42.0 ft
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Example 4: Heron of Alexandria, in the first
century AD, showed that if a triangle has sides of
B C length a, b, and c, then its area can be calculated
1 a using A s s a s b s c where
Area ab sin C
2
a b c
o Basically…Given the lengths of two s .
sides of a triangle and the included 2
angle, the area of the triangle is half a. Find the area of the right angled triangle
of the product of two sides and the with sides 3 cm, 4 cm, and 5 cm:
sine of the included angle. i. without using Heron’s formula.
ii. using Heron’s formula.
Example 1: b. Find the area of a triangle with sides of
Find the area of triangle ABC: A length:
i. 6 cm, 8cm, and 12cm.
ii. 7.2 cm, 8.9 cm, and 9.7 cm.
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A 38.73cm'd
Example 2: Find the area of triangle ABC if
A 24 40', b 27.3 cm, c 11.7 cm .
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