Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 7 - Section 7.4 - The Area of a Triangle - 7.4 Problem Set - Page 396: 25

Answer

$15 \, yd^2$

Work Step by Step

$s = \dfrac{1}{2}(a+b+c) = dfrac{1}{2}(4.8+6.3+7.5) = 9.3 \, yd$ $S = \sqrt{s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)} = \sqrt{9.3 (9.3-4.8)(9.3-6.3)(9.3-7.5)}$ $S = 15 \, yd^2$
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