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: 27

Answer

$8.15 \, ft^2$

Work Step by Step

$s = \dfrac{1}{2}(a+b+c) = \dfrac{1}{2}(4.38+3.79+5.22) = 6.695 \, ft$ $S = \sqrt{s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)} = \sqrt{6.695 (6.695-4.38)(6.695-3.79)(6.695-5.22)}$ $S = 8.15 \, ft^2$
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