Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.2 - The Law of Cosines - Exercise Set - Page 732: 52

Answer

$294,968$ dollars.

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Given $a=320,b=510,c=410\ ft$, we have $s=\frac{a+b+c}{2}=620\ ft$ Step 2. Using Heron's Formula, we have the area $A=\sqrt {s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)}=\sqrt {620(620-320)(620-510)(620-410)}\approx65,548.5$ Step 3. The total price is $4.5A\approx294,968$ dollars.
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