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HERON’S FORMULA PRACTICE SHEET

SECTION-A 7. Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled

1. The length of each side of an equilateral triangle is isosceles triangle having an area of 8 cm2.
8 3 cm, then the area of the triangle is
(A) 18 3 cm2 (B) 36 3 cm2 8. Find the area of an isosceles triangle each of
whose equal sides is 13 cm and whose base is 24
(C) 16 3 cm2 (D) 48 3 cm2
cm.
2. If perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 96 cm,
then find its each side. 9. The perimeter of a triangular field is 450 m and its
(A) 23 cm (B) 32 cm sides are in the ratio 13 : 12 : 5. Find the area of
(C) 43 cm (D) 48 cm the triangle.
3. If the length of non-equal side of a triangle is 14
cm and semi-perimeter is 22.5 cm then find the 10. Find the percentage increase in the area of a
length of each of equal side. triangle if its each side is doubled.
(A) 17 cm (B) 18 cm
(C) 15.5 cm (D) 21 cm SECTION-C
4. For given figure, find the value of S(S – a). 11. Using Heron’s formula, find the area of an
equilateral triangle of side ‘a’ units.

12. Find the area of the shaded region in figure:

(A) 15 (B) 12
(C) 14 (D) 16
5. For an isosceles right-angled triangle, having each
of equal side ‘a’, the semi-perimeter is
13. The lengths of three sides of a triangle are 18cm,
a 2a + 1
(A) ( 2 + 1) (B) 24 cm, and 30 cm. Find the length of the height
2 2
corresponding to the smaller side.
2a + 1
(C) (D) ( 2 + 1)a
2 14. A rhombus shaped field has green grass for 18
SECTION-B cows to graze. If each side of the rhombus is 30 m
6. Find the length of AD in given figure, if EC = 4 and its longer diagonal is 48 m, how much area of
cm and AB = 5 cm. grass field will each cow be getting?

15. The sides of a quadrilateral, taken in order are 5,

12, 14 and 15 metres respectively and the angle
contained by the first two sides is a right angle.
Find its area.
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ANSWER KEY
1. (D) 9. (Hints & Solutions)
2. (B) 10. (Hints & Solutions)
3. (C)
11. (Hints & Solutions)
4. (B)
5. (A) 12. (Hints & Solutions)
6. (Hints & Solutions) 13. (Hints & Solutions)
7. (Hints & Solutions) 14. (Hints & Solutions)
8. (Hints & Solutions) 15. (Hints & Solutions)
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HINTS AND SOLUTIONS

1. (D) 5. (A)
Given length of side of an equilateral triangle = If PQR is isosceles right angled triangle,
8 3 cm P
3 2
Area of an equilateral triangle = a
4 a
3
= 8 3 8 3
4 Q a R
= 16 × 3 3 PQ = QR = a
2
= 48 3 cm . PR = PQ2 + QR 2
2. (B)
Given = a2 + a 2 = 2a
Perimeter of an equilateral triangle = 96 cm PQ + QR + PR
Semi-perimeter (s) =
3 × Side = 96 2
96
Side = = 32 cm a + a + 2a
3 =
2
 length of each side of equilateral triangle is 32 cm
a(2 + 2)
=
3. (C) 2
In ABC, AB = AC a 2( 2 + 1) ( 2 + 1)a
A = =
2 2

B C 6. Given,
BC = 14 cm EC = 4cm
Semi-perimeter (s) = 22.5 cm AB = 5cm
AB + BC + AC BC = 6cm
s=
2 A
AB + 14 + AB
22.5 =
2
22.5 × 2 = 2AB + 14 E
2AB = 45 – 14 = 31
31 C
AB = = 15.5 cm B D
2
1
Area of ABC = × base × height
4. (B) 2
From the figure, 1 1
× BC × AD = × AB × EC
AB = C = 3 cm 2 2
BC = a = 4 cm 6 × AD = 5 × 4
AC = b = 5 cm
5  4 20 10
a + b + c 3+ 4+5 AD = = = cm
s= = =6 6 6 3
2 2
s(s – a) = 6(6 – 4) = 6 × 2 = 12
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7. Area of right-angled isosceles triangle = 8 cm2. Step 2: Find the area of the triangle where each
A
side of the triangle is doubled
Now, the sides will be 2a, 2b, 2c.
a
Now, the semi-perimeter of the triangle will be,
2a + 2b + 2c
B a C s =
2
1
× AB × BC = 8
2 a+b+c
 s = 2  
a × a = 8 × 2 = 16  2 
a2 = 16
 s = 2s
a = 16 = 4
Now, the area will be,
Hypotenuse = 2a = 4 2 cm
A = s(s − 2a)(s − 2b)(s − 2c)
8. Let the equal sides of the isosceles triangles be a
cm and the base be of b cm.  A = 2s(2s − 2a)(2s − 2b)(2s − 2c)
Then according to the problem, a = 13 and b = 24.
 A = 2(2)(2)(2)s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)
Now the area of the isosceles triangle will be
1 b
2  A = 4 s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)
=  b  a2 −  
2 2  A = 4A
1
=  24  132 − 122 Step 3: Find the percentage change in the area
2
= 12 × 5 = 60. The percentage change in area will be,
So the area of the isosceles triangles be 60 cm2. A − A
= 100
A
9. Perimeter = sum of sides
4A − A
let x be the variable = 100
the given ratio is 12 : 13 : 5.
A
therefore the sum of the sides = 13x + 12x + 5x. = 300 %
perimeter = 30x given perimeter = 450. Therefore, the percentage increase in area is
30x = 450x = 15m
300%.
the sides are 12 × 15, 13 × 15, 5 × 15.
it is a right angle triangle since 132 = 122 + 52.
1 1 11. The sides of triangle are a, a, a units
Area = × b × h = × 12 × 15 × 5 × 15 = 6750sq m
2 2 a + a + a 3a
s= =
10. Step 1: Find the area of a triangle 2 2
Triangle: A three-sided polygon that has three
Using Heron's formula
angles, vertices, and sides.
To find the area of the triangle, we will use Area of equilateral triangle is
Heron's formula. 3a a a a
Heron's formula can be given that: s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c) =   
2 2 2 2
A = s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)
3 2
a+b+c = a
Where s = and a, b, c are the sides of the 4
2
triangle.
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12. In right angle triangle ADB A

AB2 = AD2 + BD2 = 122 + 162 (Pythagoras theorem) 30m 30m
 AB = 144 + 256 = 400 = 20 cm 14. 48m
D B
In ABC, we can see that
AB2 + BC2 = 2O2 + 482 = 400 + 2304 = 2704 30m 30m
 AB2 + BC2 = 2704 = 522 = (AC)2 C
 ABC is right angled at B Let ABCD be a rhombus of side 30m.
1
Area of ADB = 12 16 = 96 cm2 AB = BC = CD = DA = 30 m
2
Also, diagonal = 48 m
1
Area of ABC =  20  48 = 480 cm2 BD = 48 m
2
Area of rhombus = Area ABD + Area BCD
 Area of shaded region = Area of ABC –Area
For ABD,
of ADB
= 480 – 96 Area of triangle = s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)
= 384 cm2 Here, s is the semi perimeter, and a, b, c are the
sides of the triangle.
13. According to the Heron's formula, Area (A) of the Here a = 30 m, b = 30 m and c = 48 m
triangle having sides a, b, c units is a + b + c 30 + 30 + 48 108
S= = = = 54 m
A= s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c) 2 2 2
where Area of ABD = s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)
a +b+c
s= Here a = 30 m, b = 30 m, c = 48 m and s = 54,
2
= 54(54 − 30)(54 − 30)(54 − 48)
For the given triangle,
a = 18 cm = 54  24  24  6 = 432 m2
b = 24 cm Hence Area of ABD = 432 m2
c = 30 cm
As both ABD and BCD have the same sides,
18 + 24 + 30
s= = 36 Area of BCD = 432 m2
2
So, Area of rhombus ABCD
A= 36(36 −18)(36 − 24)(36 − 30)
= Area of ABD + Area of BCD = 432 + 432 =
A= 36 18 12  6 864 m2
A= 216  216 Thus, Area of Rhombus = 864 m2
= 216 cm2 Given that 18 cows to graze the field.
Smallest side = 18 cm So, Area of 18 cows = Area of the rhombus.
1 Area of thombus
Area of the triangle = × base × altitude = 216 Area of Each cow =
2 18
1 864
× 18 × altitude = 216 = = 48 m2
2 18
216 Thus, each cow will get 48 m2 area of the grass
Altitude = = 24 cm
9 field.
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15. In quad. ABCD, AB = 5 m, BC = 12 m CD = 14 Now area of ACD

m, DA = 15 m and ABC = 90° Join AC = s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)
Now in right ABC,
= 21(21 −13)(21 −14)(21 −15)
AC2 = AB2 + BC2 = (5)2 + (12)2
= 25 + 144 = 169 = (13)2 = 21 8  7  6
 AC = 13 m = 3 7  2  2  2  7  2  3
Now area of right ABC = 7 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 84 m2
1  Area of quad. ABCD = 30 + 84 = 114 m2
= × base × height
2 D 14m
1 C
= × AB × BC
2
15m 12m
1
=  5 12 m2 = 30 m2
2
A 5m B
and in ACD, sides are 13 m, 14 m, 15 m
a + b + c 13 + 14 + 15 42
 s= = = = 21m
2 2 2

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