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1. IDENTIFY!THE!ANGLE!(not!the!90°)!
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choose!two!of!the!three!
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 SINE%LAW%(obtuse(angle(example)!
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c! b! =! =! !
22!m! !"#$ !"#$ !"#$
60!m! 15°!
B! a! C!

we!don’t!use!this!middle!fraction,!since!we!know!
nothing!about!side!b!or!angle!B!
BUT…!since!angle!A!is!!
60 ! 29 obviously!obtuse,!we!do!
=! =! ! !
!"#$ !"#$ !"#15
180!–!32.4!=!147.6°"
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x!=!32.4°!

NOTES/EXAMPLES/REMINDERS

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AREA$OF$A$TRIANGLE$ !
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TO#FIND#THE#AREA#OF#A#TRIANGLE,#WE#CAN#USE#THIS#FORMULA#
IF!BASE!AND!HEIGHT!MEET$AT$A$RIGHT$ANGLE!
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15! ℎ! 15! ℎ!

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35! !! 35!

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AREA$OF$A$TRIANGLE!(Hero’s'Formula)!!
TO#FIND#THE#AREA#OF#A#TRIANGLE,#WE#CAN#USE#THIS#FORMULA#
IF#WE#KNOW#THE#THREE%SIDE%LENGTHS!OF#A#TRIANGLE!
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HERO’S'FORMULA:!!!"#! = ! !(! − !)(! − !)(! − !)!

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!! + !!! + !!
… where!s!represents!half!the!perimeter!of!the!triangle:!s = ! !
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9"m" “a”,(“b,”(and(“c”(are(the(side(lengths((in(any(order!)(
3"m" !

area = ! !!(! − !)(! − !)(! − !)!!

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area = ! !9.5(9.5 − 7)(9.5 − 3)(9.5 − 9)!!

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area = ! !9.5(2.5)(6.5)(0.5)!!
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2 area = ! √77.1875!
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AREA$OF$A$TRIANGLE!(Trig%Formula)!!
TO#FIND#THE#AREA#OF#A#TRIANGLE,#WE#CAN#USE#THIS#FORMULA#
IF#WE#KNOW#THE#TWO$SIDE$LENGTHS!OF!A"TRIANGLE"!
AND$THE$ANGLE$BETWEEN$THOSE$TWO$SIDES!
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TRIG%FORMULA:!!!"#! = ! !
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… where!"a"!and!"b"!are!side!lengths!and!"C"!is!the!angle!between!those!sides!
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