Question

How would you find the area of an obtuse triangle?

Answer 1

You don't have to solve it, just how?

Answer 2

Heron's formula would be the most straightforward way.

Answer 3

9th grade geometry

Answer 4

That is 9th grade geometry. (at least for me it was)

Answer 5

It allows you to calculate the area of any triangle if you know the side lengths.

Answer 6

You mean base * height / 2?

Answer 7

This thing. It's quite a long formula which is why I'm not writing it myself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron's_formula

Answer 8

If you're expected to find the area with a different method, I would try using pythagorean's theorem.Find the total area, and subtract the area of the small black triangle.