Question

geometry question (firgure in comments!)
What is the best approx. area for triangle ABC?

Answer 1

@ashleyfallon7

Answer 2

What's the approximate value of h?

Answer 3

all thats given is in the figure :(

Answer 4

Right, but, I mean, using the figure, can you find the value of h?

Answer 5

No im not sure how too..

Answer 6

Well, one of the angles is 15 degrees, and you know the definition of sin, right?

Answer 7

yes opp/adj

Answer 8

well, opposite over hypotenuse, but yes. And you know the hypotenuse here, yes?

Answer 9

25

Answer 10

So, you have sin(15)=h/25 yes?

Answer 11

yup

Answer 12

And once you have h, you can get the area, yes?

Answer 13

yes, thannk you! I got...

Answer 14

lemme solve it

Answer 15

120.6? is that right?

Answer 16

The first time I tried it by myself I got 100.50

Answer 17

I got 97.06 ... what numbers are you multiplying?