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OpenStudy (anonymous):

a triangle has sides of 33 feet, 39 feet, and 44 feet. Find the area of the triangle to the nearest hundredth of a square foot

OpenStudy (anonymous):

add them all up and round to the nearest 100th, then take that number and square it = your answer.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so u dont have to use the laws of sines or the laws of cosines

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nope

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

you can use heros formula area = sqrt [(s(s-a)(s-b(s-c)]

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

oops its called Heron's formula

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so i used that ,but i came up with a imaginary number i dont know why ????

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

do you know what the ' s' is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes you would add all the sides and divide by 2. So 33+39+44=116 116/2=58

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

right

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

so its sqrt (58 * 25* 19* 14)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok , thank you , see last time i subtract two times thats why i got i different number for S

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the answer would be 385700?

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

no the answer is sqrt 385700

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh yes yes i forgot about that , thank you

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

yw

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank again

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