Question

HELP - Find the area of the triangle. Give the answer to the nearest tenth. The drawing may not be drawn to scale. - HELP

Answer 1

Using the 12 cm side and the given angle, can you find the height using trig?

Answer 2

Do I have to use the pythagorean theorem?

Answer 3

You can't since you have only one side given. You need to use trig.

Answer 4

Okay, so how can I do that?

Answer 5

Is it Sin Cos Tan?

Answer 6

@mathstudent55

Answer 7

Yes, one of them.

Answer 8

Let's just look at what we need now. We are looking for h.

Answer 9

Opposite over Hypotenuse?

Answer 10

For the given angle of 73 deg, is h the adjacent or the opposite leg?

Answer 11

12 cm is obviously the hypotenuse.

Answer 12

Yeah.

Answer 13

Right, opp/hyp.
Which trig function is opp/hyp?

Answer 14

I get the two legs mixed up.

Answer 15

Sin?

Answer 16

Right
Opposite means across. Adjacent means next to.