Question

You want to buy a triangular lot measuring 1330 feet by 1820 feet by 2420 feet. The price of the land is $2200 per acre. How much does the land cost? (Hint: 1 acre = 43,560 square feet. Round your answer to two decimal places.)

Answer 1

You don't know whether this triangle is a right triangle or not.
You might need to draw it to find out. There are other ways in which you could check whether this is a right triangle or not.
Which side is the longest? Square that measurement.
What are the lengths of the remaining 2 sides? Square both lengths. Add together the sums. Does your sum equal the square of the length of the longest side? This is the Pythagorean Theorem for you.

Answer 2

oh trueee lemme test it out

Answer 3

the pythag theorem doesnt work so we r gonna have to rule out that its a right triangle

Answer 4

If this is not a right triangle, then you may have to "solve" the triangle using a different method (e. g., Law of Sines).

You need to pick one side to be your base, and then determine the "height," which will be perpendicular to this base.

You might want to look up Heron's formula:

https://www.google.com/search?q=area+of+a+triangle+heron%27s+formula&oq=area+of+a+triangle+when+3+sides+are+given&gs_l=serp.1.0.0i71k1l8.0.0.0.58297.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c..64.serp..0.0.0.N04-o9fERdE

The triangle does not have to be a right triangle for Heron's formula to apply;

Answer 5

@mathmale I forgot about that
I was using the cosine rule to get the bisector then find the height then the area

Answer 6

Certainly there are several ways in which this problem could be solved. If you can find the height, more power to you!