Question

How do you find the area of the triangle given A= 50 degrees, b= 12, c=14?

Answer 1

As Emma Nora said, you need to calculate the height of the triangle, but you need to use the `50^o` angle in the calculation.

If we make the side of length 14 horizontal, then the height of the triangle is `12sin50^o` and the area is

`(1/2)base*height = (1/2)14*12*sin50^o`

`= 84*sin 50^o`