WORKSHEET 10

AREA OF TRIANGLES

A. Use Heron’s formula to find the area of ΔABC.

1. a = 3, b = 4, c = 6 2. a = 15, b = 17, c = 10 3. a = 7, b = 9, c = 12 4. a = 21.2, b = 32.6,
c = 40.8
s = __________ s = __________ s = __________ s = __________

A = __________ A = __________ A = __________ A = __________

B. Calculate the area of the following triangles. Round all answers to the nearest 3 decimal place.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5.6 22 8.6
80° 105°
76° 50° 9.8 12
9.5 42°
14.4

C. Find the unknown in the following triangles. Round your answer to the nearest tenths.
1. A = 105 cm2 2. A = 25.6 cm2 3. A = 44.1 cm2 (θ is obtuse)

y cm
13 cm 100°
6.2 cm 12 cm
72°
θ
x cm
9.6 cm

D. Give each of the following value to four decimal places.

1. Find the area of the parallelogram whose sides have lengths 9 in and 12 in and which has one angle of
35°.

2. Find the area of a rhombus whose sides have length 10 cm with one angle of 42°.

3. A piece of land is in the shape of a triangle in which the two sides are 15 m and 17 m. if the angle between
these two sides measure 60°. Find the area of the land.

4. A triangular piece of land has dimensions 22 m, 15 m, and 35 m. find the area of the land.