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Suppose a triangle has side lengths 5 and 10 and the angle between the two sides is = pie/3. What is the area of the triangle?

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The formula for triangle area in this case is
A = (1/2)ab·sin(θ)
where a and b are the side lengths and θ is the angle between them.

Substituting the given values, you have
A = (1/2)(5)(10)(sin(π/3))
A = (25/2)√3
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