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What is the area of triangle ABC? Round to the nearest hundredth of a square unit.

17.75
81.33
372.71
957.74

What is the area of triangle ABC? Round to the nearest hundredth of a square unit-example-1

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Answer:

B. 81.33

Explanation:

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User Cmosig
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If you are unfamiliar with Heron's Formula, the "s" means semi-perimeter, which is one half of the triangle perimeter.
perimeter = 12 + 14 + 16 = 42
semi-perimeter = 21
Area = Square Root (21 * (21-12)*(21-14)*(21-16))
Area = Square Root (21 * 9 * 7 * 5)
Area = Square Root (6,615)
Area = 81.33


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