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What is the area of ABC below? If necessary, round your answer to two decimal places.

What is the area of ABC below? If necessary, round your answer to two decimal places-example-1
User Joel Raju
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our goal is to find the area
area=1/2 times base times height
we know the height is 7.9 but what is the base?


use the pythagorean theorem twice
alrighty
so
remember for legs length a and b and hytponuse c in a right triangle
a²+b²=c²

we need AD and DC

so
AD²+7.9²=9.4²
AD=√25.95

DC²+7.9²=23.2²
DC=√475.83

so
AD+DC=base=(√25.95)+(√475.83)
area=1/2bh
area=1/2((√25.95)+(√475.83))(7.9)
area≈106.28518654591426812803776879893
round to 2 decimal places
area≈106.29 square units
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