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Find the area of this triangle.Round to the nearest tenth.8 mho62°12 m[?] m2

User Emmanuel Caradec
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we have two sides and a known angle, then we use the following formula for area


=(a\cdot b\cdot\sin C)/(2)

where a = 8. b = 12 and C = 62°, so


\begin{gathered} A=(8\cdot12\cdot\sin 62)/(2) \\ A=(96\cdot\sin 62)/(2) \\ A=48\cdot\sin 62 \\ A=42.4 \end{gathered}

answer: 42.4 m^2

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