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What is the area of this triangle? Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. Round only your final answer to the nearest hundredth. (ft²)

The figure contains a triangle. One side is 2.7 feet. The second side is 3.4 feet. The angle between the given sides is 40 degrees.

What is the area of this triangle? Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. Round-example-1
User Marsei
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Answer:

2.95 ft^2

Explanation:

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User GWLlosa
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Answer:

A ≈ 2.95 ft²

Explanation:

The area (A) of the triangle is calculated as

A =
(1)/(2) product of 2 sides × sine of angle between them , then

A = 0.5 × 2.7 × 3.4 × sin40° ≈ 2.95 ft² ( to the nearest hundredth )

User Midhun Sudhakar
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