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Find the area of this triangle, round to the nearest tenth

Find the area of this triangle, round to the nearest tenth-example-1
User Ed Manet
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Answer:

27.7
in^2

Explanation:

Find length of missing side:

11^2-6^2 = x^2

85=x^2

x =
√(85)

x = 9.22

9.22*6 / 2 = 27.66

Round to tenth:

27.7

User Mittal Bhatt
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