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3. What is the area of triangle LMN to the nearest tenth of a square centimeter? Use special right triangles to help find the height. Show all your work.

Please Help!!! 3. What is the area of triangle LMN to the nearest tenth of a square-example-1

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Answer:

169.7 cm²

Explanation:

The ratios of side lengths in the special triangle with angles 30°-60°-90° are ...

1 : √3 : 2

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The given side is the shortest. The middle-length side is perpendicular to that, so is useful for figuring the area. Its length is √3 times the shorter side, so is LN=14√3 cm.

The area is given by ...

A = 1/2bh

A = 1/2(14 cm)(14√3 cm) = 98√3 cm²

A ≈ 169.7 cm²

The area of triangle LMN is about 169.7 cm².
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Additional comment

The other "special triangle" we work with is the 45°-45°-90° isosceles right triangle. Its side lengths have the ratios ...

1 : 1 : √2

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