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Finding the Area of a Triangle
An Application of Trigonometry
Warm Up ! 1. Recall the formula for the area of a triangle
! 2. Find the area of a triangle with base = 12 and height = 5.
10 minutes
End
Homework Check
! Page 30
Today’s Objective
! Students will be able to find the area of a triangle when you know two sides lengths and the measure of the included angle.
Area of a Triangle
! You probably remember how to find the area of a triangle from middle school.
! In general, the area of a triangle is where b = base and h = height.
! But what if our triangle doesn’t give us the base or height?
WE CAN USE TRIG!
12bh
Example
! What’s the base? ! AC = 120
! What’s the height? ! BD = ???
Example
! Sin 40° = BD/100
! BD = 100*sin40°
! To find the area: ! A = 0.5bh
! A = 0.5(150)(100sin40°)
! A ≈ 4821 m2
Practice 1
Practice 2
Vocab Review
! When showing triangles were congruent, we used the word “included angle” when using SAS.
! The “included angle” was the angle between the two known sides. Included Angle
What if we know two sides and the included angle…
! Set up a trig function to find h:
! Sin C = hb
! So, h = b Sin C
! If we find the area of a triangle by: Area = 0.5bh
! Then A = 0.5(a)(b)(SinC)
Classwork
! 4.9 Area of a Triangle Practice (page 32)
Homework
! 4.9 Area of a Triangle (page 33)