Areas of Triangles, Parallelograms, Sectors and Segments Area of Triangle
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Area of triangle A
For any triangle ABC, the area S is given by c
b
1 ˆ
S= bcsinA
2
B C
This formula can be used if two sides and the a
included angle are known.
Example 1
Find the area of the triangle shown
1 ˆ
Area = absinC
2 40◦
1
= x 7 x 7 x sin 40 7 cm
2 7 cm
= 15.8 cm2
EXERCISE 1 (give all answers approximated to 1 decimal place)
(1) Find the area of each triangle(app
8 cm
(a) (b)
7 cm 110◦
8 cm
38◦
8 cm
(c) (d)
6 cm 3.7 cm
◦
39.5◦
27
5 cm 4.2 cm
(2) Find the area of an equilateral triangle of side 9 cm.
(3) Find the area of a regular hexagon of side 5 cm.
(4) A triangle of area 50 cm2 has two sides 21 cm and 8 cm in length. Find the angle between
the two sides.
(5)
[Take π = 3.14]
The diagram above, not drawn to scale, represents a sector, ODF, of a circle centre O, radius 8
cm, and angle DOF = 60°. Calculate, in cm2, the area of
i. The sector ODF
ii. The triangle ODF
iii. The shaded segment
Area of a parallelogram
a
Area of parallelogram is
= ab sin θ b b
θ
a
EXERCISE 2 (give all answers approximated to 1 decimal place)
(1) Find the area of each shape
(a) (b)
12 cm
6 cm
70◦ 108◦
14 cm 5 cm
(c)
8 cm 8 cm
65◦
6 cm 2 cm
(2) PQRS is a parallelogram with PQ = 8.5cm, PS = 5.4 cm and QPS = 75◦
(3) The area of a parallelogram ABCD is 69 m2: AB = 9.2m and AD = 8.7m. Calculate the
size of angle BAD.
ANSWERS
EXERCISE 1
(1) (a) 17.2 cm2 (b) 30.1 cm2 (c) 6.8 cm2 (d) 4.9 cm2
(2) 35.1 cm2
(3) 65 cm2
(4) 36.5◦
(5) (i) 33.5 cm2 (ii) 27.7 cm2 (iii) 5.8 cm2
EXERCISE 2
(1) (a) 157.9 cm2 (b) 28.5 cm2 (c) 50.8 cm2
(2) 28.5 cm2
(3) 59.5◦