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find the area of the isoceles triangle


Help Please Find The Area Of The Isoceles Triangle class=

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Answer:

This is a long answer. I got 82.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Area of isoceles triangle is

[tex] \frac{1}{2} (b)(h)[/tex]

where b is the base and h is height.

Let draw a altuide going through Point D that split side FE into 2 equal lines. Let call that point that is equidistant from FE, H.

Since it is a altitude,it forms a right angle. So angle H=90.

Angle H is equidistant from F and E so

FH=11

EH=11.

The height is still unknown.

We can use pythagorean theorem to find side h but we need to know the slanted side or side DF to use the theorem.

Using triangle DFH, we know that angle H is 90 and angle F is 34. So using triangle interior rule,Angle D equal 56.

  • We know side FH=11
  • We know Angle D equal 56
  • We are trying to find side DF
  • We know angle H equal 90

We can use law of sines to find side DF

[tex] \frac{fh}{ \sin(d) } = \frac{df}{ \sin(h) } [/tex]

Plug in the numbers

[tex] \frac{11}{ \sin(56) } = \frac{df}{ \sin(90) } [/tex]

sin of 90 =1 so

[tex] \frac{11}{ \sin(56) } = df[/tex]

Side df is about 13.3 inches.

Since we know our slanted side is 13.3 we can set up our pythagorean theorem equation,

[tex](fh) {}^{2} + (dh) {}^{2} = df {}^{2} [/tex]

[tex](11) {}^{2} +( dh) {}^{2} = (13.3) {}^{2} [/tex]

[tex]121 + dh {}^{2} = 176.89[/tex]

[tex](dh) {}^{2} = 55.89[/tex]

[tex] \sqrt{55.89} = 7.5[/tex]

is approximately 7.5 so dh=7.5 approximately.

Now using base times height times 1/2 multiply them out

[tex] \frac{1}{2} (22)(7.5)[/tex]

[tex]82.5[/tex]