Given the area ABC=7.52m©÷. Find a, when m¡ÐB=40¡Æ and c=6m.
Given
Area of triangle ABC=7.52 m²
∠B=40°
c=6 m
Need to find a.
We can use the trigonometric formula for area, namely
Area=(1/2)ac(sin(B))
which can be solved to give
a=(2*Area)/(c*sin(B))
=(2*7.52)/(6*sin(40°))