How do you find the area of the triangle given C=120^circ, a=4, b=6C=120,a=4,b=6?

1 Answer
Mar 7, 2018

Area of triangle color(red)(A_t = 6 sqrt3 = 10.39At=63=10.39 sq units

Explanation:

Area of a triangle can be calculated using formula

A_t = (1/2) a b sin CAt=(12)absinC having known SAS measurements.

Given : a = 4, b = 6, hatC = 120^@Given:a=4,b=6,ˆC=120

A_t = (1/2) 4 * 6 * sin 120 = (1/cancel2) * cancel(24)^color(red)(12) * sin (180 - 120)

A_t = 12 * sin 60 =( (cancel(12 )^color(red)(6) * sqrt3 ) / cancel2) = 6 sqrt3