SOLUTION: Please help me solve this: A quadrilateral has sides 10 cm, 5 cm, 14.14 cm and 15 cm. Find the area if the sum of the opposite angles is 225-degrees.

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A quadrilateral has sides 10 cm, 5 cm, 14.14 cm and 15 cm. Find the area if the sum of the opposite angles is 225-degrees.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20063)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We use Bretschneider's formula:

If a, b, c, and d are the sides of a convex quadrilateral, and s is the
semiperimeter,  and  and  are two opposite angles, 
then the area A of the quadrilateral is given by



First we calculate s with a=10, b=5, c=14.14, d=15,



Then using that and ,




A = 91.89795801035699017470925314054801987941948129813875441889863... cm².

Edwin

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