document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=149723>Question 149723</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the area of triangle ABC if A=56 degrees, b=20 ft, and c=12 feet. Round to the nearest tenth. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw AC as the base (horizontal), which is side b = 20.  Draw the altitude from vertex B to the base, call it point D. That makes a right triangle ABD, and BD = 12*sin(56).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area is bh/2, = AC*BD/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=20*12*sin(56)/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=120*sin(56)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=99.5 square units </SPAN>\n" );
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