document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=135988>Question 135988</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help with this question.  Determine the area of the triangle to the nearest tenth. Use A=bh/2.   It is a right triangle 30-60-90  and the base measure is 6squareroot3.  The height is not given.  Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Area = base times height divided by 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's a 30-60-90 triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this type of triangle, 30 degrees is opposite a, 90 degrees is opposite 2a and 60 degrees is opposite a times the square root 3, which is written a(sqrt{3}). The value of a here is the number 6 in front of square root 3 in the given base.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The base is 6(sqrt{3}), which tells me the value of a is 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 30 degrees is opposite the height of the triangle and a = 6, then the height is 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = [6(sqrt{3}) times 6]/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 36(sqrt{3})/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 18(sqrt{3})\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this clear?\r<BR>\n" );
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