SOLUTION: find the area of a triangle with sides of length 9 and 24 and included angle 12degrees. Round to the nearest tenth. I have 22.5, but I believe I did this wrong since I seen an exa

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Question 140510: find the area of a triangle with sides of length 9 and 24 and included angle 12degrees. Round to the nearest tenth.
I have 22.5, but I believe I did this wrong since I seen an example using trig functions, can someone please help.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
find the area of a triangle with sides of length 9 and 24 and included angle 12degrees. Round to the nearest tenth.
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Area = (1/2)absinC
Area = (1/2)9*24*sin(12)
Area = 22.45... sq. units.
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Cheers,
Stan H.