SOLUTION: two sides of a triangle have lengths of 8 m and 5 m the included angle measures 53 degrees whats the area of the triangle

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Question 815052: two sides of a triangle have lengths of 8 m and 5 m the included angle measures 53 degrees whats the area of the triangle
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You want height to find area.
Take one of the given sides as a base. Use the 8 m as a base.
5%2Asine%2853%29=height. If you try 5%2Acosine%2853%29, this would give just the projection of the 5 meter side onto the base, which is nice, but not what you want.

AREA will be %281%2F2%29%28base%29%28height%29=%281%2F2%298%285sin%2853%29%29=20%2Asin%2853%29