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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Question 936391: 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.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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We use Bretschneider's formula:

If a, b, c, and d are the sides of a convex quadrilateral, and s is the
semiperimeter, s=%28a%2Bb%2Bc%2Bd%29%2F2 and alpha and gamma 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,

s=semiperimeter=%28a%2Bb%2Bc%2Bd%29%2F2=%2810%2B5%2B14.14%2B15%29%2F2=44.14%2F2=22.07

Then using that and alpha%2Bgamma=%22225%B0%22,




A = 91.89795801035699017470925314054801987941948129813875441889863... cm².

Edwin