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Area of a triangle/trapezoid 98392-278, 030922 23:43
i need the formula to find the area of a triangle and a trapezoid without using the height ... if thats impossible, i would need to know how to find out the height.

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Re: Area of a triangle/trapezoid adjam, 030927 15:53
you want to know the area of a triangle without the height?
it would be possible with the width and the length of one of the other two sides and the angle between the two sides of which you know the measurements if i remember my gcse maths...

http://www.horacemann.org/academics/math/pcbch/trig/sohcahtoa.html

or just search google for
sohcahtoa trigonometry

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