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The length of one side of a triangle is ( 3 + 1 ) cm . \left(\sqrt{3}+1\right)\text{ cm}. The two interior angles on that side are 3 0 30^\circ and 4 5 . 45^\circ.

What is the area of the triangle?


The answer is 1.36602.

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6 solutions

Akshat Sharda
Jan 25, 2016

Let the triangle be A B C \triangle ABC where A B C = 3 0 \angle ABC=30^\circ and A C B = 4 5 \angle ACB=45^\circ .

Let A D AD be the altitude drawn to B C BC .

So,

tan 4 5 = 1 A D = D C tan 3 0 = 1 3 A D 3 + 1 A D = 1 3 3 + 1 A D = 3 A D A D = 1 area ( A B C ) = 1 2 1 ( 3 + 1 ) = 1.6602 \begin{aligned} \tan 45^\circ & =1\Rightarrow AD=DC \\ \tan 30^\circ & = \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \Rightarrow \frac{AD}{\sqrt{3}+1-AD}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \\ \sqrt{3}+1-AD & =\sqrt{3} AD \\ AD=1 \\ \text{area}(\triangle ABC) & =\frac{1}{2}\cdot 1 \cdot (\sqrt{3}+1) \\ & = \boxed{1.6602} \end{aligned}

Nice solution!

A Former Brilliant Member - 5 years, 4 months ago

I did it same way........!

Siva prasad - 5 years, 4 months ago
Rishabh Jain
Jan 25, 2016

C i r c u m r a d i u s = R = 3 + 1 2 sin 105 ° = 2 ( sin 105 ° = 3 + 1 2 2 ) Circumradius=R=\dfrac{\sqrt{3}+1}{2\sin 105°}=\sqrt2~~~\small\color{#3D99F6}{(\sin105°=\frac{\sqrt3+1}{2\sqrt2})} Hence, Area= 2 R 2 ( sin A ) ( sin B ) ( sin C ) \color{goldenrod}{2R^2 (\sin A)(\sin B)(\sin C)} = 4 × 2 × 3 + 1 2 2 × 1 2 × 1 2 =4\times 2\times\frac{\sqrt3+1}{2\sqrt2}\times \dfrac{1}{2} \times \dfrac{1}{\sqrt2} = 3 + 1 2 = 1.36602 =\frac{\sqrt3+1}{2}=\huge\boxed{1.36602}

Nice way Bhaiya but there may have been other possibilities like if the side 3 + 1 \sqrt{3}+1 is opposite to 3 0 o 30^{o} , then the area may change?

Department 8 - 5 years, 4 months ago

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But it is given that the included side is 3 \sqrt 3 +1 that means the side is between the two angles.. !

Rishabh Jain - 5 years, 4 months ago

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Um... it says that a side and two interior angles?

Department 8 - 5 years, 4 months ago

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@Department 8 The ques says...The two interior angles on that side ....

Rishabh Jain - 5 years, 4 months ago

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@Rishabh Jain Oh never saw that!

Department 8 - 5 years, 4 months ago

@Rishabh Jain Try this

Department 8 - 5 years, 4 months ago

T h e a n g l e o p p o s i t e o f s i d e 3 + 1 i s 180 30 45 = 105. s i d e o p p o s i t e 30 , s a y x , = ( 3 + 1 ) S i n 30 S i n 105 . A r e a = 1 2 { 3 + 1 } x S i n 45 = 1 2 ( 3 + 1 ) 2 S i n 105 S i n 30 S i n 45 = 1.366 The ~ angle ~ opposite ~ of ~ side ~ ~ \sqrt3+1 ~ ~ is ~ 180-30-45=105. \\ \therefore ~ side ~ opposite ~ \angle ~ 30, ~ say ~ x ~ ~ ,=(\sqrt3+1)*\dfrac{Sin30}{Sin105}.\\ Area=\frac 1 2*\{\sqrt3+1\}*x*Sin45=\frac 1 2*\dfrac{(\sqrt3+1)^2}{Sin105}*Sin30*Sin45=1.366

Yash Mehan
Jan 25, 2016

my solution is a bit longer, but it too yields the correct answer. What i did was that using the sine law (or whatever it is called) i marked all the angles. 30, 45, 105. sin of an angle /its opposite side =sin of the other angle/its respective opposite side. sin 105 3 + 1 = sin 30 x \frac {\sin 105}{\sqrt{3} + 1}= \frac {\sin 30}{x} so x = 2 x = \sqrt{2} side opposite to 30 degree angle is s q r t 2 sqrt{2} similarly side opposite to 45 is 2. now i dropped an altitude to the 3 + 1 \sqrt {3} +1 side. this becomes an isosceles triangle. so two arms containing the right angle become 1 because their hypotenuse is s q r t 2 sqrt{2} so i calculated the areas of these two new triangles which turned out to be 0.866025437844386567636 + 0.5 = 1.366025437844386567636 0.866025437844386567636 +0.5 = 1.366025437844386567636

Jonathan Yang
Jan 30, 2016

In general, the area of a triangle given one side length and three angles is a^2sinBsinC/(2sinA). Plugging in the values, the area is a^2sin30sin45/(2sin105) = 1.36602

Adarsh Krishn
Jan 28, 2016

In∆ABC / B=45° and / C=30°. Also BC=√3+1. By sine rule, BC sinC=AB sinA. [/_A=105°] => AB=√2. Similarly we get,AC=2. [sin105°=(√3+1)/2√2] Now,area=1/2×(sinA×AB×AC) =(√3+1)/2 =1.366

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