Area of a triangle

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A triangle has two sides of length 6 and an area of 9√3 units squared. What is the length of the third side?

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1 solution

Tom Engelsman
Aug 5, 2020

Let s = 6 s = 6 and θ \theta be the included angle between these two equal sides (and opposite the third side). This angle value is computed via:

A = 1 2 s 2 sin θ θ = arcsin ( 2 A s 2 ) = arcsin ( 2 9 3 6 2 ) = arcsin ( 3 2 ) = π 3 A = \frac{1}{2}s^2 \sin \theta \Rightarrow \theta = \arcsin(\frac{2A}{s^2}) = \arcsin(\frac{2 \cdot 9\sqrt{3}}{6^2}) = \arcsin(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}) = \frac{\pi}{3} .

The triangle is therefore equilateral, and the third side has length of 6.

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