Area of Triangles

Geometry Level 3

Find the area (using integrals) of the given triangle with vertices A ( 2 , 7 ) , B ( 13 , 4 ) , C ( 4 , 5 ) A(-2,7), B(13,4), C(4,-5) and sides A B : x + 5 y = 33 , B C : x y = 9 AB: x+5y=33, BC:x-y=9 and C A : 2 x + y = 3 CA: 2x+y=3

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3 solutions

Hana Wehbi
Jul 1, 2016

Rewriting the sides we get y = x 5 + 33 5 ; y = x 9 ; y = 2 x + 3 y=\frac{-x}{5}+\frac{33}{5}; y= x-9; y=-2x+3 ;

The Area is 2 4 ( x 5 + 33 5 ) ( 2 x + 3 ) d x + 4 13 ( x 5 + 33 5 ) ( x 9 ) d x \int_{-2}^{4}(\frac{-x}{5}+\frac{33}{5})-(-2x+3) dx +\int_{4}^{13} (\frac{-x}{5}+ \frac{33}{5})-(x-9)dx ;

= 2 4 ( 9 x 5 + 18 5 ) d x + 4 13 ( 6 x 5 + 78 5 ) d x = \int_{-2}^{4}(\frac{9x}{5}+\frac{18}{5})dx + \int_{4}^{13} (\frac{-6x}{5}+\frac{78}{5})dx =

( 9 x 2 10 + 18 x 5 ) 2 4 + ( 6 x 2 10 + 78 x 5 ) 4 13 = 405 5 = 81 (\frac{9x^2}{10}+\frac{18x}{5})\large|_{-2}^{4} + (\frac{-6x^2}{10}+\frac{78x}{5})\large|_{4}^{13}= \frac {405}{5}= \boxed{81}

Tristan Goodman
Jan 3, 2019

Another way to find the area is to calculate the distance between the vertices using pythagoras' theorem and using those lengths to calculate the area with Heron's formula.

Roger Erisman
Jun 30, 2016

Draw rectangle such that A is the upper left corner, right side includes B, and bottom includes C. Rectangle is 15 * 12 = 180. Three right triangles are formed along: AB .5* 15* 3 = 22.5, BC .5* 9* 9 = 40.5, and CA .5* 6* 12 = 36. Total is 99. 180 - 99 = 81.

That was interesting, never thought of it like this. Nice solution.

Hana Wehbi - 4 years, 11 months ago

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