A Circle has radius 4. A triangle with angles 68, 70.5 and 41.5 is inscribed in it. Find its area.
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Call the vertices of our triangle A , B , and C and call the center of the circle, O . Construct radii O A , O B , and O C . By the inscribed angle theorem, the measure of each central angle is double that of its corresponding inscribed angle. Thus m ∠ B O C m ∠ A O C m ∠ A O B = 8 3 ∘ = 1 4 1 ∘ = 1 3 6 ∘ The area of any triangle can be found from two sides and the included angle using the formula A = 2 1 s 1 s 2 sin θ , where θ is the angle included between sides s 1 and s 2 (for those wishing to prove this, start by constructing an altitude from angle C ). Thus A r e a ( △ B O C ) A r e a ( △ A O C ) A r e a ( △ A O B ) = 2 1 ⋅ 4 2 ⋅ sin 8 3 ∘ = 8 sin 8 3 ∘ = 2 1 ⋅ 4 2 ⋅ sin 1 4 1 ∘ = 8 sin 1 4 1 ∘ = 2 1 ⋅ 4 2 ⋅ sin 1 3 6 ∘ = 8 sin 1 3 6 ∘ Finally, A r e a ( △ A B C ) = A r e a ( △ B O C ) + A r e a ( △ A O C ) + A r e a ( △ A O B ) = 8 sin 8 3 ∘ + 8 sin 1 4 1 ∘ + 8 sin 1 3 6 ∘ ≈ 1 8 . 5 3 2