and are 388, 153, and 61, respectively.
In the figure to the right, the areas of the squaresFind the area of the blue triangle.
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By the cosine law, we have
3 3 8 = 6 1 + 1 5 3 − 2 ( 6 1 ) ( 1 5 3 ) ( cos A )
A = cos − 1 ( − 9 3 3 3 8 7 )
So the area is
2 1 ⋅ 6 1 ⋅ 1 5 3 ⋅ sin [ cos − 1 ( − 9 3 3 3 8 7 ) ] = 2 1