IF i am given only 1 side and 1 angle? Its no a right angled triangle but if i slice it in half it will become one. do i half it then use trigonometry? but do i not need another side to do that? thanks
2007-11-27 06:00:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
You can't find the area of a triangle with only one side and one angle. With one side and one angle, you can construct infinitely many different triangles that satisfy the given information, but they will all have different areas. In general, you need three independent pieces of data about a triangle in order to fully define it.
(The website the previous answerer provided requires that you have a right triangle, and you specifically said that you don't.)
2007-11-29 02:47:51 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible:
Check out this website for step by step instructions:
http://www.mathwarehouse.com/trigonometry/sine-cosine-tangent-practice3.html
2007-11-27 06:10:16 · answer #2 · answered by David F 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋