BUKIT BATOK SECONDARY SCHOOL

Secondary 3 Express Mathematics

Chapter 6: Further Trigonometry

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Homework 6.2 Area of Triangle

1. Find the area of triangle XYZ, given that XY = 2 m, XZ = 2.8 m, angle XY Z = 48◦ and angle
XZY = 32◦ .

2. In triangle ABC, AB = 32 cm, BC = 43 cm and angle ABC = 67◦ .

(i) Find the area of triangle ABC.

(ii) Hence, find the perpendicular distance from A to BC.

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3. The diagram shows the plan of two neighbouring estates in the form of two triangles.

Calculate the total area of the two estates.

4. In the figure, angle ADC = angle ACB = 90◦ . Angle EAD = 55.1◦ , angle CAB = 40.4◦ ,
AE = 4.1 cm, AD = 3.7 cm and AC = 8.0 cm.

Find

(i) angle ACD,

(ii) the length of AB,

(iii) the area of triangle AED.

5. In triangle XYZ, XY = 13 cm and YZ = 16.2 cm. Given that the area of triangle XYZ is 59.5 cm2 ,
find the possible values of angle XYZ.