Starter

a) Calculate the Area of the shape below.

b) The shape is enlarged by a scale factor 2. What would the new area be?

1 - Trapezium 2 - Rectangle
7cm
(𝑎+𝑏) ×h
  𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒×
  h𝑒𝑖𝑔h𝑡
2
4cm 1 (9+7) ×4
9  ×6
 
2
¿  54 𝑐𝑚2
¿  32 𝑐𝑚2

6cm 2 3 3 - Triangle
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙
  𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎=98 𝑐𝑚2
𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 ×h𝑒𝑖𝑔h𝑡
 
2
9cm 4cm If Enlarged by a SF of 2, the
6× 4 Area is multiplied by 4!
 
2

¿  12 𝑐𝑚2  
 Area of a Triangle (Using Sine)
• The formula for the area of a triangle is;

1
/2 base x height OR (base x height) ÷ 2

This relies on us knowing the perpendicular height

though

Another formula you can use is;

1
/2abSinC (1/2 x a x b x SinC)
 Area of a Triangle (Using Sine)
A
Hyp
O
We will now see where this formula
S H c
comes from… b
Opp h
 
In the triangle to the right, the area
will be given by 1/2 base x height   B C
a
The base is ‘a’ and the height is ‘h’

But we can work out an expression for  

h by using GCSE Trigonometry in the
Replace h with bSinC
right hand triangle
 
This allows us to replace h in the Remove the bracket
formula, with bSinC instead  
(The point of this is to allow us to find
the area of a triangle by using an angle
and 2 sides, without needing the  To use this you are looking to know 2 sides as well
perpendicular height!) as the angle between them

2G
 Area of a Triangle (Using Sine)
• Work out the area of the /2 ab SinC
1

triangle opposite…
C
1
/2 ab SinC
46°
1
/2 x 6 x 4 x Sin46 6cm
a 4cm
b
1
/2 x 17.264…
B

 8.63cm2 (2dp) c A
 Area of a Triangle (Using Sine)
• Work out the area of the /2 ab SinC
1

triangle opposite…
B
1
/2 ab SinC

1
/2 x 12.5 x 9.3 x Sin83 12.5m c
a

1
/2 x 115.383… 83°
C
9.3m
 57.69m2 (2dp) A
b
 Plenary
B

c
a
60º
C 5cm A
b
Area = 1/2 ab sin C
Area = 1/2 (5 x 5) sin 60
Area = 1/2 25 sin 60
Area = 1/2 21.65…
Area = 10.825…

32.48
 The Area of the

Plenary square is a (poor)

approximation for π

A formula for π

1cm
1cm

1cm 90˚

1cm
1cm

A = πr2
Area = 1/2 abSinC
A = π x 12
Area = 1/2 x 1 x 1 x Sin90
A=π
Area = 0.5
The Area of a circle with a x4
radius of 1cm will be exactly π… Area of the Square = 2
 The Area of the

Plenary Hexagon is a better

approximation for π

A formula for π

1cm
1cm
60˚
1cm 1cm
1cm

A = πr2
Area = 1/2 abSinC
A = π x 12
Area = 1/2 x 1 x 1 x Sin60
A=π
Area = 0.433….
The Area of a circle with a x6
radius of 1cm will be exactly π… Area of the Hexagon = 2.598
 The Area of an Octagon

Plenary is an even better

approximation for π

A formula for π

1cm 1cm
1cm
45˚
1cm
1cm

A = πr2
Area = 1/2 abSinC
A = π x 12
Area = 1/2 x 1 x 1 x Sin45
A=π
Area = 0.353….
The Area of a circle with a x8
radius of 1cm will be exactly π… Area of the Octagon = 2.828
 The more sides the

Plenary polygon has, the closer

the area is to π

A formula for π

The angle in the triangle

is 360 ÷ n where n is the 1cm 1cm
number of sides
360
n
1cm
We can just ignore the 1 x 1 1cm
part of the area formula

Area = 1/2 abSinC

We must remember to
multiply by n at the end Area = /2 x 1 x 1 x Sin (
1
360
n )
360
Area = /2 Sin
1
( n )
The larger the value of n, xn
360
the more sides the polygon Area = 1
/ nSin (
2 n )
has, and the closer you get
to π!
π = 3.141592654… Plenary
n /2nSin(360/n)
1

10 2.94

20 3.09

50 3.13330839

100 3.139525976

1000 3.141571983
 Summary
• We have recapped using the Sine and
Cosine Rules

• We have seen how to find the area of a

triangle without the perpendicular
height

• Some questions involved using several

rules one at a time