Question

calculate the area of a triangle whose sides are 18 cm,24 cm and 30 cm in length. also find the length of the altitude corresponding to the smallest side

Answer 1

you can use cosine rule in this case , to find one of the angles of the triangle . by using that you can use the area formula 1/2ab sin c to find out the area of the triangle, for the altitude take the smallest side as a base and equate it with it's area to find the answer.