Areas of triangles, parallelograms, sectors and segments

Area of triangle A

For any triangle ABC, the area S is given by c

b
1 ˆ
S= bcsinA
2
B C
This formula can be used if two sides and the a

included angle are known.

Example 1
Find the area of the triangle shown
1 ˆ
Area = absinC
2 40◦
1
= x 7 x 7 x sin 40 7 cm
2 7 cm
= 15.8 cm2

EXERCISE 1 (give all answers approximated to 1 decimal place)

(1) Find the area of each triangle(app
8 cm
(a) (b)
7 cm 110◦
8 cm
38◦

8 cm

(c) (d)
6 cm 3.7 cm

◦
39.5◦
27
5 cm 4.2 cm
(2) Find the area of an equilateral triangle of side 9 cm.

(3) Find the area of a regular hexagon of side 5 cm.

(4) A triangle of area 50 cm2 has two sides 21 cm and 8 cm in length. Find the angle between
the two sides.

(5)

[Take π = 3.14]

The diagram above, not drawn to scale, represents a sector, ODF, of a circle centre O, radius 8
cm, and angle DOF = 60°. Calculate, in cm2, the area of
i. The sector ODF
ii. The triangle ODF
iii. The shaded segment

Area of a parallelogram
a

Area of parallelogram is
= ab sin θ b b

θ
a
 EXERCISE 2 (give all answers approximated to 1 decimal place)

(1) Find the area of each shape

(a) (b)

12 cm
6 cm
70◦ 108◦
14 cm 5 cm

(c)

8 cm 8 cm

65◦
6 cm 2 cm

(2) PQRS is a parallelogram with PQ = 8.5cm, PS = 5.4 cm and QPS = 75◦

(3) The area of a parallelogram ABCD is 69 m2: AB = 9.2m and AD = 8.7m. Calculate the
size of angle BAD.
ANSWERS
EXERCISE 1
(1) (a) 17.2 cm2 (b) 30.1 cm2 (c) 6.8 cm2 (d) 4.9 cm2

(2) 35.1 cm2

(3) 65 cm2

(4) 36.5◦

(5) (i) 33.5 cm2 (ii) 27.7 cm2 (iii) 5.8 cm2

EXERCISE 2
(1) (a) 157.9 cm2 (b) 28.5 cm2 (c) 50.8 cm2

(2) 28.5 cm2

(3) 59.5◦