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EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE
- is a triangle in which all three sides measures equal with each other.
Illustration:
Formula:
where:
A = Area
a = one side
Problem:
1. Find the area of a shape that has equal shape of a triangle with equal sides that measures 3 meters on one side.
Given:
a = 3 meters
Required: Area
Solution:
=
A = 1.71(3m) 2 / 4 = 3.8475 sq. meters; final answer
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THE PERIMETER OF A TRIANGLE:
Perimeter:
- the sum of all the sides of a closed plane figures.
- the boundary of a closed plane figure.
Perimeter of a triangle formula:
P = S1 + S2 + S3
Illustration:
where:
P = perimeter
S1 = side 1
S2 = side 2
S3 = side 3
Problem:
1. The triangular field has its sides measure 50 feet, 75 feet,
and 100 feet as sides. Find the total length of the field. (note: you can use any of the side as
side 1, 2, and 3).
Given:
S1 = 50 ft
S2 = 75 ft
S3 = 100 ft
Required: Perimeter
P = S1 + S2 + S3
P = 50ft + 75ft + 100ft
= 225 ft.; final answer
2. Find the perimeter of a triangular-shaped object if one side measures 10 centimeters and the other two legs measures 8 centimeters each.
= 26 cm.; final answer
3. If a fence, in a right-triangular shaped , has longest side measure doubled by one of its side, what is the perimeter if such one side measures 4 meters?
Let:
4 = one side
2(4) = 8 = longest side
Then one more side is unknown which phytagorean theorem can be the tool to find it.
h2 = a2
+ o2
where: h = hypotenuse side, a = adjacent side, o = opposite side
Then:
h
2 = a
2 + o
2
8
2 = 4
2 + o
2
64 = 16
+ o
2
64 - 16 = o2
sqrt. of 48 = o
0r
0 = 6.928
Thus:
S3 = 8 meters
P = 4 meters + 6.928 meters + 8 meters
= 18.928 meters.; final answer
4. The perimeter of a triangle measures 100 feet. If the measure of two sides, S1 and S2, were 25 feet and 30 feet respectively, what is the measure of the other side?
S2 = 30 feet
Perimeter = 100 feet
P = S1 + S2 + S3
then:
S3 = P - S1 - S2
= 100 feet - 25 feet -30 feet
= 45 feet; final answer
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AREA OF A TRIANGLE:
Illustration 1:
Illustration 2:
FORMULA: A = 1/2 b*h
Where:
A = area
b = base
h = height
Example:
1. Find the area of a triangle whose base is 4 feet long with the height of 5
feet.
Given:
base = b = 4 ft.
height = h = 5 ft.
Solution:
A = 1/2 b*h
= 1/2
(4 ft. * 5 ft.)
= 1/2
(20 ft 2)
=
10 ft 2 , final answer
2. A triangle has the base measures 20 inches and 15 inches for the height.What is the area of the triangle?
Given:
b = 20 in.
h = 15 in.
Solution:
= 150 in 2 , final answer
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