Area of a Triangle

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Area of a Triangle: Overview

From this topic, we will learn to find the area of a triangle in a coordinate plane. We will understand how to relate the basic formula for the area of a triangle with the formula for the area of triangle in a coordinate plane.

Important Questions on Area of a Triangle

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If the area of the XYZ is 28 m2 and base of the triangle PQR is 7 cm and height is a cm. Both the triangles are congruent. Find the value of a.

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Which two triangles will have equal area.

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If the height and base of theABC is 10 cm  and 8 cm, then the area of EFG is _____ cm2

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A wire, bent in the form of an equilateral triangle, encloses an area 4843 cm2. If the same wire is bent in the form of a circle, find the area and the perimeter of the circle.

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The area of an equilateral triangle can be found if the altitude is given.

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 OABC is a rhombus whose three vertices A,B and C lie on a circle with centre O.

If the area of the rhombus is 323 cm2, find the radius of the circle.

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A pair of bullocks can plough only a portion of a large field A, B, C, D, in a day.

The area of the field ploughed by the bullocks is _____ sq m.

Use the following information to calculate.

F is at a distance of 30 m from A and B the perpendicular distance from to F is 30 m.

E is at a distance of 10 m from D and the perpendicular distance from C to E is 40 m.

The length of one side of the field AD is 130 m.

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In the given figure, CD is perpendicular to AC and ∆ABC is an equilateral triangle.
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If the area of ∆ACD is 90 sq. m, then the area of ∆ABC is _____$\sqrt{3}$ sq. m.

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The area of an equilateral triangle whose side measures 6$ \surd 3$ inches is _____$\sqrt{3}$ sq inch.

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The circles shown in the figure are of the same radii 3.2 cm.
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The area of the triangle formed in the figure is _____3 cm2.

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Preeti forms a quadrilateral PQRS by joining two triangular blocks as shown below. The sum of the areas of the two triangles is 192 $ {\text{cm}}^{2}$. She finds that the altitude of Δ$ \text{PSR}$ is 7 cm and PR = 24 cm. The altitude of Δ$ \text{PQR}$ is _____ cm.

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The area of given quadrilateral ABCD is

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Rita is lost in a maze and walks from points A -> B -> C -> A and then again from A->D-> E-> F -> A covering a total distance of 39 metres. The distance between points A and B is 5 metres. If points ABC form an equilateral triangle and ADEF form a square, the distance between points D and E is _____ metres.

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Sujatha has a pyramid block having the base as an equilateral triangle of side 6 cm. She used this to trace the base on a paper. The perimeter of the triangle formed on the paper is _____ cm.

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Is the given statement true or false?

If the sides of an equilateral triangle are cut into half to make a smaller triangle, the perimeter of this triangle would be half of the original triangle.

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The area of an equilateral triangle is 9√3 sq cm. What is the perimeter of the equilateral triangle?

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6 match sticks of length 3 cm each are used to form one equilateral triangle. What is the perimeter of this triangle?

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Two equilateral triangles of perimeter 15 cm each are rearranged together to form a hexagon. The perimeter of the hexagon is

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The perimeter of a park which is in the shape of an equilateral triangle is 45 metres. One side of the park is _____ metres.

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An equilateral triangle has its sides measuring 10 cm. Is there any data missing to calculate the perimeter of the triangle?