Half-Angle Formula and the Area of a Triangle

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Half-Angle Formula and the Area of a Triangle: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, General Formula for Area of Triangle, Area of Triangle, Trigonometric Ratios of Half Angles of a Triangle & Heron's Formula for Area of Triangle etc.

Important Questions on Half-Angle Formula and the Area of a Triangle

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In a quadrilateral ABCD, it is given that AB=AD=13, BC=CD=20, BD=24 . If r is the radius of the circle inscribed in the quadrilateral, then the integer closest to r is

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In a ABC, X and Y are points on the segment AB and AC respectively, such that AX:XB=1:2 and AY:YC=2:1. If the area of AXY is 10 sq. units, then the area of ABC in sq. units, is

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Let ABCD be a square and E be a point outside ABCD such that E, A, C are collinear in that order. Suppose EB=ED=130 and the areas of triangle EAB and square ABCD are equal. Then the area of square ABCD is :

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A triangle with perimeter 7 has integer side lengths. What is the maximum possible area of such a triangle?

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If p, q, r are the lengths of the internal bisectors of angles A, B, C of a ΔABC respectively, then 1pcosA2+1qcosB2+1rcosC2 is equal to ( where a = BC, b = CA, c = AB)

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If p1, p2, p3 are respectively the length of the perpendicular from the vertices of a ABC to the opposite sides, then p1p2p3 is equal to

(where a=BC, b=AC, c=AB & R=circumradius of ABC

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If in a triangle acos2C2+ccos2A2=3b2, then the sides of the triangle are in:

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If the length of each side of an equilateral triangle is 10cm, then its area is

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If in any triangle, the area of the triangle b2+c2λ, then the largest possible numerical value of λ is:

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The diagonals of a convex quadrilateral intersect in O. What is the smallest area this quadrilateral can have, if the triangles AOB and COD have areas 4 and 9, respectively ?

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If h is the perpendicular distance from A on BC of a triangle ABC, prove that h=asinBsinCsin(B+C).

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[x] (b-c)cotA2+(c-a)cotB2+(a-b)cotC2=0.

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[ix]b-cbcos2A2+c-abcos2B2+a-bccos2C2=0.

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In a ABC, tanA2=56, tanB2=2037; prove that, a+c=2b.

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In a right-angled triangle ABC, right angled at A, let l be the incentre, If IB=10 units and IC=5 units, find the area of ABC.

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If x, y and z be the lengths of the perpendiculars from circum centre of a triangle ABC on the sides BC¯, CA¯ and AB¯ respectively, then show that
ax+by+cz=abc4xyz.

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Let ABC be a triangle such that AB=4,BC=5 and CA=6. Choose points D,E,F on AB,BC,CA respectively, such that AD=2,BE=3,CF=4. Then area ΔDEFarea ΔABC is

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Let P be a point in the interior of the rectangle ABCD Which of the following sets of numbers can form the areas of the four triangles PAB, PBC, PCD, PDA in same order?

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Show that in ABCbcos2C2+ccos2B2=s.

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Show that in ABC tanA2tanB2=a+b-ca+b+c.