Hello everybody.I am fiora.And I going to do this problem with you all.
First,I think you guys only get part of the answers right.
Now,let me repeat the question, The angles: B = 35o, A1 = 23o and h = 3.5cm ; (The angle A1 is located between b and h ) Find the area of a triangle ABC.
At first, what is b? b in this question can be the base of the triangle or the opposite side of the angle B.
However, if b is the base of the triangle ,then b is perpendicular (90 degrees) to the h (height),but according to given,the angle between b and h is 23 degrees,so b can not be the base.
Now,b can only be the opposite side of angle B.
Here is my picture of this situations.
In triangle ABC, the opposite side of angle B is AC
and in triangle ABE,the opposite side of angle B is AE
Look at triangle ABC,area of triangle ABC=1/2(AD*BC)=1/2[AD*(BD-CD)]
BD=AD/tan(7pi/36)
AD=h is the height of the triangle,so angle ADC=90 degrees
Threfore angle ACD=180 degrees -angle CAD- angle ADC=180 degrees -23 degrees -90 degrees=67 degree
so CD=AD/tan(67pi/180)
so area fo triangle ABC=1/2[AD*(BD-CD)]=
1/2[3.5cm*(3.5cm/tan(7pi/36)-3.5cm/tan67(pi/180)=1/2[3.5cm*3.5128561668618683cm]
=6.14749829200826952 cm^2
In triangle ABE,h (AD) is the height of the triangle
so angle ADE=90 degrees ,and angle DAE=angle CAD= 23 degree,plus segment AD=segment AD
so triangle CAD is congruent to triangle EAD.
so CD=ED=3.5/tan(7pi/36) (the corresopding sides of congruent triangles are equal)
area of triangle ABE=1/2*[AD*BE]=1/2[AD*(BD+DE)]=1/2[3.5 cm*(3.5 cm/tan7(pi/36)+3.5 cm/tan(67pi/180)]=11.347314790575381975 cm^2