The area of right triangle ABC is 4, and the hypotenuse of AB is 12. Compute sin 2A
Let the sides of the triangle be a and b and the hypotenuse c.
c = 12
Area = ½·a·b ---> 4 = ½·a·b ---> a·b = 8 ---> b = 8 / a
a2 + b2 = c2 ---> a2 + (8/a)2 = 122 ---> a2 + 64/a2 = 144
---> a4 + 64 = 144a2
---> a4 - 14a2 + 64 = 0
Using the quadratic formula: a2 = [ 144 + sqrt(20480) ] / 2
or a2 = [ 144 - sqrt(20480) ] / 2
Finding the square roots of the answers, either a = 0.6677011 (approximately)
or a = 11.98140957 (approximately)
When a has either of these two values, b will have the other value.
From here, find the value of sinA = 0.6677011 / 12
and sinB = 11.98140957 / 12
(or vice versa, it makes no difference).
From here, use the formula for 2sin(x) = 2sin(x)cos(x)
to find your answer.