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Perimeter and area of a triangle
Given a triangle with the following measurements, answer these questions:
Basis=$11$ cm, side 1 $= 11$ cm, side 2 $=7,5$ cm, height (h) $=7$ cm
- Area
- Perimeter
- Semiperimeter
$A=\dfrac{b \cdot h}{2}$, where $b$ is the basis and $h$ the height. Applying the formula we get: $$A=\dfrac{11 \cdot 7}{2}=38,5 \ \mbox{cm}^2$$
The perimeter is the sum of all the sides of the triangle.
$P=a+b+c=11+11+7,5=29,5$cm
The information of the statement interpreted by our formula is:
$$a=11, b=11, c=7,5$$
Then we have: $p=\dfrac{a+b+c}{2}=\dfrac{11+11+7,5}{2}=14,75$
- $38,5 \ \mbox{cm}^2$
- $29,5$ cm
- $14,75$ cm