I think you got some replys that are accurate, but I'll add my two cents. Area of a triangle is 1/2 times the base times the height.. You have given two sides and the base. You have to calculate the heights. A perpendiculer dropped from the intersection of the two seven foot sides will biscect the base. Looking at half the triangle you have a right triangle where the hypot se squared is equal to the sum of the base squared plus the height squared. So working backward. 49 equals 36 plus height squared. 49 minus equals 13. So the height is the square root of 13 and that is approx. 3.6. Back to the original area formula. we have 6 times 3.6 equals 21 21.6.
Ron Hope I didn't get too wordy. I just watched the game show about being smarter than a fifth grader and would have missed the million dollar question. I thought one was a prime number and didn't think aobut 2 being one.u ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Kisecker To: Handiman Blind Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:21 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Another question How would I figure the square footage of a triangle? The dimensions are base 12 ft., and each side is 7 ft. This is another area that I am going to put rock in as a low spot in our yard. Thanks, Jeff [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
