Question

A groundskeeper is tasked with fertilizing the grass of a triangular courtyard. To determine how much fertilizer he should buy, he must know the area of the courtyard. The owner informs the groundskeeper that the base of the courtyard is Ì90 meters and the height of the courtyard is 10+Ì3meters. What is the area of the courtyard? (Recall that the area of a triangle is , where b is the base and h is the he

Answer 1

Base of the courtyard = sqrt(90) = 3sqrt(10)
Height of the courtyard = 10 + sqrt(3)
Area of the courtyard = 1/2 x 3sqrt(10) x (10 + sqrt(3)) = 15sqrt(10) + 3/2sqrt(30)