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Old November 1st, 2009, 06:22 AM
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Default Trig problem I'm stuck on

I have a triangle that has internal angles of 35, 80 and 65 degrees. The area of the triangle needs to be 4000sq metres. Say I need to fence this triangle. Will 285 metres of fencing material be enough? If this is not enough fencing material can I change the side lengths of the triangle such that the area is still 4000sq m and no more than 285m of material is used? I'm not able to change the angles in this triangle by more than +or- 25 degrees.
Even just a suggestion as to where to start tackling this problem would be greatly appreciated.
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