Can you find the area of a triangle if it's 2 sides are given and the angle formed by these sides are given?
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https://www.mathopenref.com/triangleareasas.html – user289143 Jan 17 '19 at 17:19
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For completeness , I prove that the area equals $\frac{1}{2}ab\sin c$
.Let the sides of known measures be $AB$ and $AC$ . Let the known angle be $\angle BAC$

Draw perpendicular $CD$ to $AB$ . Then , the area = $$\frac{1}{2}bh=\frac{1}{2}AB\cdot CD=\frac{1}{2}AB\cdot (AC\cdot \sin \angle CAB) $$
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1Nice answer, certainly not a lazy one like mine. \cdot $( \ \cdot \ ) $ might help your formatting, though you can choose to ignore this. – For the love of maths Jan 17 '19 at 17:44
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1No problem, I am always glad to help. Be sure to check out https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/mathjax-basic-tutorial-and-quick-reference for more tips on $\LaTeX$ – For the love of maths Jan 17 '19 at 17:48
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Yes.
$$A=\frac 12ab\sin \theta$$
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If this doesn't answer the question, I don't know what will. Should I provide more details? – For the love of maths Jan 17 '19 at 17:40