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Heron's Formula : Exercise 12.1 (Mathematics NCERT

Class 9th)

Q.1Atrafficsignalboard,indicating'SCHOOLAHEAD',isanequilateraltriangle
withside'a'.FindtheareaofthesignalboardusingHeron'sformula.Ifitsperimeteris
180cm,whatwillbetheareaofthesignalboard?
Sol.
TofindtheareaofanequilateraltriangleusingHeron'sformula.|
Ifa,b,cbethelengthsofsidesBC,CAandABof ABCandifs

areaof ABC=s (s a) (s b) (s c)
Since ABCisgivenasequilateralofside=a
Thereforeherea=b=c(=a)ands = (a + a + a) =
Now,s a =
a =
3a

ands c

3a
2

ThereforeArea

(a + b + c)

,then

a =

3a

3a

s b =

a
2

a =

a
2

3a
2

a
2

a
2

a
2

3 a

...(1)
Tofindtheareawhenitsperimeter=180cm
Herea+a+a=180cm
3a=180cm
a=60cm
2
ThereforeRequiredarea=
(60) cm
=

a
2

a
2

3 =

cm2
[Onputtinga=60in(1)]
=

3
4

3600

= 900 3 cm

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Q.2Thetriangularsidewallsofaflyoverhavebeenusedforadvertisements.The
sidesofthewallsare122m,22mand120m(seefigure).Theadvertisementsyieldan
earningofRs5000perm per year .Acompanyhiredoneofitswallsfor3months.
Howmuchrentdiditpay?
2

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Sol.
Firstwefindthesemiperimeteroftriangularsidemeasuring122m,22mand120m.
Leta=122m,b=22mandc=120m
Therefores = (a + b + c) = (122 + 22 + 120) m
= (

1
2

264) m = 132 m

Now,sa=(132122)m=10m
sb=(13222)m=110m
andsc=(132120)m=12m
ThereforeAreaoftriangularwall=

s (s a) (s b) (s c)

[ByHeron'sformula]

2
= 132 10 110 12 m

2
= 11 12 10 10 11 12 m

2
= 10 10 11 11 12 12 m
2

= (10 11 12) m

= 1320 m

Rentcharges=Rs5000perm peryear
ThereforeRentchargedfromacompanyfor3month
2

= Rs (5000 1320

3
12

= Rs 16, 50, 000

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Q.3Thereisaslideinapark.Oneofitssidewallshasbeenpaintedinbluecolour
withamessage"KEEPTHEPARKGREENANDCLEAN"(Seefigure).Ifthesidesof
thewallare15m,11mand6m,findtheareapaintedincolour.

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Sol.

Firstfindthesemiperimeterofsidewallmeasuring15m,11mand6m.
Leta=15m,b=11m,c=6m
ands = (a + b + c) = (15 + 11 + 6) m
= (

1
2

32) m = 16 m

Now,sa=(1615)m=1m
sb=(1611)m=5m
andsc=(166)m=10m

Areaofsidewall= s (s a) (s b) (s c)

2
= 16 1 5 10 m

2
= 4 4 5 5 2 m
2

= 4 5 2 m
2

= 20 2 m

ThereforeAreapaintedinbluecolour=Areaofsidewall
2

= 20 2 m

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Q.4Findtheareaofatriangletwosidesofwhichare18cmand10cmandthe
perimeteris42cm.
Sol.
Leta,bandcbethesidesofatrianglesuchthat
a=18cm,b=10cmanda+b+c=42cm
Thereforec=42ab
c=(421810)cm=14cm
Now,s = (a + b + c) = 42 cm = 21 cm
1

s a = (21 18) cm = 3 cm
s b = (21 10) cm = 11 cm

ands c = (21 14) cm = 7 cm

ThereforeAreaofthetriangle= s (s a) (s b) (s c)

2
= 21 3 11 7 cm

2
= 3 7 3 11 7 cm

2
= 3 3 7 7 11 cm

2
2
= 3 7 11 cm
= 21 11 cm

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Q.5Sidesofatriangleareintheratioof12:17:25anditsperimeteris540cm.
Finditsarea.
Sol.

Letthesidesbea,bandcofthetriangle.
Thereforea:b:c=12:17:25

=
=
= k (say)
a=12k,b=17kandc=25k
Also,perimeter=540cm
a+b+c=540
12k+17k+25k=540
54k=540
k =
i.e.,k=10
Thusa=1210=120cm,b=1710cm=170andc=2510=250cm
Now,s = 540 cm = 270 cm
sa=(270120)cm=150cm
sb=(270170)cm=100cm
andsc=(270250)cm=20cm
Areaofthetriangle
a

12

17

25

540
54

1
2

= s (s a) (s b) (s c)

2
= 270 150 100 20 cm

2
= 100 27 15 10 2 cm

2
= 100 3 3 3 3 5 5 2 2 cm
2

= 100 3 3 5 2 cm

= 9000 cm

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Q.6Anisoscelestrianglehasperimeter30cmandeachoftheequalsidesis12cm.
Findtheareaofthetriangle.
Sol.
Herea=b=12cmanda+b+c=perimeter=30cm
c=(30ab)cm
c=(301212)cm
=(3024)cm
=6cm

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Now,s = 30 cm = 15 cm
1
2

s a = (15 12) cm = 3 cm
s b = (15 12) cm = 3 cm

ands c

= (15 6) cm = 9 cm
=

Therefore,Areaofthetriangle=

s (s a) (s b) (s c)

2
= 15 3 3 9 cm

2
= 5 3 3 3 3 3 cm

2
2
= 3 3 5 3 cm
= 9 15 cm

9 15

Hence,theareaoftriangleis=

cm2.

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