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Angle Bisectors (Posted on 2008-02-11)

In triangle ABC, angle C has a measure of 60 degrees. Point D lies on side AC so that BD bisects angle B and BD = 1. Similarly, point E lies on side BC so that AE bisects angle A and AE = 2.

Find the area of triangle ABC.

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The required area is approximately 1.07735027 (correct to 8 places of decimals.)

Edited on January 7, 2009, 3:49 pm

Posted by K Sengupta on 2009-01-07 15:29:17

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