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Heron's Formula : Exercise 12.2 (Mathematics

NCERT Class 9th)

Q.1Apark,intheshapeofaquadrilateralABCD,hasC = 90,AB=9m,BC=
12m,CD=5mandAD=8m.Howmuchareadoesitoccupy?
Sol.
Areaof BC D
1

= (

BC C D

12 5) m
2

= 30 m

(http://dronstudy.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/48.png)UsingPythagorastheorem,wehave
BD = BC
+ C D BD = 12 + 5
BD = 144 + 25 BD = 169

BD = 169 = 13 m
For: ABD :
Leta=13m,b=8mandc=9m
Now,s = (a + b + c) = (13 + 8 + 9) m
2

1
2

30m = 15m

s a = (15 13) m = 2m
s b = (15 8) m = 7m

ands c = (15 9) m = 6 m

ThereforeArea of ABD = 15 2 7 6 m

2
=
3
5 2 7 2SA1
3 m
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= 2 2 3 3 5 7 m

= 2 3

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2

2
= 2 3 35 m

= 6 5.9 m
2

= 35.4 m

(approx)

(approx)

ThereforeRequiredarea=ABD + BC D
2

= 35.4 m

+ 30 m

= 65.4 m

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Q.2FindtheareaofaquadrilateralABCDinwhichAB=3cm,BC=4cm,CD=4
cm,DA=5cmandAC=5cm.
Sol.
SinceAC
2

(as 5

= AB
2

= 3

+ 4

ThereforeABC

+ BC

i. e. , 25 = 9 + 16)
=

90

(http://dronstudy.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/58.png)Areaofrt
d ABC =
= (

1
2

1
2

AB BC
2

3 4) cm

= 6 cm

For AC D :
Leta=5cm,b=4cmandc=5cm.Then,
s =
=

1
2

1
2

(a + b + c) =

1
2

(5 + 4 + 5) cm

14 cm = 7 cm

Now,s a

= (7 5) cm = 2 cm

s b = (7 4) cm = 3 cm

ands c = (7 5) cm = 2 cm

Areaof AC D = s (s a) (s b) (s c)

2
= 7 2 3 2 cm

2
= 2 21 cm

= 2 4.6 cm
2

= 9.2 cm

(approx.)

(approx.)

AreaofquadrilateralABCD
Area of ABC + Area of AC D
2

= (6 + 9.2) cm

= 15.2 cm

approx

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Q.3Radhamadeapictureofanaeroplanewithcolouredpaperasshowninfigure.
Findthetotalareaofthepaperused.

(http://dronstudy.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/66.png)Sol.AreaofregionI:
RegionIisEnclosedbyatriangleofsidesa=5cm,b=5cmandc=1cm
Letsbetheperimeterofthetriangle.Then,
Now,s = (a + b + c)
1
2

1
2

(5 + 5 + 1) m

s =

11
2

cm

2
Areaof regionI = s(s a)(s b)(s c) cm

Areaof regionI =

11
2

11
2

5) (

11
2

5) (

Areaof regionI =

Areaof regionI =

3
4

11
2

1
2

1
2

9
2

cm

3.32 = 2.49cm

311
4

AreaofregionII:
RegionIIisarectangleoflength6.5cmandbreadth1cm.

= 6.5 1 = 6.5

11
2

cm

1)cm

Areaof regionI I = 6.5 1 = 6.5cm

AreaofregionIII:
RegionIIIisanisoscelestrapezium.

InABE,Wehave
AB2=AE2+BE2
1=0.25+BE2

BE=0.75
Areaof regionI I I =

1
2

3
4

(AD + BC ) BE =

Areaof regionI I I =

3 3
4

cm

= 1.3cm

1
2

(2 + 1)

3
4

cm

AreaofregionIV:
RegionIVformsarighttrianglewhosetwosidesareoflengths6cmand1.5cm.
Areaof regionI V =

1
2

6 1.5cm

= 4.5cm

AreaofregionV:
RegionIVandVarecongruent.
AreaofregionV=4.5cm2
Hence,totalareaofthepaperused=(2.49+6.5+1.3+4.5+4.5)cm2
=19.29cm2

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Q.4Atriangleandaparallelogramhavethesamebaseandthesamearea.Ifthesides
ofthetriangleare26cm,28cmand30cm,andtheparallelogramstandsonthebase28
cm,findtheheightoftheparallelogram.
Sol.
Forthetriangle:
Letitssidesbea,bandcsuchthat
a=26cm,b=28cmandc=30.Then,
s =

1
2

(26 + 28 + 30) cm

84

= 42

1
2

84cm = 42 cm

Now,s a

= (42 26) cm = 16 cm

s b = (42 28) cm = 14 cm

ands c = (42 30) cm

Areaofthetriangle

= 12 cm

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

2
= 42 16 14 12 cm

2
= 2 3 7 4 4 2 7 2 2 3 cm

2
= 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 7 7 cm
2

= (2 2 3 4 7) cm

= 336 cm

Fortheparallelogram:
Area=baseheight
ThereforeH eight =
[SinceAreaofparallelogram=Areaof (given)
ThereforeAreaofparallelogram=336cm2anditsbase=28cm]
Area

Base

= (

336
28

) cm

= 12 cm

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Q.5Arhombusshapedfieldhasgreengrassfor18cowstograze.Ifeachsideofthe
rhombusis30manditslongerdiagonalis48m,howmuchareaofgrassfieldwilleach
cowbegetting?
Sol.
Weknowthatthediagonalsoftherhombusbisecteachotheratrightangles.UsingPythagoras

theorem,wehaveOD = AD AO = 30 24 m
2

= (30 + 24) (30 24) m

= 54 6 m

= 9 6 6 m
= (3 6) m = 18 m

(http://dronstudy.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/75.png)Areaofone
AOD = (

1
2

24 18) m

ThereforeAreaofrhombus=
2

= (4 216) m

= 216 m

4 AOD

= 864 m

Grassareafor18cows=
Grassareafor1cow= (

864 m
864
18

) m

= 48 m

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Q.6Anumbrellaismadebystitching10triangularpiecesofclothoftwodifferent
colours(seefigure),eachpiecemeasuring20cm,50cmand50cm.Howmuchclothof
eachcolourisrequiredfortheumbrella?

(http://dronstudy.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/85.png)Sol.
Inonetriangularpiece,leta=20cm,b=50cmandc=50cm
Now,s = (a + b + c) = (20 + 50 + 50) cm
=

1
2

120 cm = 60 cm

s a = (60 20) cm = 40 cm
s b = (60 50) cm = 10 cm

ands c = (60 50) cm = 10 cm

ThereforeAreaofonetriangularpiece

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

2
2
= 60 40 10 10 cm
= 200 6 cm

ThereforeAreaof5redtriangles= 10006 cm
and,areaof5greentriangles= 10006 cm

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Q.7Akiteintheshapeofasquarewithadiagonal32cmandanisoscelestriangleof
base8cmandsides6cmeachistobemadeofthreedifferentshadesasshowninfigure.
Howmuchpaperofeachshadehasbeenusedinit?

(http://dronstudy.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/96.png)Sol.
ABCDisasquaresuchthatAC=BC=32cmandAEFisanisoscelestriangleinwhichAE=
AF=6cm
FortheareaofshadesIandII
Clearlyfromthefigure
AreaofshadeI=AreaofshadeII=Areaof CDB
=
DB C M [SinceABCDisinsquareshapes]
=
32 16 sqcm
1
2
1
2

= 256 sq cm

FortheareaofshadeIII(i.e., AEF)
EL = LF =
=

1
2

1
2

EF

8 = 4 cm

(http://dronstudy.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/119.png)andAE

ThereforeAL = AE EL
2

= 6 cm (given)

= 36 16 = 20 = 2 5 cm

AreaofshadeIII=
=

1
2

1
2

EF AL

8 2 5 sq cm

= 8 5 sq cm
= 8 2.24 sq cm (approx)
= 17.92 sq cm (approx)

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Q.8Afloraldesignonfloorismadeupof16tileswhicharetriangular,thesidesof
thetrianglebeing9cm,28cmand35cm(seefigure).Findthecostofpolishingthetiles
attherateof50ppercm .
2

(http://dronstudy.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/106.png)Sol.
Foronetriangulartile:
Leta=9cm,b=28cmandc=35cm
Now,s = (a + b + c) = (9 + 28 + 35) cm
=

1
2

72 cm = 36 cm

s a = (36 9) cm = 27 cm
s b = (36 28) cm = 8 cm

ands c = (36 35) cm = 1 cm

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

2
= 36 27 8 1 cm

2
= 9 4 9 3 4 2 cm

2
2
= 2 3 4 4 9 9 cm
= 4 9 6 cm
2

= 36 6 cm
2

= 88.2 cm

= 36 2.45 cm

approx.

approx.

ThereforeAreaof16suchtiles=
2

= 1411.2 cm

(16 88.2) cm

approx.

Costofpolishing@50Ppercm

= Rs (1411.2

50
100

= Rs 705.60 approx.

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Q.9Afieldisintheshapeofatrapeziumwhoseparallelsidesare25mand10m.The
nonparallelsidesare14mand13m.Findtheareaofthefield.
Sol.Variouslengthareasmarkedinthefigure.

(http://dronstudy.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/128.png)

ClearlyDM=CN
DM
= CN
[Distancebetweenparallelsidesarealwaysequal]
(13) x = 14 (15 x)
169 x = 196 (225 30x + x )
50x = 169 196 + 625 = 598
x =
= 11.96
2

598
50

NowDM

2
2
2
2
= AD AM
= 13 (11.96)

= (13 + 11.96) (13 11.96)

= 24.96 1.04 = 25.9584 = 5.09

Areaofthetrapezium=
=
=

1
2
1
2

1
2

(AB + C D) DM

(25 + 10) 5.09 sq. m

35 5.09 sq. m

= 89.075 sq. m

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