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Let the floor of a hall is covered with identical tiles which are in shape of triangle. One of the triangle has the vertices at (3,2), (1,1) and (1,2). If the floor of the hall is completely covered by 110 tiles, then the area of the floor (in sq.units) is

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Solution

Given vertices of the triangle are (3,2),(1,1) and (1,2)

Now, the area of a triangular tile
=12∣ ∣ ∣ ∣x1y1x2y2x3y3x1y1∣ ∣ ∣ ∣

=12∣ ∣ ∣ ∣32111232∣ ∣ ∣ ∣

=12|(3+2)+(2+1)+(2+6)|
=12|12|=6 sq. units

Total required area =6×110=660 sq. units

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