NCERT solutions for class 9 maths chapter 12 Heron's Formula
Excercise: 12.1
Q1 A traffic signal board, indicating ‘SCHOOL AHEAD’, is an equilateral triangle with
side ‘ a ’. Find the area of the signal board, using Heron’s formula. If its perimeter is 180
e
cm, what will be the area of the signal board?
ut
Answer:
tit
Given the perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 180cm.
So, or .
s
Hence, the length of the side is 60cm.
In
Now,
sh
Calculating the area of the signal board by the Heron's Formula:
ka
Where, s is the half-perimeter of the triangle and a, b and c are the sides of the triangle.
Therefore,
Aa
as it is an equilateral triangle.
Substituting the values in the Heron's formula, we obtain
.
Q2 The triangular side walls of a flyover have been used for advertisements. The sides
of the walls are 122 m, 22 m and 120 m (see Fig. 12.9). The advertisements yield an
earning of Rs. 5000 per m 2 per year. A company hired one of its walls for 3 months.
How much rent did it pay?
e
ut
s tit
In
Answer:
From the figure,
sh
The sides of the triangle are:
ka
The semi perimeter, s will be
Aa
Therefore, the area of the triangular side wall will be calculated by the Heron's Formula,
Given the rent for 1 year (i.e., 12 months) per meter square is Rs. 5000.
e
Rent for 3 months per meter square will be:
ut
Therefore, for 3 months for 1320 m 2 :
s tit
In
Q3 There is a slide in a park. One of its side walls has been painted in some colour with
a message “KEEP THE PARK GREEN AND CLEAN” (see Fig. 12.10 ). If the sides of
sh
the wall are 15 m, 11 m and 6 m, find the area painted in colour.
ka
Aa
Answer:
Given the sides of the triangle are:
So, the semi perimeter of the triangle will be:
e
Therefore, Heron's formula will be:
ut
s tit
In
Hence, the area painted in colour is .
sh
Q4 Find the area of a triangle two sides of which are 18cm and 10cm and the perimeter
is 42cm.
ka
Answer:
Given the perimeter of the triangle is and the sides
Aa
length and
So,
Or,
So, the semi perimeter of the triangle will be:
Therefore, the area given by the Heron's Formula will be,
e
ut
tit
Hence, the area of the triangle is
s
Q5 Sides of a triangle are in the ratio of 12 : 17 : 25 and its perimeter is 540cm. Find its
In
area.
Answer:
sh
Given the sides of a triangle are in the ratio of and its perimeter is
Let us consider the length of one side of the triangle be
ka
Then, the remaining two sides are and
So, by the given perimeter, we can find the value of x:
Aa
So, the sides of the triangle are:
e
ut
So, the semi perimeter of the triangle is given by
tit
Therefore, using Heron's Formula, the area of the triangle is given by
s
In
sh
ka
Hence, the area of the triangle is .
Q6 An isosceles triangle has perimeter 30 cm and each of the equal sides is 12 cm.
Find the area of the triangle.
Aa
Answer:
The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 30 cm (Given).
The length of the sides which are equal is12 cm.
Let the third side length be 'a cm'.
Then,
e
ut
So, the semi-perimeter of the triangle is given by,
tit
Therefore, using Herons' Formula, calculating the area of the triangle
s
In
sh
ka
Hence, the area of the triangle is
Aa
Excercise: 12.2
Q1 A park, in the shape of a quadrilateral ABCD,
has , , , and . How much
area does it occupy?
Answer:
From the figure:
te
itu
We have joined the BD to form two triangles so that the calculation of the area will be
easy.
In triangle BCD, by Pythagoras theorem
st
In
sh
The area of triangle BCD can be calculated by,
ka
Aa
and the area of the triangle DAB can be calculated by Heron's Formula:
So, the semi-perimeter of the triangle DAB,
Therefore, the area will be:
where, .
e
(Approximately)
ut
Then, the total park area will be:
s tit
Hence, the total area of the park is
In
Q2 Find the area of a quadrilateral ABCD in which AB = 3 cm, BC = 4 cm, CD = 4 cm,
DA = 5 cm and AC = 5 cm.
sh
Answer:
From the figure:
ka
Aa
We have joined the AC to form two triangles so that the calculation of the area will be
easy.
The area of the triangle ABC can be calculated by Heron's formula:
So, the semi-perimeter, where
te
itu
Heron's Formula for calculating the area:
st
In
And the sides of the triangle ACD are
So, the semi-perimeter of the triangle:
sh
Therefore, the area will be given by, Heron's formula
ka
.
Aa
Then, the total area of the quadrilateral will be:
Hence, the area of the quadrilateral ABCD is
Q3 Radha made a picture of an aeroplane with coloured paper as shown in Fig 12.15.
Find the total area of the paper used.
e
ut
s tit
In
sh
Answer:
ka
The total area of the paper used will be the sum of the area of the sections I, II, III, IV,
and V. i.e.,
Aa
For section I:
Here, the sides are
So, the Semi-perimeter will be:
Therefore, the area of section I will be given by Heron's Formula,
te
itu
For section II:
st
Here the sides of the rectangle are and
Therefore, the area of the rectangle is
In
For section III:
sh
ka
Aa
From the figure:
Drawing the parallel line AF to DC and a perpendicular line AE to BC.
We have the quadrilateral ADCF,
...........................by construction.
te
...........................[ ABCD is a trapezium]
So, ADCF is a parallelogram.
itu
Therefore, and
Therefore,
st
In
ABF is an equilateral triangle.
Then, the area of the equilateral triangle ABF is given by:
sh
ka
Aa
Hence, the area of trapezium ABCD will be:
For Section IV:
te
Here, the base is 1.5 cm and the height is 6 cm.
Therefore, the area of the triangle is :
itu
For section V:
st
In
The base length = 1.5cm and the height is 6cm.
sh
Therefore, the area of the triangle will be:
ka
Hence, the total area of the paper used will be:
Aa
Q4 A triangle and a parallelogram have the same base and the same area. If the sides
of the triangle are 26 cm, 28 cm and 30 cm, and the parallelogram stands on the base
28 cm, find the height of the parallelogram.
Answer:
e
From the figure:
ut
s tit
In
sh
ka
Aa
The sides of the triangle are
Then, calculating the area of the triangle:
te
So, the semi-perimeter of triangle ABE,
itu
Therefore, its area will be given by the Heron's formula:
st
In
Given that the area of the parallelogram is equal to the area of the triangle:
sh
ka
Aa
Hence, the height of the parallelogram is 12 cm.
Q5 A rhombus shaped field has green grass for 18 cows to graze. If each side of the
rhombus is 30 m and its longer diagonal is 48 m, how much area of grass field will each
cow be getting?
Answer:
e
To find the area of the rhombus:
ut
We first join the diagonal AC of quadrilateral ABCD. (See figure)
s tit
In
sh
ka
Aa
Here, the sides of triangle ABC are,
So, the semi-perimeter of the triangle will be:
Therefore, the area of the triangle given by the Heron's formula,
e
ut
tit
Hence, the area of the quadrilateral will be:
s
In
Therefore, the area grazed by each cow will be given by,
sh
ka
Q6 An umbrella is made by stitching 10 triangular pieces of cloth of two different colours
(see Figure), each piece measuring 20 cm, 50 cm and 50 cm. How much cloth of each
colour is required for the umbrella?
Aa
te
itu
Answer:
The sides of the triangle are:
st
In
So, the semi-perimeter of the triangle is given by,
sh
Therefore, the area of the triangle can be found by using Heron's formula:
ka
Aa
Now, for the 10 triangular pieces of cloths, the area will be,
Hence, the area of cloths of each colour will be:
Q7 A kite in the shape of a square with a diagonal 32 cm and an isosceles triangle of
base 8 cm and sides 6 cm each is to be made of three different shades as shown in
Figure How much paper of each shade has been used in it?
e
ut
s tit
In
Answer:
sh
From the figure:
ka
Aa
Calculation of the area for each shade:
The shade I: Triangle ABD
Here, base and the height
Therefore, the area of triangle ABD will be:
te
itu
Hence, the area of paper used in shade I is
st
Shade II: Triangle CBD
Here, base and height
In
Therefore, the area of triangle CBD will be:
sh
ka
Hence, the area of paper used in shade II is
Shade III: Triangle CEF
Aa
Here, the sides are of lengths,
So, the semi-perimeter of the triangle:
Therefore, the area of the triangle can be found by using Heron's formula:
e
ut
Hence, the area of the paper used in shade III is .
Q8 A floral design on a floor is made up of 16 tiles which are triangular, the sides of the
tit
triangle being 9 cm, 28 cm and 35 cm (see Fig. 12.18). Find the cost of polishing the
tiles at the rate of 50p per cm 2 .
s
In
sh
ka
Aa
Answer:
GIven the sides of the triangle are:
So, its semi-perimeter will be:
Therefore, the area of the triangle using Heron's formula is given by,
e
ut
So, we have the area of each triangle tile which is .
tit
Therefore, the area of each triangular 16 tiles will be:
s
In
Hence, the cost of polishing the tiles at the rate of 50 paise per cm 2 will be:
sh
ka
Q9 A field is in the shape of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 25 m and 10 m. The
non-parallel sides are 14 m and 13 m. Find the area of the field.
Answer:
Aa
The trapezium field is shown below in figure:
Drawing line CF parallel to AD and a line perpendicular to AB, we obtain
te
itu
Then in quadrilateral ADCF,
............................
............................
st
In
Therefore, ADCF is a parallelogram.
So, and
sh
Therefore,
ka
Now, the sides of the triangle;
Aa
So, the semi-perimeter of the triangle will be:
Therefore, the area of the triangle can be found by using Heron's Formula:
te
Also, the area of the triangle is given by,
itu
st
In
Or,
sh
Therefore, the area of the trapezium ABCD is:
ka
Aa
Hence, the area of the trapezium field is
