Mr. Barmuriat a farmer in Ainamoi division , Kericho District has a triangular field, ABC. The ratio of the length AB: AC = 6:7. If...

Mr. Barmuriat a farmer in Ainamoi division , Kericho District has a triangular field, ABC. The ratio of the length AB: AC = 6:7. If BC = 40m and the perimeter of the field is 118m,.
a) Calculate the length AB and the area of the field.
b) A water tap is installed inside the field such that the tap is equidistant from each of the vertices of the plot. Calculate the distance of the tap from vertex A.
c) Find the size of the acute angles between the edges AB and BC.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 14, 2019 at 09:16

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