The discussion revolves around the calculation of the area of a triangle given two sides and the included angle. The original poster expresses uncertainty about the question's requirements and seeks clarification.
The conversation is ongoing, with participants offering different perspectives on how to approach the problem. There is an emphasis on clarifying assumptions about the triangle's shape and dimensions, but no consensus has been reached yet.
The original poster's problem does not specify that the triangle is a right triangle, which raises questions about the assumptions being made in the discussion.
Furthermore, since the OP's problem states only that it is a triangle, he/she should not assume that it is a right triangle.GunnaSix said:It isn't necessarily a right triangle. Try making side "a" the base and dropping a height "h" down from the opposite corner.