3. What is the exact area of triangle ABC? Use special right triangles to help find the base of the triangle. Show your work.

The exact area of triangle ABC is 93.51 cm².
The given parameters;
The base of the triangle is calculated by using trigonometry ratio as follows;
[tex]tan (30) = \frac{b}{18} \\\\[/tex]
where;
[tex]b = 18 \times tan(30)\\\\b = 10.39 \ cm[/tex]
The area of the triangle ABC with the calculated base and given height is calculated as follows;
[tex]A = \frac{1}{2} \times base \times height\\\\A = \frac{1}{2} \times 10.39 \times 18\\\\A = 93.51 \ cm^2[/tex]
Thus, the exact area of triangle ABC is 93.51 cm².
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