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Chapter 7 Problem 7.5.33

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A large region of forest has been infested with gypsy moths. The region is roughly triangular, as shown in the figure. From the northernmost vertex of the region, the distances to the other vertices are 25 miles south and 10 miles east (for vertex ), and 20 miles south and 28 miles east (for vertex ). Use a graphing utility to approximate the number of square miles in this region.

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Title College Algebra 9 
Author Ron Larson
ISBN 9781133963028

A large region of forest has been infested with gypsy

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