What is the area of a triangle whose vertices are A(5,-1), B(3,8) & C(-4,2).

Asked by araima2001 | 26th Oct, 2015, 09:48: AM

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Answered by Vimala Ramamurthy | 26th Oct, 2015, 11:39: AM

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