GMAT Math : DSQ: Calculating the area of an acute / obtuse triangle
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Example Question #1 : Dsq: Calculating The Area Of An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.
What is the area of the above arrow?
Statement 1:
Statement 2:
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
It can already be ascertained from the figure that 
We can already calculate the area of the rectangular portion of the arrow:
All this is left is to calculate the area of the triangular portion. If we know Statement 1, we can take half the product of the height, which is 13, and the base, which is 
Add these numbers to get the area of the arrow:
Example Question #2 : Dsq: Calculating The Area Of An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
Two of the vertices of a triangle on the coordinate plane are 
Statement 1: The 
Statement 2: The 
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
The triangle has as its base a vertical line of length 7, so the height of the triangle would be the perpendicular - which in this case is horizontal - distance from that base. Since the base is part of the 
This is illustrated by this diagram:
Example Question #3 : Dsq: Calculating The Area Of An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
What is the area of a triangle on the coordinate plane with two of its vertices at 
Statement 1: The 
Statement 2: The 
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
The area of a triangle is half the product of its base and its height.
The triangle has as its base a horizontal line of length 10, so the height of the triangle would be the perpendicular - which in this case is vertical - distance from the third vertex to that base. Since the base is part of the 
This is illustrated by this diagram:
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