Use Heron's formula to compute the area of the oblique triangle.

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Since the bags of mulch cover 2 meters squared, the job will require 7.5 bags. However, the store does not sell half bags so 8 are required and $80 dollars must be spent.

We use Heron's formula for finding the area of oblique triangles or triangles without right angles.

Heron's formula is 

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We find s by 

Find s.

Input into Heron's formula:

The shaded area is one quarter of the area of the circle, minus the area of an isosceles right triangle with legs along the radius. 

The circle has radius , so the area of the circle is

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The part of the circle in the first quadrant is 

If we subtract the area under the line connecting  we get the correct answer.

To find this area, recognize the geometry as a triangle. The two points give you the base and height so its area is,

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Therefore, the area of the region of interest is .

The area of a segment can be calculated with the following formula:

Finding the area of the sector is calculated as such:

To find the area of the triangle, the 120 degree isosceles can be divided into two 30 60 90 triangles: 

The area for the triangle can be calculated as such:

Going back to the original formula for segment area:

The area of the segment can be calculated with the following equation:

The area of the sector can be found as such:

The area of the triangle can be determined easily because it is a right triangle, at 90 degrees:

Now that we have both variables needed for the formula, we can determine the area of the segment:

The area of a segment can be calculated as such: 

We can find the area of the sector as such:

To find the area of the triangle, we must divide the isosceles into two right triangles with a bisector:

To determine base, we calculate:

To determine height, we calculate:

Now that we have all the needed values, we can calculate the area of the triangle:

The total segment area for BC can now be calculated:

To solve for the area of the segment, we must first find the area of the sector and the triangle, to fulfill the given formula:

To find the area of the sector:

To find the area of the triangle, we first must divide it into two right triangles:

We can find the height of the triangle as such:

We can find the base employing a similar method:

The area of the triangle can then be calculated as such:

To find the Area of the segment, we can now subtract the triangle area from the sector area:

To find the area of a quarter circle, first remember what the area of a circle is. The formula is . Since we're only interested in a quarter of the circle, let's use the formula . Then, plug in the radius so that your answer is: .