Hello all, first time poster!
I need a little help with the area of a triangle; however this is not that simple. I will be given a width and length of the triangle and I will need to calculate the area of a triangle exactly 1 inch bigger all around than the dimension entered. I cannot simply add 2 inches to each number I entered as it will not be correct because the corners of the triangle will be bigger than 1 inch. The angles will always be changing so I am looking for other ways to do this. Any ides? I need to make an excel spreadsheet where I type in the two numbers and the formula does all the work.
Please see the attachment for better clarification.
Thank you all in advance for your help!
Phil
P.S. I will have to do a similar thing to a trapezoid, but I think once this is figured out I can apply the same principle to it.
I need a little help with the area of a triangle; however this is not that simple. I will be given a width and length of the triangle and I will need to calculate the area of a triangle exactly 1 inch bigger all around than the dimension entered. I cannot simply add 2 inches to each number I entered as it will not be correct because the corners of the triangle will be bigger than 1 inch. The angles will always be changing so I am looking for other ways to do this. Any ides? I need to make an excel spreadsheet where I type in the two numbers and the formula does all the work.
Please see the attachment for better clarification.
Thank you all in advance for your help!
Phil
P.S. I will have to do a similar thing to a trapezoid, but I think once this is figured out I can apply the same principle to it.