1.1: Area in a rectangle using trigonometry

4PM1/1/June/2022 — Question 3 · 7 marks

1.1 diagram 1
Figure 2 shows a rectangle ABCD\displaystyle ABCD with AB=10cm\displaystyle AB=10\,\mathrm{cm} and AD=15cm\displaystyle AD=15\,\mathrm{cm}. E\displaystyle E is the point inside the rectangle such that DE=13cm\displaystyle DE=13\,\mathrm{cm} and BAE=35\displaystyle \angle BAE=35^\circ.
Given that AED\displaystyle \angle AED is obtuse, find the area, in cm2\displaystyle \mathrm{cm}^2 to one decimal place, of triangle BCE\displaystyle BCE.
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