PROBLEM: A surveyor sets up a transit at point P which is located in the middle portion of a four-sided part of a land. He then takes and records the directions and distances, as given below, to the four vertices A, B, C, and D from point P. Find the area of the four-sided land by using the triangle method, in square meters. LINE BEARING DISTANCE PA N 41°30' W 410.51 m PB N 38°10' E 532.18 m PC S 70°20' E 450.75 m PD S 60°15' W 590.08 m
PROBLEM: A surveyor sets up a transit at point P which is located in the middle portion of a four-sided part of a land. He then takes and records the directions and distances, as given below, to the four vertices A, B, C, and D from point P. Find the area of the four-sided land by using the triangle method, in square meters. LINE BEARING DISTANCE PA N 41°30' W 410.51 m PB N 38°10' E 532.18 m PC S 70°20' E 450.75 m PD S 60°15' W 590.08 m
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