find error using differential

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A terrain is triangular in shape. During a topographic study, 2 sides were measured, $x=150 \text{m}$ and $y=200\text{m}$ and the included angle between them was $60°$. If the study allows an error in the sides of $5\text{cms}$ and in the angle of $2°$ then what is the approximate error in calculating the triangle's area?

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This exercise is about using differential

I don't know how do this.

I think that:

get $f(x,y)$

$$df=\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}dx+\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}dy$$

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$A=\frac{1}{2}\cdot x\cdot y\cdot\sin \theta$

$dA=\frac{1}{2}\cdot y\cdot\sin \theta\cdot dx+\frac{1}{2}\cdot x\cdot\sin \theta\cdot dy+\frac{1}{2}\cdot x\cdot y\cdot\cos \theta\cdot d\theta$

$dA=0.5\cdot 200\cdot 0.05+0.5\cdot150\cdot0.05+0.5\cdot200\cdot150\cdot\sin\frac{\pi}{3}\cdot\frac{\pi}{90}$

$dA=458.8...m^2$