Friday, January 31, 2014

find exact area of the triangle ABC?Points: here's how: -...

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sqrt(45)=3sqrt(5)


5)^2+(4-1)^2)) = sqrt(64+9) = sqrt(73)


We can
use Heron's formula for area



sqrt(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c))
where
(a+b+c)/2



(sqrt(34)+3sqrt(5)+sqrt(73))/2

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3sqrt(5)=(sqrt(34)+sqrt(73)-3sqrt(5))/2


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