Area of a triangle (Heron's formula) - alternative version
Description
In geometry, Heron’s formula (sometimes called Hero’s formula), named after Hero of Alexandria, gives the area of a triangle by requiring no arbitrary choice of side as base or vertex as origin, contrary to other formulas for the area of a triangle, such as half the base times the height or half the norm of a cross product of two sides.
Heron’s formula alternative version is shown here, without the use of the semiperimeter.
Related formulasVariables
A | area of a triangle (m2) |
a | side length a (m) |
b | side length b (m) |
c | side length c (m) |