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In geometry, Heron's formula (sometimes called Hero's formula), named after Hero of Alexandria, gives the area of a triangle when the length of all three sides are known. Unlike other triangle area formulae, there is no need to calculate angles or other distances in the triangle first.
The formula is credited to Heron (or Hero) of Alexandria,[3] and a proof can be found in his book Metrica, written around AD 60. It has been suggested that Archimedes knew the formula over two centuries earlier,[4] and sincfe Metrica is a collection of the mathematical knowledge available in the ancient world, it is possible that the formula predates the reference given in that work.[5]
A formula equivalent to Heron's, namely,
was discovered by the Chinese. It was published in Mathematical
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