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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.
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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.
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\text{ Area }=\sqrt{s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)}
\text{ Area } = area
s = semi-perimeter
a = length of side a
b = length of side b
c = length of side c
For a quadrilateral, when one of its diagonal value and the sides are given, the area can be calculated by splitting the given quadrilateral into two triangles and use the Heron's formula. Example :A park, in the shape of a quadrilateral ABCD, has ∠C=90∘, AB = 9 cm, BC = 12 cm, CD = 5 cm and AD = 8 cm.
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