How do you use Heron's formula to find the area of a triangle with sides of lengths 14 14, 9 9, and 15 15?

1 Answer
Jan 25, 2016

Area=61.644Area=61.644 square units

Explanation:

Heron's formula for finding area of the triangle is given by
Area=sqrt(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c))Area=s(sa)(sb)(sc)

Where ss is the semi perimeter and is defined as
s=(a+b+c)/2s=a+b+c2

and a, b, ca,b,c are the lengths of the three sides of the triangle.

Here let a=14, b=9a=14,b=9 and c=15c=15

implies s=(14+9+15)/2=38/2=19s=14+9+152=382=19

implies s=19s=19

implies s-a=19-14=5, s-b=19-9=10 and s-c=19-15=4sa=1914=5,sb=199=10andsc=1915=4
implies s-a=5, s-b=10 and s-c=4sa=5,sb=10andsc=4

implies Area=sqrt(19*5*10*4)=sqrt3800=61.644Area=195104=3800=61.644 square units

implies Area=61.644Area=61.644 square units