Is it surely Heron?

Geometry Level 2

In the figure to the right, the areas of the squares A , B , A, B, and C C are 388, 153, and 61, respectively.

Find the area of the blue triangle.


The answer is 21.

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4 solutions

By the cosine law, we have

338 = 61 + 153 2 ( 61 ) ( 153 ) ( cos A ) 338=61+153-2(\sqrt{61})(\sqrt{153})(\cos A)

A = cos 1 ( 87 9333 ) A=\cos^{-1}\left(\dfrac{87}{-\sqrt{9333}}\right)

So the area is

1 2 61 153 sin [ cos 1 ( 87 9333 ) ] = 21 \dfrac{1}{2}\cdot \sqrt{61} \cdot \sqrt{153} \cdot \sin \left[\cos^{-1}\left(\dfrac{87}{-\sqrt{9333}}\right)\right] = 21

That's not heron's formula

Aarush Priyankaj - 2 years, 11 months ago
Conner Davis
Feb 28, 2014

Using Heron's formula, Area=1/4*sqrt(4ab-(a+b-c)^2) Where a,b, and c are the squares of the side lengths of the triangle. It comes out to 21

How did u derive this relation?

Prakkash Manohar - 7 years, 3 months ago

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See the wiki

Aarush Priyankaj - 2 years, 11 months ago

is this herons formula ?

Hardey Kontractor - 7 years, 3 months ago
Abhinav Singh
Mar 7, 2014

first find all sides of the triangle.
after that using hero's formulae area=square root of(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)) where s=(a+b+c)/2 and a,b,c are the sides resp.

lot of calculations...be careful.

Abhinav Singh - 7 years, 3 months ago

NO, it's a lot easier ..... another way...... ( this is another solution ) Obviously sides of triangle are sq.root of 61, 153 and 388

61 = 6 6 + 5 5 153 = 12 12 + 3 3 388 = 18 18 + 8 8

construct right angled triangle from each side of triangle as shown in image

sry , i don't knw how to draw and upload picture in brilliant..... plz help me ....... i have elegant solution :)

Rohitas Bansal - 7 years, 2 months ago

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The sums u wrote doesnt make sense to me. 61 = 66 + 55?

Marcos Araujo - 6 years, 11 months ago

Wow!! Superb!!, I guessed what your solution is going to be. It is the most elegant way to solve this problem.

Peter Finn - 7 years, 2 months ago

(sqrt(388)+sqrt(61)+sqrt(153))/2=S A=sqrt(S(S-sqrt(388))(S-sqrt(61))(S-sqrt(153)))=21

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