Uhh, Heron's Formula?

Geometry Level 3

A triangle has side lengths 146 , 185 , \sqrt{146},\sqrt{185}, and 113 . \sqrt{113}.

What is its area?


The answer is 61.5.

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4 solutions

X X
Oct 14, 2018

11 × 13 11 × 5 + 13 × 4 + 8 × 7 2 = 61.5 11\times13-\dfrac{11\times5+13\times4+8\times7}2=61.5

Did you make this question yourself? From where did you get inspiration?

Mr. India - 2 years, 2 months ago

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I made this myself. Since Heron's Formula don't really work here(unless you know the expansion of Heron's Formula), I thought of an easier way to solve this kind of problem, and that was where I got inspiration.

X X - 2 years, 2 months ago

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Nice! I haven't seen any recent problem of yours. Any plans?

Mr. India - 2 years, 2 months ago
Brian Moehring
Oct 15, 2018

Just to see how Heron's formula works here:

Heron's formula can be written as A = 1 4 4 a 2 b 2 ( a 2 + b 2 c 2 ) 2 A = \frac{1}{4}\sqrt{4a^2b^2 - (a^2+b^2-c^2)^2} which is less symmetric than the usual form, but it allows us to remove the radicals in the given side lengths (and as a plus, note that this form easily reduces to 1 2 a b \frac{1}{2}ab with a right triangle)

That is, if we set a = 146 , b = 113 , c = 185 , a=\sqrt{146},b=\sqrt{113},c=\sqrt{185}, then A = 1 4 4 ( 146 ) ( 113 ) ( 146 + 113 185 ) 2 = 1 4 4 ( 146 ) ( 113 ) 7 4 2 = 1 2 ( 146 ) ( 113 ) 3 7 2 = 1 2 15129 = 61.5 \begin{aligned} A &= \frac{1}{4}\sqrt{4(146)(113) - (146+113-185)^2} \\ &= \frac{1}{4}\sqrt{4(146)(113) - 74^2} \\ &= \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{(146)(113) - 37^2} \\ &= \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{15129} \\ &= \boxed{61.5} \end{aligned}

David Vreken
Oct 15, 2018

Let a = 113 a = \sqrt{113} , b = 146 b = \sqrt{146} , and c = 185 c = \sqrt{185} .

Then by the law of cosines, cos C = a 2 + b 2 c 2 2 a b = 113 2 + 146 2 185 2 2 113 146 = 137 113 146 \cos C = \frac{a^2 + b^2 - c^2}{2ab} = \frac{\sqrt{113}^2 + \sqrt{146}^2 - \sqrt{185}^2}{2\sqrt{113}\sqrt{146}} = \frac{137}{\sqrt{113}\sqrt{146}} .

And sin C = 1 cos 2 C = 1 ( 137 113 146 ) 2 = 123 113 146 \sin C = \sqrt{1 - \cos^2 C} = \sqrt{1 - (\frac{137}{\sqrt{113}\sqrt{146}})^2} = \frac{123}{\sqrt{113}\sqrt{146}}

So the area of the triangle is A = 1 2 a b sin C = 1 2 113 146 123 113 146 = 123 2 = 61.5 A = \frac{1}{2}ab \sin C = \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{113} \sqrt{146} \frac{123}{\sqrt{113} \sqrt{146}} = \frac{123}{2} = \boxed{61.5} .

Pradeep Tripathi
Oct 14, 2018

It is simple.Just use your programing knowledge.I had done this question by using Turbo C++.

There's a reason its in the geometry section, and this is the SOLUTIONS section, not about mentioning how simple it is.

Parth Sankhe - 2 years, 7 months ago

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