A triangle has side lengths 1 4 6 , 1 8 5 , and 1 1 3 .
What is its area?
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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.
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Nice! I haven't seen any recent problem of yours. Any plans?
Just to see how Heron's formula works here:
Heron's formula can be written as A = 4 1 4 a 2 b 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 2 1 a b with a right triangle)
That is, if we set a = 1 4 6 , b = 1 1 3 , c = 1 8 5 , then A = 4 1 4 ( 1 4 6 ) ( 1 1 3 ) − ( 1 4 6 + 1 1 3 − 1 8 5 ) 2 = 4 1 4 ( 1 4 6 ) ( 1 1 3 ) − 7 4 2 = 2 1 ( 1 4 6 ) ( 1 1 3 ) − 3 7 2 = 2 1 1 5 1 2 9 = 6 1 . 5
Let a = 1 1 3 , b = 1 4 6 , and c = 1 8 5 .
Then by the law of cosines, cos C = 2 a b a 2 + b 2 − c 2 = 2 1 1 3 1 4 6 1 1 3 2 + 1 4 6 2 − 1 8 5 2 = 1 1 3 1 4 6 1 3 7 .
And sin C = 1 − cos 2 C = 1 − ( 1 1 3 1 4 6 1 3 7 ) 2 = 1 1 3 1 4 6 1 2 3
So the area of the triangle is A = 2 1 a b sin C = 2 1 1 1 3 1 4 6 1 1 3 1 4 6 1 2 3 = 2 1 2 3 = 6 1 . 5 .
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.
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1 1 × 1 3 − 2 1 1 × 5 + 1 3 × 4 + 8 × 7 = 6 1 . 5