Question

For a scalene triangle if the sides of a triangle is given but height is not given, how will the area of that triangle be calculated?

Answer 1

The area of the triangle can be calculated by using Heron’s formula

Area of the triangle= $\sqrt{s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)}$

where, s is the semi perimeter of the triangle, i.e., $\frac{(a+b+c)}{2}$ and a, b and c are the three sides of the triangle.