Question

In the given figure, we can find the area of the triangle ABC using two methods.

True or False?

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A

True

For a scalene triangle we usually tend to find the area of the triangle using heron’s formula because dropping a perpendicular and then using the formula of 1/2 $\times$ base $\times$ height.

Area of the triangle can hence be given in two forms. The area of triangle could be given by heron’s formula by first calculating the semi perimeter of the triangle or by dropping a perpendicular and then finding out the area using the formula 1/2 $\times$ base $\times$ height.