Write the Heron's formula used to calculate the area of a triangle whose side are $a, b$ and $c$ .

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Heron's formula to calculate area of triangle of side a, b, c is.
$A = \sqrt{s (s - a) (s - b) (s - c)}$ where $S = \frac{a + b + c}{2}$

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Write the Heron's formula used to calculate the area of a triangle whose side are a,b and c.

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Write the Heron's formula used to calculate the area of a triangle whose side are $a, b$ and $c$ .

Heron's formula to calculate area of triangle of side a, b, c is.
$A = \sqrt{s (s - a) (s - b) (s - c)}$ where $S = \frac{a + b + c}{2}$