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Given: Base and Altitude To That Base Given: Two Sides and The Included Angle

There are several formulas that can be used to find the area of a triangle based on different information that may be given. The basic formula uses the base and altitude of the triangle. Another common formula uses two sides and the included angle. Heron's formula can determine the area when all three sides are known. Additionally, the area can be found using two angles and a side, after calculating the third angle.

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Given: Base and Altitude To That Base Given: Two Sides and The Included Angle

There are several formulas that can be used to find the area of a triangle based on different information that may be given. The basic formula uses the base and altitude of the triangle. Another common formula uses two sides and the included angle. Heron's formula can determine the area when all three sides are known. Additionally, the area can be found using two angles and a side, after calculating the third angle.

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Problems in varying levels of mathematics require that the area of a triangle be known,

or found. We know that there are two formulae for determining the area of a triangle,
based upon information that is either given or can be easily determined:

The basic formula:

Given: base and altitude to
that base
The trigonometry based
formula:
Given: two sides and the
included angle


There is an additional formula, called Heron's formula, that will let you determine the
area of a triangle given the lengths of the three sides. (This formula is often called
"Hero's Formula".)
Heron's formula:

where

Given: the three sides
(s is called the semiperimeter,
or half the triangle's perimeter)


There is also another trigonometric formula. If two angles and a side are known, the
area can be found by using the formula stated below. The third missing angle is
calculated before the formula is used.

Given: two angles and a side

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