Area of a triangle

Version 1.0.0 (1.28 KB) by Roberto Datja
There are several ways to compute the area of a triangle. In this code is implemented Heron's Formula.
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You can calculate the area of a triangle if you know the lengths of all three sides, using a formula that has been known for nearly 2000 years.

It is called "Heron's Formula" after Hero of Alexandria (see below)

Just use this two step process:

Step 1: Calculate "s" (half of the triangles perimeter):

p = (a+b+c)/2
Step 2: Then calculate the Area:

herons formula A = sqrt( p(p-a)(p-b)(p-c) )

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Roberto Datja (2024). Area of a triangle (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/71481-area-of-a-triangle), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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