Question

Use Heron’s Area Formula to find the area of the triangle.

a = 8,   b = 12,   c = 17

Answer 1

Step 1:

The lengths of the sides of the triangle are , and .

Herons formula for area of a triangle is

Where

Substitute corresponding values in

Step 2:

substitute above values in

Area of the triangle

Solution:

Area of the triangle is .