A triangle has sides with lengths: 6, 9, and 5. How do you find the area of the triangle using Heron's formula?

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Lily Hess

Mathematics

21 January, 01:05

A triangle has sides with lengths: 6, 9, and 5. How do you find the area of the triangle using Heron's formula?

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Yasmine Estes · Answer 1

Area of triangle=Δ=√s (s-a) (s-b) (s-c)

a=6

b=9

c=5

s = (a+b+c) / 2

s = (6+9+5) / 2

s=10

Δ=√10 (10-6) (10-9) (10-5)

Δ=10√2 sq. units

OR

Δ=14.14 sq. units