Heron's Formula

Area of a Triangle from Sides

You can calculate the area of a triangle if you know the lengths of all three sides, using a formula that has been know 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) using:

Step 2:	Then calculate the Area using:

Step 1: s = (5+5+5)/2 = 7.5
Step 2: A = √(7.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5) = √(117.1875) = 10.825...

Try it yourself:

In the calculator above I also used the Law of Cosines to calculate the angles (to provide a complete solution). The formula is:

Where "C" is the angle opposite side "c".