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## Area of a Triangle
A triangle is a three sided, two dimensional polygon. There are two methods to determine the area.
A triangle is a three sided, two dimensional polygon. There are three methods to determine the area.
### Method 1
The area of a triangle can be calculated by multiplying 0.5 to the base length to the perpendicular height.
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Note that the formula expressed above uses sides a and b and angle C between them. These can be substituted for another other two sides and the angle between them.
### Method 3
If only the length of the sides are known, we can use what is known as Heron's formula to find the area.
![Triangle-3](https://github.com/uuykay/misc/blob/master/area-triangle-image-3.jpg)
Mathematically this is expressed as:
![Formula-3](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d138044bb9ed870dd9dc5c7c8a3c07ab1db1705d)
Where s is half the perimeter, or
![Formula-3.1](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/08ed8a6e351198e0c4ca8d71fa2e2bc4171e9439)
### Terminology