The only way I can think of doing it is graphically, if you have a triangle with sides a, b, c, (c is the longest) and no angles, and you have to find the area, the only way I came up with was drawing a graph and finding out the crossing point of the circles of radius a and b, with centres on the origin and (c,0) respectively, where the x- and y-values are both positive. I then used that y-value as the height and c as the base. But surely there's a better way than that?
2006-11-16
05:58:38
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THJE
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