Method to find Area of triangle

Given base and height

Area =

Area of a triangle is equal to half of the product of its base and height.

The height of a triangle is the perpendicular distance from a vertex to the

base of the triangle.

Given length of three sides

If we are given three sides of a triangle, we can use Herons formula:

where a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides and s is half the perimeter.
Heron's Formula
Use Heron's Formula to determine the area of a triangle while only knowing the
lengths of the sides

 Given Side Angle Side

If we are given the lengths of two sides of a triangle and the size of angle between
them we can use the formula:

Area of triangle =

ab sin C

The area of a triangle is equal to half the product of two sides times the sine of the
included angle

By considering sin A and sin B in a similar way, we obtain

Area =

bc sin A =

ac sin B

Given: two angles and a side

There is also another trigonometric formula. If two angles and a side are known, the area
can be found by using the formula stated below. The third missing angle is calculated
before the formula is used.

Given: two angles and a side