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  2. Area of a triangle - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, calculating the area of a triangle is an elementary problem encountered often in many different situations. The best known and simplest formula is where b is the length of the base of the triangle, and h is the height or altitude of the triangle. The term "base" denotes any side, and "height" denotes the length of a perpendicular ...

  3. Heron's formula - Wikipedia

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    A triangle with sides a, b, and c. In geometry, Heron's formula (or Hero's formula) gives the area of a triangle in terms of the three side lengths ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Letting ⁠ ⁠ be the semiperimeter of the triangle, the area ⁠ ⁠ is [ 1] It is named after first-century engineer Heron of Alexandria (or Hero) who proved it in his ...

  4. Pythagorean theorem - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle. It states that the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares on the other two sides.

  5. Altitude (triangle) - Wikipedia

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    The extended sides of the orthic triangle meet the opposite extended sides of its reference triangle at three collinear points. [22] [23] [21] In any acute triangle, the inscribed triangle with the smallest perimeter is the orthic triangle. [24] This is the solution to Fagnano's problem, posed in 1775. [25]

  6. Triangle - Wikipedia

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    A triangle is a polygon with three corners and three sides, one of the basic shapes in geometry. The corners, also called vertices, are zero- dimensional points while the sides connecting them, also called edges, are one-dimensional line segments. A triangle has three internal angles, each one bounded by a pair of adjacent edges; the sum of ...

  7. Acute and obtuse triangles - Wikipedia

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    The only triangles with one angle being twice another and having integer sides in arithmetic progression are acute: namely, the (4,5,6) triangle and its multiples. [6] There are no acute integer-sided triangles with area = perimeter, but there are three obtuse ones, having sides [7] (6,25,29), (7,15,20), and (9,10,17). The smallest integer ...

  8. Heronian triangle - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a Heronian triangle (or Heron triangle) is a triangle whose side lengths a, b, and c and area A are all positive integers. [ 1][ 2] Heronian triangles are named after Heron of Alexandria, based on their relation to Heron's formula which Heron demonstrated with the example triangle of sides 13, 14, 15 and area 84.

  9. Tetrahedron - Wikipedia

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    The surface area of a regular tetrahedron is four times the area of an equilateral triangle: [6] = =. The height of a regular tetrahedron is 6 3 a {\textstyle {\frac {\sqrt {6}}{3}}a} . [ 7 ] The volume of a regular tetrahedron can be ascertained similarly as the other pyramids, one-third of the base and its height.