Heron's formula is credited to Heron of Alexandria (c. 62 ce) and is used to find the area of a triangle in terms of the lengths of its sides. In symbols, if a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides: Area = Square root of √s(s - a)(s - b)(s - c) where s is half the perimeter, or (a + b + c)/2.
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