SOLUTION: Find the area of the isosceles triangle 10in 10 in 16 in.

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Question 944354: Find the area of the isosceles triangle 10in 10 in 16 in.
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Solved by pluggable solver: Hero's (or Heron's) Formula (Used to Find the Area of a Triangle Given its Three Sides)


In order to find the area of a triangle 'A' with side lengths of 'a', 'b', and 'c', we can use Hero's Formula:



where S is the semiperimeter and it is defined by

Note: "semi" means half. So the semiperimeter is half the perimeter.



So let's first calculate the semiperimeter S:



Start with the semiperimeter formula.



Plug in , , and .



Add.



Divide.



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Now move onto Hero's Formula.



Plug in , , , and .



Subtract.



Multiply.



Take the square root of to get .



So the area of the triangle with side lengths of , , and is square units.
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