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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:

$\"A=sqrt%28S%28S-a%29%28S-b%29%28S-c%29%29\"$ where S is the semiperimeter and it is defined by $\"S=%28a%2Bb%2Bc%29%2F2\"$

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

So let's first calculate the semiperimeter S:

$\"S=%28a%2Bb%2Bc%29%2F2\"$ Start with the semiperimeter formula.

$\"S=%2810%2B10%2B16%29%2F2\"$ Plug in $\"a=10\"$ , $\"b=10\"$ , and $\"c=16\"$ .

$\"S=%2836%29%2F2\"$ Add.

$\"S=18\"$ Divide.

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$\"A=sqrt%28S%28S-a%29%28S-b%29%28S-c%29%29\"$ Now move onto Hero's Formula.

$\"A=sqrt%2818%2818-10%29%2818-10%29%2818-16%29%29\"$ Plug in $\"S=18\"$ , $\"a=10\"$ , $\"b=10\"$ , and $\"c=16\"$ .

$\"A=sqrt%2818%288%29%288%29%282%29%29\"$ Subtract.

$\"A=sqrt%282304%29\"$ Multiply.

$\"A=48\"$ Take the square root of $\"2304\"$ to get $\"48\"$ .

So the area of the triangle with side lengths of $\"a=10\"$ , $\"b=10\"$ , and $\"c=16\"$ is $\"48\"$ square units.

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