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Trigonometry Related Pages: 304 "Heron's Area Formula"
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This applet allows users to study the nature of triangles and their area by drawing random triangles on a Cartesian coordinate system.* Use Heron's area formula to determine the area of the triangles. You will first need to calculate the length of each side using the distance formula.

*We suggest setting the difficulty level to hard to make the use of Heron's formula practical.

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