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at December 17, 2014 15:44 by acecengic
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import java.util.Scanner;
public class HeronsFormula {
public static void main(String[] args){
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Input the three sides");
double sidea = input.nextDouble();
double sideb = input.nextDouble();
double sidec = input.nextDouble();
System.out.println("The lengths of the sides of your triangle are: " + '\n' + sidea + '\n' + sideb + '\n' + sidec);
System.out.println("The area of your triangle using Heron's Formula is: " + getArea(sidea,sideb,sidec));
}
public static double getArea(double a, double b, double c) { //method calculates area
double s = (a + b + c)/2.0; //s = perimeter/2
System.out.println("s is: " + s);
double x = ((s) * (s-a) * (s-b) * (s-c)); //herons formula
double area = Math.sqrt(x); //math function to square the input from herons formula
return area;
}
}
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Java Heron's formula
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Heron's Formula
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java
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Java