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Calculators · Geometry and mensuration

Triangle: Pythagoras and area

The hypotenuse or a leg of a right triangle, and the area from base and height or from three sides (Heron).

Hypotenuse c = 13

The working

  1. Pythagoras: c² = a² + b² = 5² + 12² = 25 + 144 = 169.
  2. c = √169 = 13.