Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 12 cm, 6 cm and 15 cm. -Maths 9th

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Using the formulas A=s(s﹣a)(s﹣b)(s﹣c) s=a+b+c 2Solving forA A=1 4﹣a4+2(ab)2+2(ac)2﹣b4+2(bc)2﹣c4=1 4·﹣124+2·(12·6)2+2·(12·15)2﹣64+2·(6·15)2﹣154≈34.19704cm²

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