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Heron’s Formula

Maybe we should start naming all math formulas and theorems after birds. This one wouldn’t have to change under this new renaming… I do love being able to find an area of a triangle given the lengths of its sides. Heron’s formula information: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HeronsFormula.html [https:/
A blue heron at night with the moon large and behind. The heron is facing left and not extended and only shoulder up visible.

Maybe we should start naming all math formulas and theorems after birds. This one wouldn’t have to change under this new renaming… I do love being able to find an area of a triangle given the lengths of its sides.

A blue heron at night with the moon large and behind. The heron is facing left and not extended and only shoulder up visible. the moon is bright with with Heron's formula written in cursive and a triangle abc with the math for heron's fomula shown so that s=(a+b+c)/2 and A = sort(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)).

Heron’s formula information: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HeronsFormula.html

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