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 Heron of Alexandria(ancient GreekἭρων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς)
) - Greek mathematician and mechanic. Heron is considered one of the greatest engineers in human history. He was the first to invent automatic doors, an automatic puppet theater, a vending machine, a rapid-fire self-loading crossbow, a steam turbine, automatic decorations,
a device for measuring road distances(ancient odometer) and others. He was the first to create programmable devices(a shaft with pins wrapped with a cord).
A triangle is formed by connecting segments of three points not lying on one line. These points are called the vertices of the triangle, and the segments are its sides.
Heron's formula:
a, b, c - these are the sides of the triangle.
Online calculator for calculating the area of a triangle using Heron's formula.
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