#Double Click & Area Q's
02-Aug-94 05:09:38
Sb: #115590-#Double Click & Area Q's
Fm: Ed Kellerman 71532,3255
To: MARK A. MEIER 76330,3402
< AREA of a triangle in 3 space? >
If a, b and c are the lengths of the sides, then the area is:
sqrt(s *(s-a) *(s-b)*(s-c) ) where s = 1/2(a+b+c)
Compute a, b, and c using the fact that the distance between two points is
sqrt( (x2-x1)squared + (y2-y1) squared + (z2-z1) squared )
Ed K