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A Geometrical Proof for Hero's Formula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

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The following proof is designed to link up Hero's formula geometrically with the formulae for the trigonometrical functions of ½A in a triangle.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1930