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This activity includes an Excel file and a Java fileto experiment with interactive triangles.

Author: Jim Dildine
Date Created: 12/30/1998
Last Modified: 12/30/1998

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The area of a triangle can be calculated using a formula attributed to Heron of Alexandria. This calculation requires that the lengths of all three sides be known. This activity includes an Excel file to calculate the area of a triangle and also includes Java Files to experiment with interactive triangles. One can explore the Triangle inequality Theorem whil exmining the acceptable ranges for the third side of triangle.

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