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== Geometry == | == Geometry == | ||
=== Equations === | === Equations === | ||
| - | *The area of an arbitrary triangle is: | + | *The area of an '''arbitrary''' triangle is: |
<blockquote>''ab''sin(''C'')2<sup>-1</sup></blockquote> | <blockquote>''ab''sin(''C'')2<sup>-1</sup></blockquote> | ||
*where ''a'' and ''b'' are two sides of the triangle and ''C'' is the angle between them. | *where ''a'' and ''b'' are two sides of the triangle and ''C'' is the angle between them. | ||
Revision as of 08:03, 25 June 2007
A triangle is a two-dimensional simplex.
The triangle is important as all polygons can be defined as the union of a set of triangles, and all polytopes in greater than two dimensions can be defined as the hypervolume bounded by the union of a set of triangles.
Geometry
Equations
- The area of an arbitrary triangle is:
absin(C)2-1
- where a and b are two sides of the triangle and C is the angle between them.
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