Altitude of a triangle

As usual, triangle edges are named "a" (edge BC), "b"(edge AC) and "c"(adge AB).
Altitude of a triangle to edge "c" can be found as:

where S - area of a triangle, which can be found from three known edge using, for example, Hero's formula, see Calculator of area of a triangle using Hero's formula

Altitude of a triangle

Edge a

Edge b

Edge c

Calculation precision

Digits after the decimal point: 2

Calculate

Altitude to edge c

 

PLANETCALC, Altitude of a triangle