Altitude of a triangle

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

where S - an area of a triangle, which can be found from three known sides 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

 

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