Heron's Formula in Java

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This is an implementation of Heron Formula in Java.
For those who do not know, Heron’s formula is a formula developed by Greek mathematician thousands of years ago. This formula is used to calculate the area of a triangle given the knowledge of all the sides.
For further information on Heron formula, you can go to here:



Implementation in Java is pretty straight forward. Simple arithmetic operation and sqrt method by Math class resolve the problem. The function is shown below.

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That’s it for today. Cheers….

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