Triangle calculator SSA

Triangle has two solutions with side c=311.99900168728 and with side c=76.89547681098

#1 Obtuse scalene triangle.

The lengths of the sides of the triangle:
a = 242.2
b = 186.2
c = 311.99900168728

Area: T = 22526.5632885741
Perimeter: p = 740.39900168728
Semiperimeter: s = 370.19550084364

Angle ∠ A = α = 50.85440734067° = 50°51'15″ = 0.8887571019 rad
Angle ∠ B = β = 36.6° = 36°36' = 0.63987905062 rad
Angle ∠ C = γ = 92.54659265933° = 92°32'45″ = 1.61552311284 rad

Altitude (height) to the side a: h_a = 186.01662088005
Altitude (height) to the side b: h_b = 241.96109332518
Altitude (height) to the side c: h_c = 144.40656647167

Median: m_a = 226.58108802925
Median: m_b = 263.30991250112
Median: m_c = 149.43662651532

Inradius: r = 60.85105311319
Circumradius: R = 156.14991375303

Vertex coordinates: A[311.99900168728; 0] B[0; 0] C[194.44223924913; 144.40656647167]
Centroid: CG[168.81108031214; 48.13552215722]
Coordinates of the circumscribed circle: U[155.99550084364; -6.93661728921]
Coordinates of the inscribed circle: I[183.99550084364; 60.85105311319]

Exterior (or external, outer) angles of the triangle:
∠ A' = α' = 129.14659265933° = 129°8'45″ = 0.8887571019 rad
∠ B' = β' = 143.4° = 143°24' = 0.63987905062 rad
∠ C' = γ' = 87.45440734067° = 87°27'15″ = 1.61552311284 rad

How did we calculate this triangle?

The calculation of the triangle has two phases. The first phase calculates all three sides of the triangle from the input parameters. The first phase is different for the different triangles query entered. The second phase calculates other triangle characteristics, such as angles, area, perimeter, heights, the center of gravity, circle radii, etc. Some input data also results in two to three correct triangle solutions (e.g., if the specified triangle area and two sides - typically resulting in both acute and obtuse) triangle).

1. Use the Law of Cosines

We know the lengths of all three sides of the triangle, so the triangle is uniquely specified. Next, we calculate another of its characteristics - the same procedure for calculating the triangle from the known three sides (SSS).

a = 242.2 b = 186.2 c = 311.99

2. The triangle perimeter is the sum of the lengths of its three sides

p = a + b + c = 242.2 + 186.2 + 311.99 = 740.39

3. The semiperimeter of the triangle

The semiperimeter of the triangle is half its perimeter. The semiperimeter frequently appears in formulas for triangles to be given a separate name. By the triangle inequality, the longest side length of a triangle is less than the semiperimeter.

s = \frac{p}{2} = \frac{7 4 0 . 3 9}{2} = 370.2

4. The triangle area using Heron's formula

Heron's formula gives the area of a triangle when the length of all three sides is known. There is no need to calculate angles or other distances in the triangle first. Heron's formula works equally well in all cases and types of triangles.

5. Calculate the heights of the triangle from its area.

There are many ways to find the height of the triangle. The easiest way is from the area and base length. The triangle area is half of the product of the base's length and height. Every side of the triangle can be a base; there are three bases and three heights (altitudes). Triangle height is the perpendicular line segment from a vertex to a line containing the base.

6. Calculation of the inner angles of the triangle using a Law of Cosines

The Law of Cosines is useful for finding a triangle's angles when we know all three sides. The cosine rule, also known as the Law of Cosines, relates all three sides of a triangle with an angle of a triangle. The Law of Cosines extrapolates the Pythagorean theorem for any triangle. Pythagorean theorem works only in a right triangle. Pythagorean theorem is a special case of the Law of Cosines and can be derived from it because the cosine of 90° is 0. It is best to find the angle opposite the longest side first. With the Law of Cosines, there is also no problem with obtuse angles as with the Law of Sines because the cosine function is negative for obtuse angles, zero for right, and positive for acute angles. We also use an inverse cosine called arccosine to determine the angle from the cosine value.

a^{2} = b^{2} + c^{2} - 2 b c cos α α = arccos (\frac{b ^{2} + c ^{2} - a ^{2}}{2 b c}) = arccos (\frac{1 8 6 . 2 ^{2} + 3 1 1 . 9 9 ^{2} - 2 4 2 . 2 ^{2}}{2 \cdot 1 8 6 . 2 \cdot 3 1 1 . 9 9}) = 50 ° 5 1^{'} 15 " b^{2} = a^{2} + c^{2} - 2 a c cos β β = arccos (\frac{a ^{2} + c ^{2} - b ^{2}}{2 a c}) = arccos (\frac{2 4 2 . 2 ^{2} + 3 1 1 . 9 9 ^{2} - 1 8 6 . 2 ^{2}}{2 \cdot 2 4 2 . 2 \cdot 3 1 1 . 9 9}) = 36 ° 3 6^{'} γ = 180 ° - α - β = 180 ° - 50 ° 5 1^{'} 15 " - 36 ° 3 6^{'} = 92 ° 3 2^{'} 45 "

7. Inradius

An incircle of a triangle is a tangent circle to each side. An incircle center is called an incenter and has a radius named inradius. All triangles have an incenter, and it always lies inside the triangle. The incenter is the intersection of the three-angle bisectors. The product of a triangle's inradius and semiperimeter (half the perimeter) is its area.

8. Circumradius

The circumcircle of a triangle is a circle that passes through all of the triangle's vertices, and the circumradius of a triangle is the radius of the triangle's circumcircle. The circumcenter (center of the circumcircle) is the point where the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle intersect.

R = \frac{a b c}{4 r s} = \frac{2 4 2 . 2 \cdot 1 8 6 . 2 \cdot 3 1 1 . 9 9}{4 \cdot 6 0 . 8 5 1 \cdot 3 7 0 . 1 9 5} = 156.15

9. Calculation of medians

A median of a triangle is a line segment joining a vertex to the opposite side's midpoint. Every triangle has three medians, and they all intersect each other at the triangle's centroid. The centroid divides each median into parts in the ratio of 2:1, with the centroid being twice as close to the midpoint of a side as it is to the opposite vertex. We use Apollonius's theorem to calculate a median's length from its side's lengths.

m_{a} = \frac{2 b ^{2} + 2 c ^{2} - a ^{2}}{2} = \frac{2 \cdot 1 8 6 . 2 ^{2} + 2 \cdot 3 1 1 . 9 9 ^{2} - 2 4 2 . 2 ^{2}}{2} = 226.581 m_{b} = \frac{2 c ^{2} + 2 a ^{2} - b ^{2}}{2} = \frac{2 \cdot 3 1 1 . 9 9 ^{2} + 2 \cdot 2 4 2 . 2 ^{2} - 1 8 6 . 2 ^{2}}{2} = 263.309 m_{c} = \frac{2 a ^{2} + 2 b ^{2} - c ^{2}}{2} = \frac{2 \cdot 2 4 2 . 2 ^{2} + 2 \cdot 1 8 6 . 2 ^{2} - 3 1 1 . 9 9 ^{2}}{2} = 149.436

#2 Obtuse scalene triangle.

The lengths of the sides of the triangle:
a = 242.2
b = 186.2
c = 76.89547681098

Area: T = 5552.02200510636
Perimeter: p = 505.29547681098
Semiperimeter: s = 252.64773840549

Angle ∠ A = α = 129.14659265933° = 129°8'45″ = 2.25440216346 rad
Angle ∠ B = β = 36.6° = 36°36' = 0.63987905062 rad
Angle ∠ C = γ = 14.25440734067° = 14°15'15″ = 0.24987805128 rad

Altitude (height) to the side a: h_a = 45.84765735018
Altitude (height) to the side b: h_b = 59.63550166602
Altitude (height) to the side c: h_c = 144.40656647167

Median: m_a = 75.00994172843
Median: m_b = 153.68554341873
Median: m_c = 212.57333724137

Inradius: r = 21.97553712148
Circumradius: R = 156.14991375303

Vertex coordinates: A[76.89547681098; 0] B[0; 0] C[194.44223924913; 144.40656647167]
Centroid: CG[90.44657202004; 48.13552215722]
Coordinates of the circumscribed circle: U[38.44773840549; 151.34218376088]
Coordinates of the inscribed circle: I[66.44773840549; 21.97553712148]

Exterior (or external, outer) angles of the triangle:
∠ A' = α' = 50.85440734067° = 50°51'15″ = 2.25440216346 rad
∠ B' = β' = 143.4° = 143°24' = 0.63987905062 rad
∠ C' = γ' = 165.74659265933° = 165°44'45″ = 0.24987805128 rad

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How did we calculate this triangle?

1. Use the Law of Cosines

2. The triangle perimeter is the sum of the lengths of its three sides

3. The semiperimeter of the triangle

s = \frac{p}{2} = \frac{5 0 5 . 2 9}{2} = 252.65

Triangle calculator SSA

#1 Obtuse scalene triangle.

How did we calculate this triangle?

1. Use the Law of Cosines

2. The triangle perimeter is the sum of the lengths of its three sides

3. The semiperimeter of the triangle

4. The triangle area using Heron's formula

5. Calculate the heights of the triangle from its area.

6. Calculation of the inner angles of the triangle using a Law of Cosines

7. Inradius

8. Circumradius

9. Calculation of medians

#2 Obtuse scalene triangle.

How did we calculate this triangle?

1. Use the Law of Cosines

2. The triangle perimeter is the sum of the lengths of its three sides

3. The semiperimeter of the triangle

4. The triangle area using Heron's formula

5. Calculate the heights of the triangle from its area.

6. Calculation of the inner angles of the triangle using a Law of Cosines

7. Inradius

8. Circumradius

9. Calculation of medians

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