Triangle calculator

You have entered sides a, c, and area S.

Triangle has two solutions: a=80; b=138.68326010229; c=90 and a=80; b=98.82988225849; c=90.

#1 Obtuse scalene triangle.

Sides: a = 80 b = 138.68326010229 c = 90

Area: T = 3400
Perimeter: p = 308.68326010229
Semiperimeter: s = 154.34113005115

Angle ∠ A = α = 33.01216253219° = 33°42″ = 0.57661615533 rad
Angle ∠ B = β = 109.18881364537° = 109°11'17″ = 1.90656924852 rad
Angle ∠ C = γ = 37.88002382244° = 37°48'1″ = 0.66597386151 rad

Height: h_a = 85
Height: h_b = 49.03328271163
Height: h_c = 75.55655555556

Median: m_a = 109.84773118162
Median: m_b = 49.41444112925
Median: m_c = 103.88218170482

Inradius: r = 22.02991003687
Circumradius: R = 73.42202005415

Vertex coordinates: A[90; 0] B[0; 0] C[-26.29436879249; 75.55655555556]
Centroid: CG[21.23554373584; 25.18551851852]
Coordinates of the circumscribed circle: U[45; 58.0133152367]
Coordinates of the inscribed circle: I[15.65986994885; 22.02991003687]

Exterior (or external, outer) angles of the triangle:
∠ A' = α' = 146.98883746781° = 146°59'18″ = 0.57661615533 rad
∠ B' = β' = 70.81218635463° = 70°48'43″ = 1.90656924852 rad
∠ C' = γ' = 142.21997617756° = 142°11'59″ = 0.66597386151 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. Input data entered: sides a, c, and area S.

a = 80 c = 90 S = 3400

2. From the area T and side a, we calculate height h_a - The area of the triangle is the product of the length of the base and the height divided by two:

T = \frac{a h _{a}}{2} h_{a} = \frac{2 T}{a} = \frac{2 \cdot 3 4 0 0}{8 0} = 85

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 = 80 b = 138.68 c = 90

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

p = a + b + c = 80 + 138.68 + 90 = 308.68

4. 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{3 0 8 . 6 8}{2} = 154.34

5. 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.

T = s (s - a) (s - b) (s - c) T = 154.34 (154.34 - 80) (154.34 - 138.68) (154.34 - 90) T = 11560000 = 3400

6. 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.

T = \frac{a h _{a}}{2} h_{a} = \frac{2 T}{a} = \frac{2 \cdot 3 4 0 0}{8 0} = 85 h_{b} = \frac{2 T}{b} = \frac{2 \cdot 3 4 0 0}{1 3 8 . 6 8} = 49.03 h_{c} = \frac{2 T}{c} = \frac{2 \cdot 3 4 0 0}{9 0} = 75.56

7. 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 3 8 . 6 8 ^{2} + 9 0 ^{2} - 8 0 ^{2}}{2 \cdot 1 3 8 . 6 8 \cdot 9 0}) = 33 ° 42 " 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{8 0 ^{2} + 9 0 ^{2} - 1 3 8 . 6 8 ^{2}}{2 \cdot 8 0 \cdot 9 0}) = 109 ° 1 1^{'} 17 " γ = 180 ° - α - β = 180 ° - 33 ° 42 " - 109 ° 1 1^{'} 17 " = 37 ° 4 8^{'} 1 "

8. 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.

T = r s r = \frac{T}{s} = \frac{3 4 0 0}{1 5 4 . 3 4} = 22.03

9. 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{8 0 \cdot 1 3 8 . 6 8 \cdot 9 0}{4 \cdot 2 2 . 0 2 9 \cdot 1 5 4 . 3 4 1} = 73.42

10. 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 3 8 . 6 8 ^{2} + 2 \cdot 9 0 ^{2} - 8 0 ^{2}}{2} = 109.847 m_{b} = \frac{2 c ^{2} + 2 a ^{2} - b ^{2}}{2} = \frac{2 \cdot 9 0 ^{2} + 2 \cdot 8 0 ^{2} - 1 3 8 . 6 8 ^{2}}{2} = 49.414 m_{c} = \frac{2 a ^{2} + 2 b ^{2} - c ^{2}}{2} = \frac{2 \cdot 8 0 ^{2} + 2 \cdot 1 3 8 . 6 8 ^{2} - 9 0 ^{2}}{2} = 103.882

#2 Acute scalene triangle.

Sides: a = 80 b = 98.82988225849 c = 90

Area: T = 3400
Perimeter: p = 268.82988225849
Semiperimeter: s = 134.41444112925

Angle ∠ A = α = 49.86333583292° = 49°51'48″ = 0.87702797789 rad
Angle ∠ B = β = 70.81218635463° = 70°48'43″ = 1.23659001684 rad
Angle ∠ C = γ = 59.32547781245° = 59°19'29″ = 1.03554127063 rad

Height: h_a = 85
Height: h_b = 68.80658384401
Height: h_c = 75.55655555556

Median: m_a = 85.63662545115
Median: m_b = 69.34113005115
Median: m_c = 77.83768041916

Inradius: r = 25.29549067537
Circumradius: R = 52.32111413685

Vertex coordinates: A[90; 0] B[0; 0] C[26.29436879249; 75.55655555556]
Centroid: CG[38.76545626416; 25.18551851852]
Coordinates of the circumscribed circle: U[45; 26.69327299859]
Coordinates of the inscribed circle: I[35.58655887075; 25.29549067537]

Exterior (or external, outer) angles of the triangle:
∠ A' = α' = 130.13766416708° = 130°8'12″ = 0.87702797789 rad
∠ B' = β' = 109.18881364537° = 109°11'17″ = 1.23659001684 rad
∠ C' = γ' = 120.67552218755° = 120°40'31″ = 1.03554127063 rad

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How did we calculate this triangle?

1. Input data entered: sides a, c, and area S.

a = 80 c = 90 S = 3400

2. From the area T and side a, we calculate height h_a - The area of the triangle is the product of the length of the base and the height divided by two:

T = \frac{a h _{a}}{2} h_{a} = \frac{2 T}{a} = \frac{2 \cdot 3 4 0 0}{8 0} = 85

a = 80 b = 98.83 c = 90

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

p = a + b + c = 80 + 98.83 + 90 = 268.83

4. Semiperimeter of the triangle

s = \frac{p}{2} = \frac{2 6 8 . 8 3}{2} = 134.41

5. The triangle area using Heron's formula

T = s (s - a) (s - b) (s - c) T = 134.41 (134.41 - 80) (134.41 - 98.83) (134.41 - 90) T = 11560000 = 3400

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

T = \frac{a h _{a}}{2} h_{a} = \frac{2 T}{a} = \frac{2 \cdot 3 4 0 0}{8 0} = 85 h_{b} = \frac{2 T}{b} = \frac{2 \cdot 3 4 0 0}{9 8 . 8 3} = 68.81 h_{c} = \frac{2 T}{c} = \frac{2 \cdot 3 4 0 0}{9 0} = 75.56

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

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{9 8 . 8 3 ^{2} + 9 0 ^{2} - 8 0 ^{2}}{2 \cdot 9 8 . 8 3 \cdot 9 0}) = 49 ° 5 1^{'} 48 " 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{8 0 ^{2} + 9 0 ^{2} - 9 8 . 8 3 ^{2}}{2 \cdot 8 0 \cdot 9 0}) = 70 ° 4 8^{'} 43 " γ = 180 ° - α - β = 180 ° - 49 ° 5 1^{'} 48 " - 70 ° 4 8^{'} 43 " = 59 ° 1 9^{'} 29 "

8. Inradius

T = r s r = \frac{T}{s} = \frac{3 4 0 0}{1 3 4 . 4 1} = 25.29

9. Circumradius

R = \frac{a b c}{4 r s} = \frac{8 0 \cdot 9 8 . 8 3 \cdot 9 0}{4 \cdot 2 5 . 2 9 5 \cdot 1 3 4 . 4 1 4} = 52.32

10. Calculation of medians

m_{a} = \frac{2 b ^{2} + 2 c ^{2} - a ^{2}}{2} = \frac{2 \cdot 9 8 . 8 3 ^{2} + 2 \cdot 9 0 ^{2} - 8 0 ^{2}}{2} = 85.636 m_{b} = \frac{2 c ^{2} + 2 a ^{2} - b ^{2}}{2} = \frac{2 \cdot 9 0 ^{2} + 2 \cdot 8 0 ^{2} - 9 8 . 8 3 ^{2}}{2} = 69.341 m_{c} = \frac{2 a ^{2} + 2 b ^{2} - c ^{2}}{2} = \frac{2 \cdot 8 0 ^{2} + 2 \cdot 9 8 . 8 3 ^{2} - 9 0 ^{2}}{2} = 77.837

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Triangle calculator

#1 Obtuse scalene triangle.

How did we calculate this triangle?

1. Input data entered: sides a, c, and area S.

2. From the area T and side a, we calculate height ha - The area of the triangle is the product of the length of the base and the height divided by two:

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

4. Semiperimeter of the triangle

5. The triangle area using Heron's formula

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

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

8. Inradius

9. Circumradius

10. Calculation of medians

#2 Acute scalene triangle.

How did we calculate this triangle?

1. Input data entered: sides a, c, and area S.

2. From the area T and side a, we calculate height ha - The area of the triangle is the product of the length of the base and the height divided by two:

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

4. Semiperimeter of the triangle

5. The triangle area using Heron's formula

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

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

8. Inradius

9. Circumradius

10. Calculation of medians

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2. From the area T and side a, we calculate height h_a - The area of the triangle is the product of the length of the base and the height divided by two:

2. From the area T and side a, we calculate height h_a - The area of the triangle is the product of the length of the base and the height divided by two: