When would you use herons formula in the real world?

Heron's formula is named after Hero of Alexendria, a Greek Engineer and Mathematician in 10 - 70 AD. You can use this formula to find the area of a triangle using the 3 side lengths. Therefore, you do not have to rely on the formula for area that uses base and height. The picture below illustrates the general fro mu la where S represents the semi-perimeter of the triangle ,

You can use herons formula to calculate the area of any  triangles when you know the lengths of three  sides real life math consumer math

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