On 12/14/06, T. Michael Keesey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Heron's formula looks pretty simple:

Actually, this does return "NaN" for some numbers, but it's pretty
simple to realize why. For example, it returns "NaN" if you input side
lengths of 1, 2, 4. Why? Well, you try building a triangle with sides
of those lengths and let me know how far you get....
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T. Michael Keesey
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