How to calculate value of a given triangle in Python

To calculate the value of a given triangle in Python, you need to know the length of its sides. There are several formulas for calculating the area of a triangle based on its sides, depending on the type of triangle. Here are some examples:

1. Heron’s formula for the area of a triangle with sides a, b, and c:

import math

def heron_formula(a, b, c): s = (a + b + c) / 2 area = math.sqrt(s * (s – a) * (s – b) * (s – c)) return area

2. Formula for the area of a right triangle with legs a and b:

import math

def right_triangle_area(a, b): area = a * b / 2 return area

3. Formula for the area of an equilateral triangle thus with side length a:

import math

def equilateral_triangle_area(a): area = math.sqrt(3) / 4 * a ** 2 return area

You can call these functions with the length of the sides of the triangle as arguments to calculate its area.

For example:

print(heron_formula(3, 4, 5)) # prints the area of a right triangle with legs 3 and 4 print(right_triangle_area(3, 4)) # prints the same result as the previous example print(equilateral_triangle_area(5)) # prints the area of an equilateral triangle with side length 5

Note that the functions above assume that the input is valid (i.e., the lengths of the sides form a valid triangle). If the input is not valid, the functions may raise an exception or return a negative value. You may want to add additional checks and error handling to make the functions more robust.

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