I dont even have a clue, any tips how to begin?????
I need to find an area of a triangle.
User inputs x and y for Side A, B, C.
I know how to do with just sides AB and C but how do I do it with xy for each point ABC.
Lost
I dont even have a clue, any tips how to begin?????
I need to find an area of a triangle.
User inputs x and y for Side A, B, C.
I know how to do with just sides AB and C but how do I do it with xy for each point ABC.
Lost
create a function that uses the distance formula
distance = sqrt(((x2-x1)*(x2-x1))+((y2-y1)*(y2-f1)))
I think this is correct.
a = b * h / 2
/|\
/ | \
B / | \ C
/ |h \
/ | \
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A(b)
ah, crap
a = b * h / 2
********** /|\
********* /* | \
*******B /**| *\ C
********/** |h* \
*******/*** |*** \
*******‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
**********A(b)
(sorry, its messy, i know)
The height will be the difference of the 2 most extreme y coordinates, and the base will be the difference of the 2 most extreme x coordinates.
-Govtcheez
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ok, i worked out the code. Had to go with govtcheese's formula.
But everything works now except answer comes as something like a hexadecimal number.
Area = 1.04635e+34, it should say 7. Any clues.????? it is a float.
That's not a hex number - that's a huge number.
Show your code - you must have done something wrong.
-Govtcheez
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here is function code
float area(Point& A, Point& B, Point& C)
{
int x2 = B.GetX() - A.GetX();
int x3 = C.GetX() - A.GetX();
int y3 = C.GetX() - A.GetX();
int y2 = B.GetX() - A.GetX();
return sqrt((x2*3) - (y3*y2)/2.0);
}
Does this help??
> Does this help??
Not at all....
What's "Point"?
Where the hell did that formula come from?
Why are you only saying GetX?
-Govtcheez
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point comes from the class........sorry for wasting your time, but I worked it out. How embarrassing I forgot to include <cmath> for sqrt.
anyway thanks for the area help.