Question

find the percentage decrease in the area of triangle if each of its side is halved. (by using heron\'s formula)

Answer 1

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Answer 2

lets say that you had a triangle that had an area of 64, each side being 4 (4X4X4=64) then you cut each side in half 2X2X2 the percentage decrease would be 87%