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Triangles with no area (Posted on 2009-12-30) Difficulty: 1 of 5
A little disconcertingly I generated the data of a triangle with integral sides in a spreadsheet. The area calculation suggested that it had zero area.

Knowing there was an obvious contradiction I wrote a computer listing to see if there were others which fitted this situation, and yes, there was an infinite number.

Clearly I am doing something wrong, explain.

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Some Thoughts most likely way | Comment 1 of 9
Two of the sides add up to exactly the third?
  Posted by Charlie on 2009-12-30 13:44:29
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