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Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 9 cm, 12 cm and 15 cm.

Let a, b and c are the sides of triangle and s is the semi-perimeter, then its area is given by:


A = where [Heron’s Formula]



= = 18


A =


A = = 54 cm2


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