Visual C++ - Find Area and Perimeter of a Triangle Given 3 points

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Here is the Visual C++ source code to find Area or Perimeter of a Triangle given 3 points

 

Heron's formula for area calculation is given below:

 

perimeter = A + B + C

float s = perimeter / 2;

area = sqrt( s * (s-A) * (s-B) * (s-C))

Where,

A = Distance between point A and B
B = Distance between point B and C
C = Distance between point C and A

 

Source Code

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#include <iostream>

#include <math.h>

 

 

int Calculate_Area_Perimeter_Triangle(float ax, float ay, float bx, float by, float cx, float cy, float *perimeter, float *area)

{

    float A = sqrt((double)(bx-ax) * (bx-ax) + (by-ay) * (by-ay));

    float B = sqrt((double)(bx-cx) * (bx-cx) + (by-cy) * (by-cy));

    float C = sqrt((double)(ax-cx) * (ax-cx) + (ay-cy) * (ay-cy));

 

    // Heron's formula for area calculation

    // area = sqrt( s * (s-a) * (s-b) * (s-c))

    float s = (A + B + C) / 2;

 

    *perimeter = A + B + C;

   

    *area = sqrt( s * (s-A) * (s-B) * (s-C));

 

    // area = 1/2 * base * height

    // if side A is base, then height

    float height = (*area * 2) / A;

  

    return 1;

}

 

 

void main()

{

    float m1, c1, m2, c2;

    float ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy;

    float perimeter, area;

    float angleA, angleB, angleC;

 

    int nCountIntersections = 0;

    std::cout << " Program to find the Area and Perimeter of a triangle:\n";

   

    std::cout << "Enter Triangle Point A - X: ";

    std::cin >> ax;

 

    std::cout << "Enter Triangle Point A - Y: ";

    std::cin >> ay;

 

    std::cout << "Enter Triangle Point B - X: ";

    std::cin >> bx;

 

    std::cout << "Enter Triangle Point B - Y: ";

    std::cin >> by;

 

    std::cout << "Enter Triangle Point C - X: ";

    std::cin >> cx;

 

    std::cout << "Enter Triangle Point C - Y: ";

    std::cin >> cy;

 

    Calculate_Area_Perimeter_Triangle(ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy, &perimeter, &area);

 

    std::cout << "\nPerimeter: " << perimeter;

    std::cout << "\nArea: " << area;

 

}

 

Output

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Program to find the given type of the triangle:

Enter Triangle Point A - X: 10

Enter Triangle Point A - Y: 10

Enter Triangle Point B - X: 20

Enter Triangle Point B - Y: 10

Enter Triangle Point C - X: 15

Enter Triangle Point C - Y: 15

 

Perimeter: 24.1421

Area:  25.0000

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