Java Program to Find the Area of a Triangle

Last Updated : 05 Aug, 2024

A triangle is a polygon. It has three edges and three vertices and each vertex from an angle. It is a closed 2-dimensional shape. In this article, we will learn how to find the area of the triangle.

There can be two possibilities while calculating the area of the triangle as per cases

Using the height and base of the triangle
Using the 3 sides of the triangle

Case 1: When the height and base of the triangle are given, then the area of the triangle is half the product of its base and height.

Formula:

Area of triangle: Area = (height×base)/2

Example 1: Evaluation of area using base and height

Java

// Java program to find the
// area of the triangle

// Importing java libraries
import java.io.*;

class GFG {

    // Function to calculate the
    // area of the triangle
    static double area(double h, double b)
    {
        // Function returning the value that is
        // area of a triangle
        return (h * b) / 2;
    }

    // Main driver code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Custom inputs- height and base values

        // Height of the triangle
        double h = 10;

        // Base of the triangle
        double b = 5;

        // Calling area function and
        // printing value corresponding area
        System.out.println("Area of the triangle: "
                           + area(h, b));
    }
}

Output:

Area of the triangle: 25.0

Time complexity: O(1)

Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Case 2: When the three sides of the triangle are given

Now suppose if only sides are known to us then the above formula can not be applied. The area will be calculated using the dimensions of a triangle. This formula is popularly known as Heron’s formula.

Algorithm:

The Semiperimeter of the triangle is calculated.
Product of semi meter with 3 values where these rest of values are the difference of sides from above semi perimeter calculated.
Square rooting the above value obtained from the computations gives the area of a triangle.

Example 2:

Java

// Java program to find the area of
// the triangle using Heron’s formula

// Importing java libraries
import java.io.*;

class GFG {

    // Function to calculate the area where parameters
    // passed are three sides of a triangle
    static float area(float r, float s, float t)
    {
        // Condition check over sides of triangle
        if (r < 0 || s < 0 || t < 0 || (r + s <= t)
            || r + t <= s || s + t <= r)

        // Length of sides must be positive and sum of
        // any two sides must be smaller than third side

        {
            // print message if condition fails
            System.out.println("Not a valid input");
            System.exit(0);
        }

        /*else*/

        // Finding Semi perimeter of the triangle
        // using formula
        float S = (r + s + t) / 2;

        // Finding the area of the triangle
        float A = (float)Math.sqrt(S * (S - r) * (S - s)
                                   * (S - t));

        // return area value
        return A;
    }

    // Main driver code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // custom inputs of sides of values

        // Sides of the triangle
        float r = 5.0f;
        float s = 6.0f;
        float t = 7.0f;

        // Calling area function and
        // printing the area of triangle
        System.out.println("Area of the triangle: "
                           + area(r, s, t));
    }
}