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<math>[ABCD]=\frac{1}{4}*\sqrt{4p^2q^2-(b^2+d^2-a^2-c^2)^2}</math>. | <math>[ABCD]=\frac{1}{4}*\sqrt{4p^2q^2-(b^2+d^2-a^2-c^2)^2}</math>. | ||
Revision as of 00:18, 11 November 2006
Suppose we have a quadrilateral with edges of length (in that order) and diagonals of length
. Bretschneider's formula states that the area
.
It can be derived with vector geometry.
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