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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
* [[Brahmagupta's formula]]
 
* [[Brahmagupta's formula]]
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Revision as of 14:46, 31 July 2006

Suppose we have a quadrilateral with sides of length $a,b,c,d$ and diagonals of length $p, q$. Bretschneider's formula states that the area $[ABCD]=\frac{1}{4}*\sqrt{4p^2q^2-(b^2+d^2-a^2-c^2)^2}$.

It can be derived with vector geometry.

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