Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only

2006-12-14 Thread Jordan Snyder
I recind half of what I said after actually thinking about it, but maybe it's a different perspective ;) On 12/14/06, Jordan Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To dodge your question, couldn't you just use the simple distance forumula to determine the base even when it's not horizontal? I dont'

Re: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only

2006-12-14 Thread Jordan Snyder
ALL RIGHT I'm a silly billy. I used your code and it works just fine. Maybe the problem isn't in this function. I'm using Flash 8/AS2. Cheers On 12/14/06, Jordan Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recind half of what I said after actually thinking about it, but maybe it's a different

RE: Re: [Flashcoders] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only

2006-12-14 Thread Pete Miller
] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only I recind half of what I said after actually thinking about it, but maybe it's a different perspective ;) On 12/14/06, Jordan Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To dodge your question, couldn't you just use the simple distance forumula

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only

2006-12-14 Thread Jordan Snyder
Jason, It must be true that your inputs are incorrect, BUT to answer your question about distributive methods - I was just thinking about condensing that formula. If you did that(and they do it in the next step on the MathWorld link) then you have to multiply every term in parens by every other

Re: RE: [Flashcoders] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only

2006-12-14 Thread Jordan Snyder
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 14 décembre 2006 14:06 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only Thanks - all, yes Jake saw it first and others chimed in with the same thought, my numbers did