An example of a scalene triangle.
Scalene triangles are defined as a triangle where the interior angles are all different. Most triangles drawn at random would be scalene. The converse of this is also true - If all three angles are different, then the triangle is scalene, and all the sides are different lengths.
Area
The area of a scalene triangle is:
A
=
(
a
2
+
b
2
+
c
2
)
2
−
2
(
a
4
+
b
4
+
c
4
)
4
{\displaystyle A=\frac{\sqrt{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2-2(a^4+b^4+c^4)}}{4}}
See the heron's formula for more information.
Perimeter
The perimeter of a scalene triangle is
P
=
a
+
b
+
c
{\displaystyle P=a+b+c}
Trigonometric functions of half angles in a triangle
sin
=
a
2
−
(
b
2
+
c
2
)
4
b
c
+
1
2
cos
=
(
b
2
+
c
2
)
−
a
2
4
b
c
+
1
2
tan
=
(
a
+
b
−
c
)
(
a
−
b
+
c
)
(
a
+
b
+
c
)
(
−
a
+
b
+
c
)
csc
=
2
b
c
(
a
+
b
−
c
)
(
a
−
b
+
c
)
sec
=
2
b
c
(
a
+
b
+
c
)
(
−
a
+
b
+
c
)
cot
=
(
a
+
b
+
c
)
(
−
a
+
b
+
c
)
(
a
+
b
−
c
)
(
a
−
b
+
c
)
{\displaystyle \begin{align}
\sin&=\sqrt{\frac{a^2-(b^2+c^2)}{4bc}+\frac12}\\
\cos&=\sqrt{\frac{(b^2+c^2)-a^2}{4bc}+\frac12}\\
\tan&=\sqrt{\frac{(a+b-c)(a-b+c)}{(a+b+c)(-a+b+c)}}\\
\csc&=2\sqrt{\frac{bc}{(a+b-c)(a-b+c)}}\\
\sec&=2\sqrt{\frac{bc}{(a+b+c)(-a+b+c)}}\\
\cot&=\sqrt{\frac{(a+b+c)(-a+b+c)}{(a+b-c)(a-b+c)}}
\end{align}}
Trigonometric functions of whole angles in a triangle
sin
=
opposite
hypotenuse
=
2
A
b
c
=
(
a
2
+
b
2
+
c
2
)
2
−
2
(
a
4
+
b
4
+
c
4
)
2
b
c
cos
=
adjacent
hypotenuse
=
b
2
+
c
2
−
a
2
2
b
c
tan
=
opposite
adjacent
=
4
A
b
2
+
c
2
−
a
2
=
(
a
2
+
b
2
+
c
2
)
2
−
2
(
a
4
+
b
4
+
c
4
)
(
b
2
+
c
2
−
a
2
)
2
csc
=
hypotenuse
opposite
=
b
c
2
A
=
2
b
c
(
a
2
+
b
2
+
c
2
)
2
−
2
(
a
4
+
b
4
+
c
4
)
sec
=
hypotenuse
adjacent
=
2
b
c
b
2
+
c
2
−
a
2
cot
=
adjacent
opposite
=
b
2
+
c
2
−
a
2
4
A
=
(
b
2
+
c
2
−
a
2
)
2
(
a
2
+
b
2
+
c
2
)
2
−
2
(
a
4
+
b
4
+
c
4
)
{\displaystyle \begin{align}
\sin&=\frac{\text{opposite}}{\text{hypotenuse}}=\frac{2A}{bc}=\frac{\sqrt{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2-2(a^4+b^4+c^4)}}{2bc}\\
\cos&=\frac{\text{adjacent}}{\text{hypotenuse}}=\frac{b^2+c^2-a^2}{2bc}\\
\tan&=\frac{\text{opposite}}{\text{adjacent}}=\frac{4A}{b^2+c^2-a^2}=\sqrt{\frac{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2- 2(a^4+b^4+c^4)}{(b^2+c^2-a^2)^2}}\\
\csc&=\frac{\text{hypotenuse}}{\text{opposite}}=\frac{bc}{2A}=\frac{2bc}{\sqrt{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2-2(a^4+b^4+c^4)}}\\
\sec&=\frac{\text{hypotenuse}}{\text{adjacent}}=\frac{2bc}{b^2+c^2-a^2}\\
\cot&=\frac{\text{adjacent}}{\text{opposite}}=\frac{b^2+c^2-a^2}{4A}=\sqrt{\frac{(b^2+c^2-a^2)^2}{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2-2(a^4+b^4+c^4)}}\end{align}}
CircumCircle
R
=
a
b
c
(
a
2
+
b
2
+
c
2
)
2
−
2
(
a
4
+
b
4
+
c
4
)
{\displaystyle R=\frac{abc}{\sqrt{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2-2(a^4+b^4+c^4)}}}
InCircle
r
=
(
a
2
+
b
2
+
c
2
)
2
−
2
(
a
4
+
b
4
+
c
4
)
2
(
a
+
b
+
c
)
{\displaystyle r=\frac{\sqrt{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2-2(a^4+b^4+c^4)}}{2(a+b+c)}}