Hey @Dylan, I assume that you require a MATLAB script that calculates both the perimeter and the area of a triangle given the coordinates of its vertices, please refer to the code below:
% Define the coordinates of the points
Ax = 90; Ay = 130;
Bx = 220; By = 320;
Cx = 480; Cy = 230;
% Calculate the lengths of the sides using the distance formula
a = sqrt((Bx - Cx)^2 + (By - Cy)^2);
b = sqrt((Ax - Cx)^2 + (Ay - Cy)^2);
c = sqrt((Ax - Bx)^2 + (Ay - By)^2);
% Calculate the perimeter of the triangle
P = a + b + c;
% Calculate the semi-perimeter for Heron's formula
s = P / 2;
% Calculate the area using Heron's formula
Area = sqrt(s * (s - a) * (s - b) * (s - c));
% Display the results
fprintf('The perimeter of the triangle is: %.2f feet\n', P);
fprintf('The area of the triangle is: %.2f square feet\n', Area);
