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calculate the area of a triangle with sides measuring 8cm, 5cm, and 6cm.
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to calculate the area of a triangle with sides of 8cm, 5cm, and 6cm, we can use heron's formula:
 area = 0.25 * √( (a + b + c) * (-a + b + c) * (a - b + c) * (a + b - c) ) 
we plug in the values for a = 8, b = 5, and c = 6 for a result of 14.98cm\(^{2}\).
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