Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Finding the Area

Finding the area of some shapes can be really easy while some of them can be a bit more difficult.  Most people know how to find the are of a square/rectangle, it's something that we have been doing for a while; A=LW.  Although here are many that most people don't know off of the top of their head.  Some of these might include triangles, trapezoid and circle.    Although if you know that there is a polygon but its not one that has a set formula there is a set formula!!!  A=1/2a(ns) where a means height (apothem), n means number of sides, and s means side length. To get a clearer understanding click this link:  http://www.mathwords.com/a/area_regular_polygon.htm


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