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Geometric Formulas

This document contains: 1) Geometric formulas for area, perimeter, surface area, and volume of basic shapes like squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, cubes, prisms, spheres, cylinders, and cones. 2) Additional formulas and definitions for scalene, right, equilateral, and isosceles triangles including equations for perimeter, area, altitudes, medians, angle bisectors, inscribed and circumscribed circles. 3) Key for variables used in the triangle formulas such as s for semiperimeter, a, b, c for side lengths, and h, m, A, B, C, t for altitudes, medians, angles and bisectors

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Geometric Formulas

This document contains: 1) Geometric formulas for area, perimeter, surface area, and volume of basic shapes like squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, cubes, prisms, spheres, cylinders, and cones. 2) Additional formulas and definitions for scalene, right, equilateral, and isosceles triangles including equations for perimeter, area, altitudes, medians, angle bisectors, inscribed and circumscribed circles. 3) Key for variables used in the triangle formulas such as s for semiperimeter, a, b, c for side lengths, and h, m, A, B, C, t for altitudes, medians, angles and bisectors

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GEOMETRIC FORMULAS

Area Change Equation


Select an equation to solve for a different unknown
Square: a=s2
Rectangle : a = w·h
Triangle : a = (1/2)b·h
Circle : a = πr2

Perimeter

Rectangle : p = 2(w+h)
Triangle : p = a+b+c
Circle : c = 2πr [circumference]
Square: p=4s

Surface Area
 
Cube : a = 6w2
Prism : a = 2w·d+2d·h+2w·h Scalene Triangle:
Sphere : a = 4πr2
Cylinder : a = 2π(r2+r·h)
No sides have equal length
Cone : a = πr(r+√r2+h2) No angles are equal

Volume Scalene Triangle Equations 


3 These equations apply to any type of triangle. Reduced 
Cube : v = w
Prism : v = w·d·h equations for equilateral, right and isosceles are below.
Triangular prism: v = ½ wdh
Sphere : v = (4/3)πr3
Cylinder : v = πr2h Perimeter
Cone : v = (1/3)πr2h
Semiperimeter
CUBE

surface area 6a2 Area

volume a3 Area

Base
face diagonal

Height
space diagonal

Angle Bisector of side a


radius of circumscribed sphere

Angle Bisector of side b


radius of sphere tangent to edges

Angle Bisector of side c


radius of inscribed sphere

Median of side a

angles between faces

Median of side b

Median of side c
Altitude of side a
Inscribed Circle Radius

Altitude of side b

Altitude of side c

Circumscribed Circle Radius

Inscribed Circle Radius

Law of Cosines

Right Triangle:
length of side a One angle is equal to 90 degrees

Right Triangle Equations


angle of A

Pythagorean Theorem

Perimeter

Semiperimeter

Area

Altitude of a

Altitude of b

Altitude of c

Equilateral Triangle:
All three sides have equal length
All three angles are equal to 60 degrees  Angle Bisector of a

Equilateral Triangle Equations

Perimeter Angle Bisector of b

Semiperimeter

Angle Bisector of c
Area

Median of a
Altitude

Median of b
Median

Median of c
Angle Bisector

Inscribed Circle Radius


Circumscribed Circle Radius
h= Altitude
Circumscribed Circle Radius m= Median
A= Angle A
B= Angle B
C= Angle C
t= Angle bisector
R =Circumscribed Circle Radius
r = Inscribed Circle Radius

Isosceles Triangle:
Two sides have equal length
Two angles are equal

Isosceles Triangle Equations

Perimeter

Semiperimeter

Area

Altitudes of sides a and c

Altitude of side b

Median of sides a and c

Median of side b

Angle Bisector of sides a and c

Angle Bisector of side b

Circumscribed Circle Radius

Inscribed Circle Radius

Where
P= Perimeter
s= Semiperimeter
a= Length of side a
b= Length of side b
c= Length of side c

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