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Formulæ: Formulæ Triangle Equilateral Triangle Triangle Triangle Base Altitude Square Rectangle Rhombus Diagonals

This document lists common formulas for calculating the area of various shapes. It provides the formula, variables used, and a brief description for calculating the area of regular triangles, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids, regular hexagons, regular octagons, regular polygons, circles, circular sectors, ellipses, cylinders, cones, spheres, and ellipsoids. It also includes formulas for converting between square and circular area units.

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Formulæ: Formulæ Triangle Equilateral Triangle Triangle Triangle Base Altitude Square Rectangle Rhombus Diagonals

This document lists common formulas for calculating the area of various shapes. It provides the formula, variables used, and a brief description for calculating the area of regular triangles, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids, regular hexagons, regular octagons, regular polygons, circles, circular sectors, ellipses, cylinders, cones, spheres, and ellipsoids. It also includes formulas for converting between square and circular area units.

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Formul

Shape

Common formul for area:


Equation

Variables

Regular triangle (equilateral


triangle)

s is the length of one side of the triangle.

Triangle

a and b are any two sides, and C is the angle between

Triangle

b and h are the base and altitude (measured

them.
perpendicular to the base), respectively.

Rectangle

s is the length of one side of the square.


l and w are the lengths of the rectangle's sides (length

Rhombus

a and b are the lengths of the two diagonals of the

Parallelogram

b and h are the length of the base and the length of the

Trapezoid

a and b are the parallel sides and h the distance

Regular hexagon

s is the length of one side of the hexagon.

Regular octagon

s is the length of one side of the octagon.

Square

and width).
rhombus.
perpendicular height, respectively.
(height) between the parallels.

s is the sidelength and n is the number of sides.


Regular polygon

a is the apothem, or the radius of an inscribed circle in


the polygon, and p is the perimeter of the polygon.

Circle

r is the radius and d the diameter.

Circular sector

r and are the radius and angle (in radians),

Ellipse

a and b are the semi-major and semi-minor axes,

respectively.

respectively.
Total surface area of
a Cylinder
Lateral surface area of a
cylinder

r and h are the radius and height, respectively.

Total surface area of a Cone

r and l are the radius and slant height, respectively.


r and l are the radius and slant height, respectively.
r and d are the radius and diameter, respectively.

Lateral surface area of a cone


Total surface area of a Sphere
Total surface area of
an ellipsoid

r and h are the radius and height, respectively.

See the article.

Square to circular area


conversion

A is the area of the square in square units.

Circular to square area


conversion

C is the area of the circle in circular units.

The above calculations show how to find the area of many common shapes.
The area of irregular polygons can be calculated using the "Surveyor's formula".[2]

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