Mensuration of Standard

Plane Figures
Lesson 1.2

Square
Area (side)
d

A s2

s
1
2

Area (diagonal )
1
2

A d

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Rectangle
Area (length)(width)
w

A lw
l

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Right Triangle
c
a

Area 21 (base)(height )
A 21 ba

Pythagorean Theorem:

a2 b 2 c 2

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Oblique Triangle
c
a

Area 21 (base)(height )
A 21 bh

h
b

Herons Formula:

A s(s a)(s b)(s c )

where s 21 (a b c )

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Parallelogram
Area (base)(height )
A bh

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Trapezoid
a

Area 21 (sum of bases )(height )

A 21 (a b)h
b

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Circle
Circumference 2 (radius )
r

C 2 r

Area (radius )2
2
A r
diameter 2(radius )

C d
A 4 d 2
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Sector of a Circle
c

Area 21 (radius )(arc )

A 21 rc 21 r 2
where

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c r

Segment of a Circle
c

Area( segment ) Area( sector ) Area(triangle )

b
a
r

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Ellipse
Area ab

b
a

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A ab

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Parabolic Segment
Area 32 bh
h

A 32 bh

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Inscribed Circle of a Triangle

A 21 ra 21 rb 21 rc
c

21 r (a b c )

a
r

A rs
b

A
r

where s 21 (a b c )

s(s a)(s b)(s c )

s
where

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s 21 (a b c )

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Circumscribed Circle of a Triangle

sin

b
R

a
2

1
A b(sin )c
2

1 a
A b
c

2 2R

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Circumscribed Circle of a Triangle

abc
A
4R

b
R

R
a

abc
abc
R

4 A 4 s(s a)(s b)(s c )

where s 21 (a b c )

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