SOLID

MENSURATION
MATH212 – 10:00AM-12:00PM
 SOLID
MESURATION
APPROXIMATION/
COORDINATES
AREA APPROXIMATION
THE AREA OF ANY IRREGULAR PLAN FIGURE CAN BE
FOUND APPROXIMATELY BY DIVIDING IT INTO A NUMBER
OF STRIPS OR PANELS BY A SERIES OF EQUIDISTANT
PARALLEL CHORDS WITH A COMMON DISTANCE.

H 1H 2H H H 5H 6H 7
3 4 HN

DDD

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AREA APPROXIMATION
TRAPEZOIDAL RULE
AREA = [2(

SIMPSON’S ONE THIRD RULE

AREA = [ 2

H 1H 2H H H 5H 6H 7
3 4 HN

DDD

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AREA BY COORDINATES
AREA BY COORDINATES
AREA =

AREA = [ ]

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SAMPLE PROBLEM
DETEMINE THE AREA OF THE POND WITH AN IRREGULAR SHAPE
AS SHOWN IN THE FIGURE.

2.8 M
2.5 M 2.5 M
2.6 M 2.2M
2.2M 2.4 M 1.6 M
1.8 M 2.4 M 1.8 M
1M 2.1M 0.8 M
1.2 M 1M

0.5 M

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SAMPLE PROBLEM
DETEMINE THE AREA OF THE TRAVERSED MEASURED BY A
SURVEYOR WITH A GIVEN COORDINATES.