Areas

Terms:

P: perimeter distance
A: area
r: radius
D: diameter
n: number of sides

Triangles Triangle a h b c θ θ1

h=bsin⁡θ=atan⁡θtan⁡θ1tan⁡θ+tan⁡θ1

A=12ah=12absin⁡θ=a22sin⁡θsin⁡θ1sin⁡θ+sin⁡θ1

s=a+b+c2, then A=s(s−a)(s−b)(s−c)
(Heron’s formula)

P=a+b+a2+b2−2abcos⁡θ=a(1+sin⁡αsin⁡(θ+θ1)+sin⁡θsin⁡(θ+θ1))

Equilateral Triangle Equilateral Triangle a h a θ

h=32a P=3a A=34a2=13h2

Isosceles triangle Isosceles Triangle a h b b θ θ

h=a2tan⁡θ=bsin⁡θ θ=tan-1⁡(2ha)

a=2bcos⁡θ b=h2+a24

A=12b2sin⁡θ

Square

P=4a A=a2

Rectangle

P=2(a+b) A=ab

Trapezoid Trapezoid a h b

A=a+b2h

Regular Polygon

P=na θ=180°(1−2n), peak angle ϕ=180°n, central angle Regular polygon a θ
A=an24tan⁡(πn) a=4Atan⁡(πn)n

if n is even: Lsharps=Lflatscos⁡ϕ a=Lflatstan⁡ϕ

Irregular Polygon

Irregular PolygonArea

Find vertex coordinates, listed in a counter-clockwise order: (x1, y1), (x2, y2), …, (xn, yn). Then:

A=12(x1y2−x2y1+x2y3−x3y2+…+xny1−x1yn)

Circle Circle r

P=πD=2πr A=πr2=πD24

Ellipse

A=πab Ellipse a b

Circumference. No closed formula exists, so we have approximations and series expansions.

h=(a−b)2(a+b)2

P≅π(a+b)(1+3h10+4−3h) (Ramanujan 1914)

P=π(a+b)(1+14h+∑i=2∞((2i−3)!!(2i)!!)2hi) (Bessel 1825)

Hollow circle

Circular Sector Circlular sector r c L θ

L=rθ c=2rsin⁡(θ2) A=12r2θ

Circular Segment

L=rθ

c=2rsin⁡(θ2)=2rptan⁡(12θ)=2r2−rp2=2h(2r−h) Circlular segment r c h L θ

rp=r−h=rcos⁡(12θ)=12ccot⁡(12θ)=124r2−c2

θ=Lr=2cos-1⁡(rpr)=2tan-1⁡(c2rp)=2sin-1⁡(c2r)

A=12r2(θ−sin⁡θ)=12(rL−rpc)=r2cos-1⁡(rpr)−rpr2−rp2=r2cos-1⁡(r−hr)−(r−h)⋅2rh−h2

Elliptical Sector Elliptical sector a b θ0 θ1

A=F⁡(θ1)−F⁡(θ0), where:

F⁡(θ)=ab2(θ−tan-1⁡((b−a)sin⁡(2θ)b2cos2⁡θ+a2sin2⁡θ))