FORMULAS FROM GEOMETRY

Triangle Sector of Circular Ring

h
a sin   p
average radius, p
c a
h
1
Area
bh θ w
width of ring, θ
2 b  in radians w
(Law of Cosines)
Area
 pw
c2
a 2  b2  2ab cos 

Right Triangle Ellipse

(Pythagorean Theorem) c
a Area
ab b

a 2  b2 a
c2
a2  b2 Circumference  2
b 2

Equilateral Triangle Cone

3s A
area of base
h
h
2 s s Ah

3s2 h Volume
A
Area
3
4
s

Parallelogram Right Circular Cone

Area
bh h  r 2h h
Volume

3 r
b Lateral Surface Area
r
r2  h2

Trapezoid a Frustum of Right Circular Cone r

h  r2  rR  h R2
Area
a  b h b Volume

s
2 3 h
a R
b h Lateral Surface Area
 sR  r

Circle Right Circular Cylinder r

Area
r2 r Volume
 r 2h

h
Circumference
2  r Lateral Surface Area
2  rh

Sector of Circle Sphere

 in radians 4
Volume
 r 3
r2 s 3 r
Area
θ
2 r
Surface Area
4  r 2
s
r

Circular Ring Wedge

 p
average radius, A
area of upper face, A
r
w
width of ring p w B
area of base
Area
 R 2  r 2 R A
B sec  θ

2 pw B

© Houghton Mifflin Company, Inc.