Area of Plane Shapes

Area is the size of a surface!

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Triangle
Area =
bh
b = base
h = vertical
height
Rectangle
Area = w
h
w = width
h = height
Trapezoid
(US)
Trapezium
(UK)
Area =
(a+b) h
h = vertical
height
Ellipse
Area = ab
Note: h is at right
angles to b:

Square
Area = a2
a = length of side
Parallelogram
Area = b h
b = base
h = vertical height
Circle
Area = r2
Circumference = 2
r
r = radius
Sector
Area = r2
r = radius
= angle in
radians