Area of a polygon (Coordinate Geometry) A method for finding the area of any polygon when the coordinates of its

vertices are known. First, number the vertices in order, going either clockwise or counter clockwise, starting at any verte!.

"he area is then given by the formula

#here !$ is the ! coordinate of verte! $ and yn is the y coordinate of the nth verte! etc. %otice that the in the last term, the e!pression wraps around back to the first verte! again.