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Formula for geometrical figures

pi ()=3.1415926535 ...

Perimeter formula
Square
Rectangle
Parallelogram
Triangle
Regular n-polygon
Trapezoid
Trapezoid
Circle
Ellipse

4 side
2 (length + width)
2 (side1 + side2)
side1 + side2 + side3
n side
height (base1 + base2) / 2
base1 + base2 + height [csc(theta1) + csc(theta2)]
2 pi radius
4 radius1 E(k,pi/2)
E(k,pi/2) is the Complete Elliptic Integral of the Second Kind
k = (1/radius1) sqrt(radius12 - radius22)

Area formula
Square
Rectangle
Parallelogram
Triangle
Regular n-polygon
Trapezoid

side2
length width
base height
base height / 2
(1/4) n side2 cot(pi/n)
height (base1 + base2) / 2

Circle
Ellipse

pi radius2
pi radius1 radius2

Cube (surface)
Sphere (surface)
Cylinder (surface of side)

6 side2
4 pi radius2
perimeter of circle height
2 pi radius height
Areas of top and bottom circles + Area of the side
2(pi radius2) + 2 pi radius height
pi radius side
pi2 (radius22 - radius12)

Cylinder (whole surface)


Cone (surface)
Torus (surface)

Volume formula
Cube
Rectangular Prism
Sphere
Ellipsoid
Cylinder
Cone
Pyramid
Torus

side3
side1 side2 side3
(4/3) pi radius3
(4/3) pi radius1 radius2 radius3
pi radius2 height
(1/3) pi radius2 height
(1/3) (base area) height
(1/4) pi2 (r1 + r2) (r1 - r2)2

Source: Spiegel, Murray R. Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables.


Schaum's Outline series in Mathematics. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1968.

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