FORMULAS FROM GEOMETRY

Triangle
h a sin 1 Area bh 2 (Law of Cosines) c2 a2 b2 2ab cos
c h b a

Sector of Circular Ring

p w Area average radius, width of ring, pw
p

in radians

Right Triangle
(Pythagorean Theorem) c2 a2 b2
b c a

Ellipse
Area ab 2 a2 2 b2
a b

Circumference

Equilateral Triangle
h Area 3s 2 3s2 4
s h s s

Cone
area of base Ah Volume 3 A
h A

Parallelogram
Area bh
h b

Right Circular Cone

r 2h 3 Lateral Surface Area Volume
h r

r r

Trapezoid
Area h a 2 b

a h a b h b

Frustum of Right Circular Cone

rR 3 Lateral Surface Area Volume r2 R2 h
h

r s R

sR

r
r h

Circle
Area Circumference r2
r

Right Circular Cylinder

2 r Volume r 2h Lateral Surface Area 2 rh

Sector of Circle
in radians r2 Area 2 s r
s

Sphere
4 3 r 3 Surface Area 4 r 2 Volume
r

Circular Ring
p average radius, w width of ring Area R2 r2 2 pw
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r p R w

Wedge
A B A area of upper face, area of base B sec
A