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Geometry Reference Sheet

Formulas

Parallelogram

Area = bh

Prism

Volume = Bh
Surface Area = 2B + Ph

Triangle

1
Area = bh

Right
Cylinder

Volume = r2h
Surface Area = 2r2 + 2rh

Trapezoid

1
Area = h(b
1 + b2)

Sphere

4 3
Volume = r

Surface Area = 4r2

Circle

Area = r2
Circumference = d
or
Circumference = 2r

Right Cone

1 2h
Volume = r
3
Surface Area = r + r2

General
Equations

Ax + By = C
y = mx + b
y y1 = m(x x1)
(x h)2 + (y k)2 = r2

Square
Pyramid

1
Volume = Bh
3
1
Surface Area = P
+B

Pythagorean
Theorem

a2 + b2 = c2

y y
m = x2 x1
2
1

Right
Triangle
Relationships

Slope
Formula
Distance
Formula
Midpoint
Formula

D = (x2 x1)2 + (y2 y1)2

For a line segment with
endpoints (x1, y1) and
(x2, y2) the midpoint is
x1 + x2 , y1 + y2
2
2

Trigonometric
Ratios

30
x

60
x 3

90
2x

45
x

45
x

90
x2

sin A =

opposite
hypotenuse

cos A =

adjacent
hypotenuse

tan A =

opposite
adjacent