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Area Computations - Theory & Concepts

Methods for calculating land areas, including coordinate method, DMD/DPD, and Trapezoidal/Simpson's rule.

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Area by Coordinates Simulator

Visualize how moving a polygon vertex affects its calculated area.

Point 3 X100.0
Point 3 Y100.0

Results

Area=12∣∑(XiYi+1−YiXi+1)∣\text{Area} = \frac{1}{2} |\sum(X_i Y_{i+1} - Y_i X_{i+1})|
Area=9000.0 sq units\text{Area} = 9000.0 \text{ sq units}
P3(100,100)

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