Area of a Pentagon
Area of a Pentagon
This Demonstration shows that you can calculate the area of a pentagon or any other polygon using triangulation in combination with Heron's formula for the individual triangle areas.
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Permanent Citation
Permanent Citation
Alvaro José Ibarra Rivas
"Area of a Pentagon"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/AreaOfAPentagon/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: March 7, 2011