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Area of a Polygon

Using the Shoelace Formula to calculate area of a polygon

As a summary, given the vertices of the polygon , ,, , the area of a polygon is given by this formula:



where the products taken in the directionare given positive signs, and products taken in the directionare given negative signs. E.g. for a polygon with three vertices , the area of the polygon is

NOTE: this formula only works fine when the vertices are considered in a counterclockwise direction.

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