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Formula for areas of geometrical figures

pi (π)=3.1415926535 ...

Area formula for 2D shapes
ShapeFormula
Circlepi × radius2
Squareside2
Rectanglelength × width
Parallelogrambase × height
Trianglebase × height / 2
Regular n-polygon(1/4) × n × side2 × cot(pi/n)
Trapezoidheight × (base1 + base2) / 2
Ellipsepi × radius1 × radius2

Source: Spiegel, Murray R. Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables.
Schaum's Outline series in Mathematics. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1968.