Finding the area of any planar polygon can be done in many ways.
If we are dealing with squares or rectangles, this all becomes much easier.
For one moment, let's look at a method that works for any and all planar polygons.It is called the surveyors method. You need to know the points that make up the vertices of the polygonal area.
Here is how it works. The surveyor's formula says if the vertices are
(x1,y1), (x2,y2), ..., (xn,yy), then
Area= A = (1/2)[Det(x1,x2,y1,y2)+Det(x2,x3,y2,y3)+ ... +Det(xn,x1,yn,y1)],
where Det(a,b,c,d) = a*d-b*c.
In the case of a square of length L, the area is L^2
If it is a rectangle of length L and width W, the area is LW.
The perimeter of the square is 4L and the perimeter of the rectangle is
2L+2W.
For any planar polygon, you find the perimeter by just adding the length
of the sides.
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To find the perimeter you add and to find the area we multiply.
Perimeter = 2*Area/Apothem.
you divide the area by four and now you can find the perimeter
Perimeter = 4*Side so that Side = Perimeter/4 Area of a rhombus = Side * Altitude so Altitude = Area/Side = Area/(Perimeter/4) = 4*Area/Perimeter
In general you cannot find the perimeter of any shape if only the area is given.