SOLUTION: How do you find the area of an n-gon?

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Question 734510: How do you find the area of an n-gon?
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you have a regular polygon (all sides and all angles are equal), then the formula for the area is
1/2 height * perimeter
If you have an irregular polygon then you must know the coordinates of all the vertices.