SOLUTION: hi, i had some problems solving this question: 'how to find the area of a regular and a irregular heptagon' so please can you help me with this problem. thanks a lot!

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Question 91320: hi, i had some problems solving this question: 'how to find the area of a regular and a irregular heptagon'
so please can you help me with this problem.
thanks a lot!
Answer by mathispowerful(115) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I don't think there is a fixed formula to calculate the irregular shape.
But the following "divide and conquer" approach will work.
Divide heptagon into 5 triangles, calculate the area of these triangles and add them together.


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