Formula Reference Sheet Shape

Triangle Rectangle

Formulas for Area (A) and Circumference (C)

A 2 bh 2 base height A lw length width A 2 (b1 + b2)h 2 sum of bases height A bh base height A r2 square of radius C 2r 2 radius C d diameter
1 1

Trapezoid

Parallelogram

Circle

Figure
Rectangular Prism

Formulas for Volume (V) and Surface Area (SA)

SV lwh length width height SA 2lw 2hw 2lh 2(length width) 2(height width) 2(length height)

General Prisms Right Circular Cylinder

SV Bh area of base height SA sum of the areas of the faces SV Bh = area of base height SA 2B Ch (2 area of base) (circumference height) SV 3 Bh 3 area of base height SA B 2 Pl 1 area of base ( 2 perimeter of base slant height)
1 1 1

Square Pyramid

Right Circular Cone

SV 3 Bh 3 area of base height SA B 2 Cl area of base ( 2 circumference slant height)

1 1

Sphere

SV 3 r3 3 cube of radius SA 4r2 4 square of radius

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Equations of a Line
Standard Form: A x By C where A and B are not both zero Slope-Intercept Form: y mx b or y b mx where m slope and b y-intercept Point-Slope Form: y y1 m(x x1) where m slope, (x1, y1) point on line

Coordinate Geometry Formulas

Let (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) be two points in the plane.

y2 y1 slope x x where x2 2 1

x1

x1 + x 2 y 1 + y 2 , midpoint 2 2

distance

(x2 x1)2 + (y2 y1)2

Distance Traveled
d rt distance rate time

Polygon Angle Formulas

Sum of degree measures of the interior angles of a polygon: 180(n 2) Degree measure of an interior angle of a regular polygon:
180(n 2) n where n is the number of sides of the polygon

Simple Interest
I prt interest principal interest rate time

Formulas for Right Triangles

B c A b a C

Special Triangles

Pythagorean Theorem: a2 b2 c2
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sin A = a c = cos A = b c =

opposite hypotenuse adjacent hypotenuse

2a

45
a 3

opposite tan A = a = adjacent b

a 2 45

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