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Area of a convex quadrilateral (in trigonometric terms)

Quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides (or edges) and four vertices or corners. The area of a convex quadrilateral can be expressed in trigonometric ... more

Perimeter of a Regular polygon

A regular polygon is a polygon that is equiangular (all angles are equal in measure) and equilateral (all sides have the same length). Regular polygons may ... more

Brahmagupta's formula (area of a cyclic quadrilateral )

In Euclidean geometry, a cyclic quadrilateral or inscribed quadrilateral is a quadrilateral whose vertices all lie on a single circle. This circle is ... more

Area of an Isosceles triangle ( by its sides)

An isosceles triangle is a triangle that has two sides of equal length. The area of the isosceles triangle can be calculated by the lengths of the sides.

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Worksheet 290

Find the terminal velocity of an 85-kg skydiver falling in a spread-eagle position.

Terminal Velocity (without considering buoyancy)
Rectangle area

where Vt is the terminal velocity, m is the mass of the skydiver, g is the acceleration due to gravity, Cd is the drag coefficient, ρ is the density of the fluid through which the object is falling, and A is the projected area of the object.

Reference : OpenStax College,College Physics. OpenStax College. 21 June 2012.
http://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/college-physics
Creative Commons License : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

where h is skydiver height and w the width at “spread-eagle” position

Second moment of area - I-Beam (W-section)

An I-beam, also known as H-beam, W-beam (for “wide flange”), Universal Beam (UB), Rolled Steel Joist (RSJ), or ... more

Regular polygon's side

The calculation of a regular polygon side, according to the radius of the circumscribed circle and the distance from the center of the circle to the side

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Area of an arbitrary triangle (incircle and excircles)

The incircle or inscribed circle of a triangle is the largest circle contained in the triangle; it touches (is tangent to) the three sides. The center of ... more

Area of a regular inscribed n-gon in a unit circle

The area of a regular n-gon with side s inscribed in a unit circle ( unit circle is a circle with radius of one). RESTRICTION: s<2

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Varignon's theorem in statics

Torque, moment or moment of force (see the terminology below) is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis. In addition to the tendency to ... more

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