Measuring an Object's Area
You can measure the area of any closed polygon that has no
intersecting lines.
1. Select
appears.
2. Select
3. Use the cursor keys (, , , and ) to move to any
vertex on the object, and press the E key. The area
value appears.
Tip
If you have drawn multiple objects on the board, select a point
select a shared point instead, you must use the key to select
that is unique to the object that you want to measure. If you
the object before pressing E.
4. Select the TI
73 list in which you want to store the area
value, or select
Geoboard commands reappear.
5. Press to stop measuring.
TI-73 Geoboard
(press the key). The
MEAS
. The board reappears, with the
Area
QUIT
to discard the value. The main
MEASUREMENT
prompt.
Area
menu
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