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  2. From: gjm11@cus.cam.ac.uk (G.J. McCaughan)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.math
  4. Subject: Re: Area of five sided polygon needed
  5. Message-ID: <1992Oct13.022026.22355@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 13 Oct 92 02:20:26 GMT
  7. References: <1992Oct12.200125.826@altair.selu.edu>
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  13. In article <1992Oct12.200125.826@altair.selu.edu> fcs$1224@altair.selu.edu writes:
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  15. > Given a five sided polygon, is there a formula, in terms
  16. > of its sides, for the area?
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  18. Not without further conditions, because the area isn't uniquely determined
  19. by the side lengths. 
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  34. Gareth McCaughan     Dept. of Pure Mathematics & Mathematical Statistics,
  35. gjm11@cus.cam.ac.uk  Cambridge University, England.    [Research student]
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