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Heptagon Area

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A=74(s)2cot(π7)
(s)Length of Sides

The Area of a Heptagon calculator computes the area of a regular heptagon, a polygon with 7 equal sides of length (s). /attachments/ae838c49-274e-11e6-9770-bc764e2038f2/Heptagon.png  Regular Heptagon

INSTRUCTIONS: Choose units (e.g. feet or meters) and enter the following:

  • (s) Length of Sides of Heptagon.

Heptagon Area (A): The area is returned in square meters, but can be automatically converted to other units such as square feet or acres via the pull-down menu.

For the Volume of a Heptagon shaped column, CLICK HERE.

The Math

A regular heptagon has seven equal sides and equal angles.  The formula for the area of a heptagon is:

A =7/4•cot(π/7)•s2

where:


Regular Polygon Information

A regular polygon is a geometric shape with three or more straight sides where every side is the same length and every angle between connecting sides are the same angle. Because of the symmetry of the regular polygon, all the vertices of the polygon can be constructed to touch a circle in which the regular polygon is inscribed and all the chords that are polygon sides will then obviously be of equal length .  Likewise, because of the regular polygon's symmetry, a circle constructed to be inscribed in a regular polygon and touching the polygon will touch the regular polygon at the midpoint of the polygon side.  As shown in the pictures, Figure 1 and Figure 2, lines from the regular polygon's vertices to the circle's center form n isosceles triangles of equal area.

The names of polygons vary based on the number of sides as follows:

  • triangle - 3 sides
  • square - 4 sides 
  • pentagon - 5 sides
  • hexagon - 6 sides
  • heptagon - 7 sides
  • octagon - 8 sides
  • nonagon - 9 sides
  • decagon - 10 sides
  • hendecagon - 11 sides
  • dodecagon - 12 sides

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