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Contemporary's GED Mathematics
Jerry Howett


Formulas

AREA of a:
squareArea = side2
rectangleArea = length × width
parallelogramArea = base × height
triangleArea = 1/2 × base × height
trapezoidArea = 1/2 × (base1 + base2) × height
circleArea = p × radius2; p is approximately equal to 3.14.

PERIMETER of a:
squarePerimeter = 4 × side
rectanglePerimeter = 2 × length + 2 × width
trianglePerimeter = side1 + side2 + side3
CIRCUMFERENCE of a circleCircumference = p × diameter; p is approximately equal to 3.14.

VOLUME of a:
cubeVolume = edge3
rectangular solidVolume = length × width × height
square pyramidVolume = 1/3 × (base edge)2 × height
cylinderVolume = p × radius2 × height; p is approximately equal to 3.14.
ConeVolume = 1/3 × p × radius2 × height; p is approximately equal to 3.14.

COORDINATE GEOMETRYdistance between points = <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=jpg::;::/sites/dl/free/0809222329/45404/Formula1.jpg','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif">; (1.0K)</a>; (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are two points in a plane.

slope of a line = <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=jpg::;::/sites/dl/free/0809222329/45404/Formula2.jpg','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif">; (1.0K)</a>; (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are two points on the line.

PYTHAGOREAN RELATIONSHIPa2 + b2 = c2; a and b are legs and c the hypotenuse of a right triangle.

MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCYmean = <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=jpg::,::/sites/dl/free/0809222329/45404/Formula3.jpg','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif">, (1.0K)</a>, where the x's are the values for which a mean is desired, and n is the total number of values for x.

median = the middle value of an odd number of ordered scores, and halfway between the two middle values of an even number of ordered scores.

SIMPLE INTERESTinterest = principal × rate × time
DISTANCEdistance = rate × time
TOTAL COSTtotal cost = (number of units) × (price per unit)