Archive for January, 2012

What is the difference between a conformal map and an equal area map?

What is the difference between a conformal map and an equal area map?
The Earth is a sphere, while a map is flat. Making a map will therefore introduce distortions, but the map maker can choose the kind of distortion.
In conformal maps and equal area maps the distortion is chosen differently. In a conformal map the [...]

What is the Surface Area Formula of a 3 Dimensional Rectangle?

I need this for a Larger Problem, but I forgot what this is. The problem is easy if I have this Formula. Can someone give it to me?
It is the sum of all its faces area , and since you have rectangle , there are 6 faces
just simply compute them and add them up
and if [...]

How do you find the area of triangle?

I know area of a triangle equals 1/2 base*height. But is is, Base times Heighf FIRST, then halve it, or is it half of the base first, then times the height?
That statement was a bit confusing, so here’s a second one in case you don’t understand the first one:
When finding the area of a [...]

How to derive the formula area of triangle=(1/2)bh?

It don’t want a derivation related to rectangle or parllelogram because its the most basic formula and even the area of rectangle was derived from this formula. So I want a real basic derivation.
It can be derived using integration
consider a line of length dl and having a small thickness dx
the triangle can be assumed [...]