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99% of references ti area are about sizes of countries and planets, so I put part of it in area (geometry), (I will make changes in math part of refs). Tosha

hmmm, well there are a few errors but most recognisable is the - or "minus" before each number. Please note that the - key is a minus not a mear explanation line and there for numbers displayed as -10 cand easily be confused for the actual minus 10 number, not just postive 10.

Contents 1 problems in electrical wire table 2 Surface area 3 The Areas 4 Formulas Table

[edit] problems in electrical wire table

• The numbers for area and diameter do not agree.
• The purpose and use of the table should be explained.
• Does this really belong here, or is there a better place for it?

Gene Nygaard 17:37, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Surface area

Surface area could definently use it's own article. ike9898 01:09, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)

Well, when you've written enough about it so that this article becomes unweildy, and enough to make a distinguishable article here, then maybe we can look into that. Gene Nygaard 01:41, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Surface area of a sphere??--Jaysscholar 21:45, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Areas

Hi. This article is good but needs a few changes. The derivation of the areas are not explained and neither are there any diagrams. It's not user friendly! Plus, there could also be some sums and more information on areas of prisms, pyramids etc.. When I saw this there were only two formulas for the areas under "some useful formulae" , So I've added some more.---Pujita

[edit] Formulas Table

i've alphabetized this table, and took out all the "A"s and "An"s. it seems more user-friendly now.

also, since most human beings looking for the formula for the area of a circle will be looking for "circle", i put a note in the table directing them to see the formula for "disk".

--Brianbarney 02:05, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd rather see this in the old form where the rows are ordered according to complexity as is most common. The table only has eleven entries and does not need to be alphabetized to be useful. I strongly feel that it was better the other way!

As for the circle entry, a circle is not a synonym for a disk. --Swift 10:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

i accept the veto. but maybe you can explain why the area of an enclosed circle has a special name, yet the areas of an enclosed square or triangle do not... as far as i know.

--Brianbarney 07:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm not aware of any other name for the area enclosed square, triangle etc. either.

I cannot, unfortunately, offer any better explanation than that there may simply be a greater need in the English language for a word representing the concept of a disk than the areas of other shapes.

If in need to distinguish the two, you can always result to using square, triangular, etc. -area. --Swift 00:38, 15 August 2006 (UTC)