How Do You Find the Area of an Irregular Figure in the Coordinate Plane?

How Do You Find the Area of an Irregular Figure in the Coordinate Plane?

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Finding the area of a composite figure in the coordinate plane is easier than you might think! Follow along with this tutorial to see the process step-by-step.

Keywords:

  • area
  • irregular
  • figure
  • coordinate plane
  • graph
  • composite

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