Physics
Describe the method in steps to find the area of an irregular lamina using a graph paper.
Answer
To find the area of an irregular lamina using a graph paper.
- Place the lamina over a graph paper.
- Draw its boundary line on the graph paper with a pencil.
- Remove the lamina.
- Count and note the number of complete squares, half squares and more than half squares within the boundary line. Ignore the squares which are less than half.
The sum of the areas of the number of complete squares and the number of incomplete squares gives the approximate area of the irregular object.
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