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| These formulas provide the basis for mathematically determining the areas of various basic geometric shapes. The area of a figure constitutes the amount of two-dimensional space that the figure occupies. The ancient Egyptians developed rules for determining the areas of rectangles, triangles, trapezoids, and circles. | ||||||
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