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\[\frac{|(2\cdot5-4\cdot5)+(5\cdot3-5\cdot7)+(7\cdot1-3\cdot4)+(4\cdot3-1\cdot4)+(4\cdot4-3\cdot2)|}{2} = 17/2.\]
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\[\frac{|(2\cdot5-5\cdot4)+(5\cdot3-7\cdot5)+(7\cdot1-4\cdot3)+(4\cdot3-4\cdot1)+(4\cdot4-2\cdot3)|}{2} = 17/2.\]
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The idea in the formula is to go through trapezoids
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whose one side is a side of the polygon,
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@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ all such trapezoids, which yields the formula
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Note that the absolute value of the sum is taken,
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because the value of the sum may be positive or negative
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depending on whether we walk clockwise or counterclockwise
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along the perimeter of the polygon.
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along the boundary of the polygon.
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\subsubsection{Pick's theorem}
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