How to use the Trapezoidal rule to estimate irregular land area in surveying (with example)
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The trapezoidal rule is another method surveyors use to estimate the area of highly irregular areas such as lakes, ponds and parks. This involves "fitting" trapeziums to the irregular area in such as way that we can estimate the area by then calculating the area of the fitted trapeziums.
