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Figure 15-18. Estimating the area of an irregular polygon.
Figure 15-19. Spreadsheet to estimate the area of the irregular polygon of Figure 15-1 8.
There are 2000 rows of inside/outside calculation in the spreadsheet.
(folder 'Chapter 15 Examples', workbook 'Inside or Outside Figure', sheet 'Area by Custom Function')
