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Room Survey: True Area & Diagonal Check

A room is rarely a rectangle. Two widths and a depth in — the true area, the order area, and how far out of square you are.

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Enter both wall widths, the depth and the wall height, then press Calculate.
From the book — Chapter 2. True floor = ½(width A + width B) × depth — the trapezium rule. Order floor = the larger width × depth, because you buy to the largest measurement. Diagonal = √(width² + depth²) from each end.

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