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Finding area inside a closed curve of a XY graph ?

My aim is the calculus of the area inside a closed curve of a XY graph. Could you send me the VI's diagram ?
Thank you very much.
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I don't think anyone in this forum will do your work for you ;-), but here's a hint: For every two consecutive points, calculate the area of the trapezoid generated by the two points and the corresponding points on the X axis. Add up the (signed) areas, and you have your total area. By signed, I mean that that the area should be positive when going from left to right and negative when going from right to left, or vice versa. The sign of the calculated area will depend on the orientation of your curve.

Probably some of the integration VIs can do the trick as well, at least for some special cases.
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Thank your much Mr Martin Manscher. I am médicine doctor with very poor knowledge in engineery. Your answer is very helpfull for me.
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Its old but math never ages...
Trapezoidal Numerical Integration
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