Q. Planimeter is used to measure:
Answer: Areas
Notes: A planimeter, also known as a platometer, is a measuring instrument used to determine the area of an arbitrary two-dimensional shape. They were once common, but have now largely been replaced by digital tools. The Swiss mathematician Jakob Amsler-Laffon built the first modern planimeter in 1854.

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