public int compareTo(Shape shape) {
		/*We will need to call the getArea method to calculate the area for our Shape. The getArea method takes in PortablePixMap object 
		 * so we will create one before calling on the getArea method. After getting the area for both shapes we can compare them successfully. 
		 */
		//We will create PortablePixMap of a fixed value this won't matter as it will be similar if the pixMap size was arbitrary.
		PortablePixmap ppm = new PortablePixmap (100, 100);//<--We will create a PortablePixMap of this size
		//Then we will want to get area for each of our shape and then get the difference
		double areaDifference = this.getArea(ppm) - shape.getArea(ppm);//<--this will calculate the difference of our areas
		//Lastly, we will need to convert our difference into an int
		int result = (int) areaDifference * 10000000;//<--this will convert our difference for the two shapes and convert it into an int, precision of double comparison to .0000001.
		return result;//We will return this result of our comparison
	}//end of compareTo method