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Find the area of the octagon

Find the area of the octagon-example-1

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Answer:

2288 in²

Explanation:

Given the apothem and a side of a regular polygon, the area is ...

A = (1/2)n·s·a . . . . where n is the number of sides, s is the side length, and a is the apothem. Filling in the numbers and doing the arithmetic, we get ...

A = (1/2)(8)(22 in)(26 in) = 2288 in²

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