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Explain how the perimeter of a polygon is calculated.

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Multiply the side length by the number of sides to get the perimeter. The formula for finding the perimeter of a regular polygon is just the number of sides x the length of any side. Once you've multiplied those 2 numbers together, you've found the perimeter of the polygon

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