Question

Find the area of the regular octagon if the apothem is 3 cm and a side is 2.5 cm. Round to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

30cm^2

Explanation:

The apothem is a line segment from the center to the midpoint of one of its sides. You can first divide the octagon into

8

small triangles. Each triangle has an area of

2.5 cm

2x 3 cm =3.75 cm2 then 3.75 cm 2×8=30cm2 is s the total area of the octagon.

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Answer 2

what the person who is asking the question forgot to say is that its one of these answers

A.30cm2
B.55cm2
C.18cm2
D.60cm2

oh and I believe the answer is 30cm2