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A regular octagon has eight sides of equal length.A stop sign is in the shape of a regular octagon.Find the perimeter of a stop sign with a side length of 12 in. Answer in inches

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Recall that the perimeter of a polygon is the sum of the lengths of each side of the polygon.

Since a regular octagon has 8 sides of equal length, and the stop sign is a regular octagon with a side length of 12 in, then its perimeter is:


\text{Perimeter}=8*12in\text{.}

Simplifying the above result we get:


\text{Perimeter}=96in\text{.}

Answer:


96in\text{.}

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