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Find the perimeter and area of the regular polygon. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Find the perimeter and area of the regular polygon. Round your answer to the nearest-example-1
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Answer:

Explanation:

The given polygon is a square. To determine the apotherm which is the perpendicular line from the midpoint of the square, we would apply Pythagoras theorem which is expressed as

Hypotenuse² = opposite side² + adjacent side²

Let a represent the apotherm

Apotherm = length of each side of the square.

Therefore

8² = a² + a² = 2a²

64 = 2a²

a² = 64/2 = 32

a = √32

The formula for determining the area of a polygon is

Area of polygon is

area = a^2 × n ×tan 180/n

Where n is the number of sides

(n = 4)

Area = √32² × 4 × tan(180/4)

Area = 128 × 1

Area = 128

The formula for determining the perimeter of a regular polygon is

P = 2 × area/apotherm

Perimeter = 2 × 128/√32

Perimeter = 45.3

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