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Scientists build a fence around an acacia tree. The fence has a perimeter of 192 feet and is

shaped like a regular octagon. How long is one side of the octagon?


I’m so bad at math

Scientists build a fence around an acacia tree. The fence has a perimeter of 192 feet-example-1

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It is 24 feet.

An octagon has 8 sides
192/8=24
One side of the octagon is 24 feet long.

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