What would be the area of a regular polygon with a perimeter of 20 feet and an apothem of 3 feet?
February 20th, 2023
##”Area” = 30 ” sq.ft.”##
A regular polygon with ##n## sides can be divided into ##n## sub-triangles each with its center at the center of the polygon.
Given
##color(white)(“XXX”)##An apothem of ##3## feet
and
##color(white)(“XXX”)##a polygon perimeter of ##20## feet.
Each triangle will have an area of
##color(white)(“XXX”)(3xx20/n)/2 ##(sq.ft.)
and
since there are ##n## of these triangles
the total area of the polygon will be
##color(white)(“XXX”)nxx[(3xx20/n)/2]## (sq.ft.)
##color(white)(“XXX”)=cancel(n)xx[(3xx(cancel(20)^10)/cancel(n))/cancel(2)]## (sq.ft.)
##color(white)(“XXX”)=30## sq.ft.
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