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  • 04-05-2017
  • Mathematics
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How to find the area of a regular polygon

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jasongchase1
jasongchase1 jasongchase1
  • 04-05-2017
You can always find the area from breaking it up into smaller shapes. For example, a hexagon is basically 2 trapezoids. 
Some formulas for different shapes.
Trapezoid: height × (base1 + base2) / 2
Rectangle: length x width
Parallelogram: height x base
Triangle height x base / 2
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ohorowitz
ohorowitz ohorowitz
  • 10-02-2022

Answer:

Area=1/2(ap)

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of a regular polygon is one-half the product of its apothem and its perimeter. Where a denotes the length of an apothem, and p denotes the perimeter.

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