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Construct a convex octagon with four right angles. It probably says a lot about me as a teacher that I assign problems like this. I watch as students try to arrange the right angles consecutively.
Depicted above is a regular octagon, the shape of a stop sign. The distance L between two vertices on the octagon is L = 35.4375738925 inches. Find the area A of the entire octagon. First correct ...