Homework Help: algebra

Posted by lucy on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 1:09am.

The apothem of a regular polygon is the distance from the center of the polygon to a side. Explain how to derive a formula for the area of a regular polygon using the apothem.

algebra - Henry, Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 7:40pm
A = N((L/2)*a)..

A = Area of polygon.
N = The number of sides.
L = The Length of a side.
a = apothem or height of a triangle.

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