i recall many moons ago.... you can calculate the area of any polygon 4 sides or more by bisecting triangles created by drawing radii from the center to the corners of the polygon, but the exact equation currently escapes my memory....

in theory you could divide 14.96 by 8 ( a regular (equilateral) octogon is eight isosceles triangles connected by a central point) and solve for the area of an isosceles triangle (two side the same) with the odd side measuring 1.76. the angle opposite the 1.76 side will measure 360 divided by 8 (45?)

is the octogon regular or irregular, because you could make any irregular octogon fit those criteria????

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it regular. and i see what your saying. i could kind-of divide it up like a pizza.

thanks
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ahhh. i got it.

then i laughed because i got it.

many, many thanks. im going to send some points your way

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When we did this I had just gotten to the 4th gym in Pokemon Leaf Green. All I did in that class was play Pokemon and I somehow got an A for it!

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nice. i used to play snake and tetris on my calculator in algebra. and this problem wasnt for geometry...... we havent got to octagons in there yet. it was for engineering....................................... .....................

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