SOLUTION: If length of one side of a regular polygon is 25% of its perimeter, then polygon has how many sides?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 8 (e) 25
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Question 339844: If length of one side of a regular polygon is 25% of its perimeter, then polygon has how many sides?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 8 (e) 25
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, solver91311:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"If length of one side of a regular polygon is 25% of its perimeter", then . Divide both sides by 0.25 to get and simplify to get . Since this is the formula for the perimeter of a square, this means that the polygon has 4 sides.
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Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Divide 25% of the perimeter into 100% of the perimeter, which is to say divide 1 by 0.25 -- which has the same answer as the question: "How many quarters (25-cent pieces) in one dollar?"
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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