SOLUTION: When finding the perimeter of a regular polygon, will you get the same answer if you add each side as when you multiply the length of one side by the total number of sides?? '

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Question 602491: When finding the perimeter of a regular polygon, will you get the same answer if you add each side as when you multiply the length of one side by the total number of sides?? '
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Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
a regular polygon is a polygon where ALL sides are of equal length.
quicker to find the perimeter by simply multiplying that length * number of sides

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