SOLUTION: Regular octagon ABCDEFGH has a side length of 2cm. Find the area of square ACEG

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Question 1179702: Regular octagon ABCDEFGH has a side length of
2cm. Find the area of square ACEG

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let the side of square be
the area

since < (interior angle of the octagon) is °, we can use cosine formula to calculate



....write as a

............







=> the area


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