SOLUTION: If a regular octagon has a side-length 1, find the distance between opposite sides.
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Question 252458: If a regular octagon has a side-length 1, find the distance between opposite sides.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if one side is 1 unit
2a^2=1^2
a^2=1/2
a=sqrt(1/2)
distance = 2sqrt(.5)+1
which is twice one leg of the right isosceles triangle with hypotenuse of 1 plus one for the one unit side
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