document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=198627>Question 198627</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the area of a regular octagon with a perimeter of 96 centimeters </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "octagon having 8 sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let side be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perimeter=x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x=8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "according to the problem perimeter=96 centimeters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x=96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=96/8=12 centimeters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "side=12 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area of the octagon=8*area of equiliteral triangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area of an equiliteral triangle=root3/4 *(side^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=root3/4*(12^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "root3/4*(12*12)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=root3*3*12=36*root3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now area of octagon=8*36*root3=288 *root3 cm^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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