document.write( "Question 207079: How would you find the area of a regular octagon whose side length is 4.7 in. and the apothem is 6.5 in. please help \n" ); document.write( "

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is the number of sides,

is the measure of one side, and

is the measure of the apothem (i.e., the radius of the inscribed circle).\r
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