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I am making a seven sided regular polygon, each side has a measurement of 30 yd.
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document.write( "Each interior angle using formula \"%28%28n-2%29%2A%22180%B0%22%29%2Fn\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"%28%287-2%29%2A%22180%B0%22%29%2F7\"\"128%264%2F7\"°.  In the second figure that angle is divided\r\n" );
document.write( "in half so it's \"64%262%2F7\"°.  The 30 yd is also divided in half, so each\r\n" );
document.write( "is 15 yd.\r\n" );
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document.write( "By the right triangle on the left,\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"tan%2864%262%2F7%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"h%2F15\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"15%2Atan%2864%262%2F7%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"h\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the area of each of these 7 isosceles triangles\r\n" );
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document.write( "is found by the formula \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"A=expr%281%2F2%29bh=expr%281%2F2%29%2830%29%2815%2Atan%2864%262%2F7%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "We multiply that by 7 and get\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"7%2Aexpr%281%2F2%29%2830%29%2815%2Atan%2864%262%2F7%29%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"matrix%281%2C3%2C3270.5212%2Csquare%2Cyards%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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