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document.write( "If the apothem is 12cm, and the perimeter is 81.6, then what is the area of a regular n-gon? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a triangle is one-half the base times the height.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In a regular polygon with n sides, if you picture it as n congruent isosceles triangles, the apothem is the height of each triangle, and the perimeter of the polygon is the sum of the bases of all the triangles.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the area of a regular a regular n-gon with apothem 12 and perimeter 81.6 is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F2%29%2881.6%29%2812%29+=+489.6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F2%29%2881.6%29%2812%29+=+489.6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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