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Area of Regular Polygons

This document provides instructions on calculating the area of regular polygons and circles. It defines key terms like apothem and provides the formulas to calculate area of regular polygons using apothem and perimeter. Examples are given to calculate the area of different regular polygons like squares, triangles, hexagons, etc. Homework problems at the end ask the reader to use the formulas and concepts to find the areas of various regular polygons and circles.

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Area of Regular Polygons

This document provides instructions on calculating the area of regular polygons and circles. It defines key terms like apothem and provides the formulas to calculate area of regular polygons using apothem and perimeter. Examples are given to calculate the area of different regular polygons like squares, triangles, hexagons, etc. Homework problems at the end ask the reader to use the formulas and concepts to find the areas of various regular polygons and circles.

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Area of Regular Polygons

Objectives Examples
• Find the area of regular polygons Find the apothem, area, and perimeter of each
• Find the area of circles regular polygon. Round your answers to the nearest
tenth.
Notes
1.
In a regular polygon, a segment drawn from the
center of the polygon perpendicular to a side of the
polygon is called an apothem.

2.

Area of a Regular Polygon 3.


For area A and perimeter P, and apothem a,
1
A= Pa
2

Area of a Circle
4.
For area A and radius r ,
A = π r2

Helpful Trig Functions


5.
opposite
sin θ =
hypotenuse

adjacent
cos θ =
hypotenuse 6.

opposite
tan θ =
adjacent

7.

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Examples
Find the area of each regular polygon. Round your
answers to the nearest tenth.

8. An octagon with an apothem 4.8 centimeters long


and a side 4 centimeters long.

Homework
Area of Regular Polygons
9. A square with a side 24 centimeters long and an
Find the area of each regular polygon. Round apothem 12 inches long.
your answers to the nearest tenth.
1. Square with apothem length of 12 centimeters.
2. Triangle with side length of 15.5 inches.
3. Square with perimeter of 84 2 meters.
4. Hexagon with perimeter of 60 feet. 10. A hexagon with a side 23.1 meters long and an
5. Octagon with side length of 10 kilometers. apothem 20.0 meters long.
6. Hexagon with apothem length of 24 inches.
Find the circumference and area of circles with
the given radius.
7. 34 meters 8. 8.5 centimeters
9. 15 millimeters 10. 10.25 inches 11. A pentagon with an apothem 316.6 millimeters
1 3 long and a side 460 millimeters long.
11. 5 feet 12. 21 centimeters
3 4
Find the area of each shaded region. Assume
that ll polygons are regular. Round your answers
to the nearest tenth.
13. 14. 12. A hexagon with an apothem of 5 3 cm.

13. A pentagon with a perimeter of 54.49 meters


and an apothem of 7.5 meters.
15. 16.

Find the area of each shaded region. Assume that ll


polygons are regular. Round your answers to the
nearest tenth.
17. 18. 14. 15.

Factor each trinomial.


19. x 2 + 3 x − 54 20. x 2 − 7 x − 30

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