How Do You Find the Area of a Regular Polygon When You Know the Length of One Side?

How Do You Find the Area of a Regular Polygon When You Know the Length of One Side?

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It might surprise you to learn that all you need to know to find the area of a regular polygon is one side length and the number of sides. It's true! Watch this tutorial to find out how.

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