Bob has a sign shop that has been contracted to make stop signs for the city. The contract states that the city is paying Bob for total square inches, 10 in. so he needs to know the area of his signs. His daughter has learned in school that the equation for the area of a regular polygon is A =pa, ....... . where p is the perimeter and a is the distance to the center of the polygon. Drag the tiles to fill in the missing measurements and find the area of the stop sign (a regular octagon). 32 a = in. 320 10 in. 64 A = in. C

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Bob has a sign shop that has been contracted to make stop signs for the city. The contract states that the city is paying Bob for total square inches,
10 in.
so he needs to know the area of his signs. His daughter has learned in school that the equation for the area of a regular polygon is A = pa,
.... .
where p is the perimeter and a is the distance to the center of the polygon.
Drag the tiles to fill in the missing measurements and find the area of the stop sign (a regular octagon).
32
a =
in.
320 10
in.
.........
64
A =
2
in.
Transcribed Image Text:8 in. Bob has a sign shop that has been contracted to make stop signs for the city. The contract states that the city is paying Bob for total square inches, 10 in. so he needs to know the area of his signs. His daughter has learned in school that the equation for the area of a regular polygon is A = pa, .... . where p is the perimeter and a is the distance to the center of the polygon. Drag the tiles to fill in the missing measurements and find the area of the stop sign (a regular octagon). 32 a = in. 320 10 in. ......... 64 A = 2 in.
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