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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can someone please explain how the formula for the area of a regular polygon is derived from that of a triangle.

OpenStudy (shubhamsrg):

any polygon can be divided into sets of various triangles..so ultimately you add the areas of all the triangles to get the area of polygon

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