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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A regular octagon has side length 10.9 in. The perimeter of the octagon is 87.2 in cm and the area is 392.4 in2. A second octagon has side lengths equal to 5.45 in. Find the area of the second octagon. Please help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@stgreen do you know this one?

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

When the sides of polygons are related by a scale factor, the areas are related by the square of the scale factor.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I still don't get how to do it

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

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OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

Look at the figure.

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

There are two squares. The square at left with side of 6 cm has an area of 36 cm^2. The square at right with side 3 cm has an area of 9 cm^2. Ok so far?

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