Question

Help Please

Find the following measure for this figure
Apothem = ??

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Answer 1

Apothem = ??

Answer 2

@zimmah any ideas ?

Answer 3

you still need help

Answer 4

yeah

Answer 5

okay so do you know the height of the triangle

Answer 6

honestly, I took a test and this was on it. i never saw it in any of my lessons. so i have no idea how to do it.

Answer 7

and sorry. I think the website went down. @pinnklion23

Answer 8

Does it tell you the radius?

Answer 9

no it did not

Answer 10

yes and you need to know the height of the triangle to do the rest of the problem :)

Answer 11

that was all it gave me

Answer 12

oh wow idk how to find the height of the triangle with only half the base :(

Answer 13

haha i know thats what i ran into also

Answer 14

\(\sf apothem = \dfrac{s}{2 tan(\dfrac{180}{n})}\)

Answer 15

hey i have to run sorry if only i knew the height i could help you through this in a split sorry again hope you find the answer :)

Answer 16

Where 's' is the side length and 'n' is the number of sides.

Answer 17

thanks and no problem Igreen is here to help

Answer 18

\(\sf apothem = \dfrac{8}{2 tan(\dfrac{180}{6})}\)

180 / 6 = ?

Answer 19

30

Answer 20

Yes, now find tan 30 degrees

Answer 21

0.57?

Answer 22

Yep, now multiply by 2.

Answer 23

1.154

Answer 24

Yep, now divide 8 / 1.54

Answer 25

then 6.93 ?

Answer 26

1.154*

Answer 27

Yep, that's our answer.

Answer 28

awesome, thanks again