2003 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 23
Problem
A regular octagon has an area of one square unit. What is the area of the rectangle
?
Solution
Here is an easy way to look at this, where is the perimeter, and
is the apothem:
Area of Octagon: .
Area of Rectangle: .
You can see from this that the octagon's area is twice as large as the rectangle's area is .
See Also
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