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Question by  Ashaan (50)

How do you find the area of an octogon?

 
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Answer by  Olive (1195)

First, split it up into triangles and then calculate the area of one of the triangles and multiply it by 8, since there are eight identical triangles in your octogon.

 
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Answer by  johnb (21)

The area is 2/3 of the square of the distance between opposite sides if all eight sides are the same length and opposite sides are parallel.

 
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