regular polygons
You need to pick a hot tub fast! Write down ANYTHING you can think of
that could help you find the area of the 6-, 7-, 8-, and 9-sided tubs. No
idea is too crazy. If you run out of space grab some paper. Give yourself
at least 5 minutes, and then come and join our brainstorm results over on
the next page.…
Brain Storm
That’s a pretty table and all, but it looks like
you just ran straight into a DEAD END. Triangles,
squares, and circles are one thing but helloooo—area
of a septagon? We don’t have formulas for the areas
of any of those other shapes. And if we have to
work them out one by one this could take forever. By
tomorrow? Not gonna happen.
It’s a fair point.
On the surface it looks like most of our table is filled
in, but we’re still a long way from choosing that ideal
hot tub.
Time to change our strategy!
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