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A regular polygon with 9 sides (a nonagon) has a perimeter of 72 inches. What is the area of this polygon? Provide mathematical evidence.

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The perimeter of the regular nonagon is 72 inches, the length of each side can be determined as,

[tex]\begin{gathered} P=9s \\ 72=9s \\ s=8\text{ inches} \end{gathered}[/tex]

The diagram can be drawn as,

The value of apopthem a can be determined as, where n is the number of sides,

[tex]\begin{gathered} a=\frac{s}{2\tan (\frac{180^{\circ}}{n})} \\ =\frac{8}{2\tan20^{\circ}} \\ =10.98\text{ in} \end{gathered}[/tex]

The area can be determined as,

[tex]\begin{gathered} A=\frac{P\times a}{2} \\ =\frac{72\text{ inches}\times10.98\text{ inches}}{2} \\ =395.63in^2 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Thus, the required area of the polygon is 395.63 square inches.

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