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A decagon is circumscribing a circle with a radius of 12 in. What is the length of the side of decagon?

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

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Author:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

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Chapter8: Areas Of Polygons And Circles

Section8.3: Regular Polygons And Area

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A decagon is circumscribing a circle with a radius of 12 in. What is the length of the side of decagon?

Two-dimensional figure measured in terms of radius. It is formed by a set of points that are at a constant or fixed distance from a fixed point in the center of the plane. The parts of the circle are circumference, radius, diameter, chord, tangent, secant, arc of a circle, and segment in a circle.

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