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27 August, 10:38

A polygon has an area of 225 square meters. If the area is tripled, how does each side length change?

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  1. 27 August, 13:00
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    Let me tell you the process so that you get to the answer

    Remember first that the area of a regular polygon with x sides has each of them a length which can be represented by y

    A = 1/4 * xy^2 * Cot (180/x)

    The purpose is to solve for y, so we get

    y^2 = 4A / (xCot (180/x))

    y = √ (4A / (xCot (180/x)))

    The thing we need to change is A in the previous formula and with that we can use the equaation to be a constant. This could be represented by Z

    Z = √ (4 / (xCot (180/x)))

    so

    Y = Z√A

    If we increase area by a factor s, y increases by a factor of √x.

    So if you want to know the triple then you need to increase it by √3
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