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octagon

Polygon with eight sides. A regular octagon has all eight sides of equal length, and all eight angles of equal size, 135°.



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[FIGURE 5 OMITTED] See if your students can calculate where to fold the corner squares so that it is a regular octagon.
Moreover, polygons with more sides than the hexagon, such as regular octagons, do better, and polygons with fewer sides, such as squares, do worse.
Viewed from either end, it has the form of a regular octagon.
 
 
 
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