Question

sculpture an artist creates metal sculptures in the shapes of regular octagons. the length of each side of the larger sculpture is 7 inches, and the area of the base of the smaller sculpture is 19.28 square inches. a. what is the length of each side of the smaller sculpture?

Answer 1

2inches

Explanation:

area of an octagon = 2(1+sqr2)x^2 where x is the side length

19.28=2(1+sqr2)(x^2)

x=1.998, which can be rounded up to 2inches