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Find a measure of CBD in octagon ABCDEFGH

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Answer: 22.5 degrees

Start by drawing a hexagon.

Connect segments CBD. We then form an isosceles triangle CBD.

We know triangle CBD is isosceles because a regular octagon has equal sides and angles. With that said, BC = CD, which are both legs in triangle CBD.

Then, we can use the angles formula to solve for angle BCD which is just a regular angle in the octagon.

The formula for an angle in a n-sided polygon is
(180(n-2))/(n) where n is the number of sides.

Plugging "8" into the formula gives us 135 for each angle of the octagon.

Now we know that angle BCD = 135 degrees. We can use the fact that triangle CBD is isosceles so Angle CBD and angle CDB are equal. Let's call angle CBD = x.

We can write:

2x + 135 = 180 as the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees

Subtracting 135 from both sides gives us:

2x = 45

Dividing by 2 on both sides gives us:

x or angle CBD = 22.5

Hope this helps.

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