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Perimeter, Area and Volume

O. Perry, Jon Perry

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Abstract

The perimeter of a polygon is the total length of its sides, so that a regular polygon with n sides of length l cm has perimeter nl cm. There is no general formula for the perimeter of irregular polygons but when the dimensions are known the perimeter is easily calculated.

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The perimeter of a polygon is the total length of its sides, so that a regular polygon with n sides of length l cm has perimeter nl cm. There is no general formula for the perimeter of irregular polygons but when the dimensions are known the perimeter is easily calculated.

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The perimeter of a polygon is the total length of its sides, so that a regular polygon with n sides of length l cm has perimeter nl cm. There is no general formula for the perimeter of irregular polygons but when the dimensions are known the perimeter is easily calculated.

Key concepts: Perimeter, Polygon (computer graphics), Mathematics, Rectilinear polygon, Geometry, Volume (thermodynamics), Combinatorics, Regular polygon

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