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hellow my name is levi
I am a parent
i guess the level is probobally 10-12
  my question is 

 I'm building an octagon playhouse for my son that is 8 feet wide.
what would be the measurements of eachof the eight sides.
                        thank you for your time levi

 

 

Hi Levi,

Earlier this year we got a question from Kay who was working on a stain glass project that is on a 4 foot across octagonal window. She wanted to know the lengths of the sides. Penny did the calculation and got sides of length 1 foot 7 and 7/8 inches. Your son's playhouse is twice as wide as Kay's window. Will the sides be twice as long? longer?, shorter? Guess before you look at the answer.

Harley

 
 

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