Finding the Area of Regular Polygons

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William M. Waters Jr. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7801

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The ability to see beyond a given problem and find relationships suggested by the original problem and its extensions or modifications is needed by both teachers and students of mathematics. This ability is difficult to teach, but exposure to examples of such activities provides practice in “thinking mathematics.” This article illustrates one such example.

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