The side of a square is a. Find the length of a side of a regular octagon obtained from the square by cutting off its corners.
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Chris, I'm not understanding one part of your explanation.
Each [triangle] will have legs of (1/2)S where S is the side of the square
Are you saying that the length of each leg of the triangles equals half the length of the side of the square?
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NVM....I messed up !!!
