Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 8 - Section 8.3 - Regular Polygons and Area - Exercises - Page 378: 22

Answer

100 $cm^{2}$

Work Step by Step

Given apothem of length 5 cm apothem is the perpendicular distance from the center to the side of the lengths.For square s= 2a As we know the area of the square of side s is A = $s^{2}$ put s = 2a = 2*5 = 10 cm A = $(10)^{2}$ = 100 $cm^{2}$
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