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Characteristics of regular polygons The length of a circumference and the area of a circle
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This unit is based on the study of the properties of regular polygons, their basic characteristics and the concept of the circle as a regular polygon with an infinite number of sides.
As this unit is aimed at students in their first and second years of secondary education the content is at a very basic, purely constructive level.
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To introduce the concept of regular polygons.
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To work out the perimeter and area of a regular polygon.
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To construct circles from polygons.
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To introduce angles in polygons and circles and how to measure them.
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To work out the approximate value of p .
