Thursday 9/2

Objective

Generalize a method for finding the area of any regular n-sided polygon.
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Starter

Find the area of an equilateral triangle with side length 10.
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Review Right Triangle Practice Problems

1. One person from each table presents their process for one of the practice problems to the class. 
2. Turn in your practice problems to the turn in bin (completion grade)

TURN IN: I will be grading #4, and #10 from the practice sheet. Due start of class Tuesday 9/7
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White Board Activity

Directions:

1. Create a table with one column as n number of sides, and another column as A area.
2. Find the Area for an equilateral triangle, square, pentagon, and hexagon all with side length 1. Record in your table. 
3. Generalize a method to find the area for any polygon. 
4. Find the formula for the area of any regular n-sided polygon. ​