Exercises: Informal Arguments for Volume and Area Formulas

Grade 10·24 problems·~30 min·Common Core Math - HS Geometry·standard·hsg-gmd-a-1

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A regular polygon is inscribed in a circle. As the number of sides of the polygon increases, what happens to its perimeter?

The perimeter decreases and approaches zero

The perimeter stays the same regardless of the number of sides

The perimeter increases and gets closer to the circumference of the circle

The perimeter increases without bound, far exceeding the circumference