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If gabby wants to make a regular octagon with a side length of 20 inches using wire ,How much wire does she need?Justify your reasoning with an explanation of whether perimeter is proportional to the side length.

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Answer: She Will Need 160 Inches Of Wire.

Step-by-step explanation: 20x8=160

The amount of wire needed is the perimeter of the octagon formed. Therefore, the wire needed is 160 inches.

What is an octagon?

An octagon is a polygon with 8 sides.

A regular octagon has all its sides equal to each other.

Therefore,

If each side of the regular octagon is 20 inches. The length of the wire needed is as follows:

length of wire = 20 × 8 = 160 inches

Therefore, the length of wire needed for the regular octagon is the perimeter of the octagon.

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