To find the perimeter of any polygon, we simply add up the lengths of all its sides. Since we are dealing with a regular octagon, each of its eight sides is of equal length.
Let's denote the length of each side as \(\( s \)\), which is given as 3 meters, and the number of sides, \(\( n \)\), of the octagon is 8.
The formula for the perimeter \(\( P \)\) of a polygon is:
\(\[ P = n \times s \]\)
For our octagon with 8 equal sides, each being 3 meters long, we can calculate its perimeter by plugging these values into our formula:
\(\[ P = 8 \times 3 \]\)
Multiplying these together gives us:
\(\[ P = 24 \]\)
Therefore, the perimeter of the regular octagon is 24 meters.
