6 straight lines drawn inside of an octagon will divide the octagon into 8 triangles
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6 straight lines drawn inside of an irregular octagon will produce the desired result
Draw a line from the midpoint of each side of the triangle to opposite corner. All three lines should intersect at the center of the original triangle and six smaller triangles will be formed. There are likely other solutions, but this is the easiest one.
how many triangles are in a eight sided figure
It is: 8-2 = 6 triangles