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Is the volume the perimeter or the area?
Neither. -- Perimeter = the distance all the way around it. -- Area = how much of the floor it covers. -- Volume = how much water it can hold.
Does The perimeter of a polygon depends upon the number of sides of the polygon?
No, it does not. You can have a large triangle and a tiny quadrilateral. The first has fewer sides but its perimeter can be much much larger.
Why is area and perimeter useful?
When you are buying a house you will want to know how much you land you have (area) and you will also want know how much fencing you need for you garden (perimeter).
When do you use perimeter?
Perimeter is used when you want to find the length of the sides of an object. A practicle use for perimeter would be knowing how much fencing you need to enclose a certain amount of space, but the length of the fencing would be the perimeter.
What does area and perimeter of a figure refer to?
The perimeter of a field is how far it takes to walk around the edges. The area is how much land it covers. ■
