standard_description: Interpret the equation y = mx + b as defining a linear function, whose graph is a straight line; give examples of functions that are not linear. For example, the function A = s2 giving the area of a square as a function of its side length is not linear because its graph contains the points (1,1), (2,4) and (3,9), which are not on a straight line.
problem_activity: Task
Below are pictures of an equilateral triangle, a square, a regular hexagon, and a circle each having
the same perimeter:
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Find the area of the equilateral triangle whose perimeter is $1$ unit.
Find the area of the square whose perimeter is $1$ unit.
Find the area of the regular hexagon whose perimeter is one unit.
Find the area of the circle whose perimeter is $1$ unit.
List the answers to (a), (b), (c) and (d) in increasing size.  How do you think the area of a regular octagon with perimeter $1$ unit would compare to the
triangle, square, hexagon, and circle?


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