Count the sides on a standard stop sign, subtract the number of sides on a square, and multiply the result by the number of corners on a triangle. What is the answer?
12
An octagon has 8 sides. Subtracting a square's 4 sides gives 4. Multiplying 4 by a triangle's 3 corners gives 12.
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