Fixed Area and Dynamic Perimeter

Is this true:

If the area of a polygon is constant and the no. of sides is fixed/static, then the most irregular polygon will have the highest perimeter?

I know that a regular polygon with lesser no. of sides will have larger perimeter but wasn’t sure of the above.

Not sure what “most irregular” is supposed to be, but you do have the right idea

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How about this phrasing:
Given a polygon with a fixed area and x sides, the more irregular the polygon, the larger its perimeter will be

What does “the more irregular the polygon” mean? You can just say the perimeter is minimized when the polygon is regular or something of that sort instead

I learnt that an x-sided polygon become more irregular the more it resembles a line or flattened towards a line. I am not sure about whether this interpretation is correct though.

Probably works informally i guess

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