2008 Gauss 8 Problem 2

A regular polygon has perimeter 108 cm and each side has length 12 cm. How many sides does this polygon have?

\textbf{(A)}\ 6\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 7\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 8\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 9\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 10

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