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    3/3/2020 Area of a Regular Polygon in a Circle of Radius r

    Area of a Regular Polygon in a Circle of Radius r


    Suppose a regular polygon with n sides is inscribed in a circle of radius r , with the vertices of the polygon touching the circle.
    From the centre of the circle lines are drawn to each vertex, and n triangles are formed. The angle of each triangle at the
    360 1 360
    centre of the circle is , and the area of each triangle is 2
    r sin( ) .
    n 2 n

    n 360
    There are n such triangles, so the area of the polygon is 2
    r sin( ) .
    2 n
    360 2π n 2π
    As the number of sides gets larger sin( ) tends to , so the area of the polygon tends to r
    2
    × = πr
    2
    .
    n n 2 n

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