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    The document provides the solution to a problem about finding the area of a convex octagon inscribed in a circle. The octagon has four consecutive sides of length 3 and four of length 2. The solution repositions the octagon so it has alternating sides of lengths 2 and 3. It then calculates the area by considering the octagon as an (3 + 2√2) × (3 + 2√2) square with right isosceles triangles removed from the corners, giving an area of 13 + 12√2.

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    The document provides the solution to a problem about finding the area of a convex octagon inscribed in a circle. The octagon has four consecutive sides of length 3 and four of length 2. The solution repositions the octagon so it has alternating sides of lengths 2 and 3. It then calculates the area by considering the octagon as an (3 + 2√2) × (3 + 2√2) square with right isosceles triangles removed from the corners, giving an area of 13 + 12√2.

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    The document provides the solution to a problem about finding the area of a convex octagon inscribed in a circle. The octagon has four consecutive sides of length 3 and four of length 2. The solution repositions the octagon so it has alternating sides of lengths 2 and 3. It then calculates the area by considering the octagon as an (3 + 2√2) × (3 + 2√2) square with right isosceles triangles removed from the corners, giving an area of 13 + 12√2.

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    The document provides the solution to a problem about finding the area of a convex octagon inscribed in a circle. The octagon has four consecutive sides of length 3 and four of length 2. The solution repositions the octagon so it has alternating sides of lengths 2 and 3. It then calculates the area by considering the octagon as an (3 + 2√2) × (3 + 2√2) square with right isosceles triangles removed from the corners, giving an area of 13 + 12√2.

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    Problem 10.

    A convex octagon inscribed in a circle has four consecutive sides of length


    3 and four consecutive sides of length 2. Find the area of the octagon.

    Solution. Let r be the radius of the circumscribing circle. The radial lines from the center
    of the circle to the vertices partition the octagon into 8 isosceles triangles, four with sides of
    length r, r and 2 and four with sides r, r and 3. These eight triangles can be repositioned
    make an octagon with alternating sides of length 2 and 3 as shown in the figure below.
    The new octagon has the same area as the original √ octagon, and,√as illustrated below, can
    be constructed by cutting the corners from (3 + 2 2)√× (3 + 2 2) square. Each of the
    removed corners is an isosceles right triangle with side 2. Hence, the area of the octagon
    is √ √
    (3 + 2 2)2 − 4 · 1 = 13 + 12 2.

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