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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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