Use a piece of string that is 60 centimeters long. a. Arrange the string to form an

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Use a piece of string that is 60 centimeters long.

a. Arrange the string to form an equilateral triangle and find the area. Next form a square and find the area. Then do the same for a regular pentagon, a regular hexagon, and a regular decagon. What is happening to the area? 

b. Predict and then find the areas of a regular 60-gon and a regular 120-gon. 

c. Graph the area A as a function of the number of sides n. The graph approaches a limiting value. What shape do you think will have the greatest area? What will that area be?

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Holt McDougal Larson Geometry

ISBN: 9780547315171

1st Edition

Authors: Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff

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