Consider an n-sided regular polygon inscribed in a circle of radius r. Join the vertices of the

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Consider an n-sided regular polygon inscribed in a circle of radius r. Join the vertices of the polygon to the center of the circle, forming n congruent triangles (see figure).(a) Determine the central angle θ in terms of n.(b) Show that the area of each triangle is 1/2 r2 sinθ.(c) Let An be the sum of the areas of the n triangles. Find lim n ∞ An.


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Calculus Of A Single Variable

ISBN: 9781337275361

11th Edition

Authors: Ron Larson, Bruce H. Edwards

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