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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the area An of an n-sided regular polygon inscribed in a circle of radius 1.

OpenStudy (tanya123):

A≈3.14

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Consider a square as an example, so \(n=4\) (much easier to draw than a 10+ -gon): |dw:1405401644476:dw| You can cut up the square into triangles and figure out the length of the side and apothem, then use the area formula: \[A=\frac{ap}{2}\] where \(a\) is the apothem and \(p\) is the perimeter.

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