SOLUTION: A circle of radius 1, and corresponding inscribed and circumscribed polygons with the number of sides n = 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. For each n = 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8, what are the areas of the

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Question 557016: A circle of radius 1, and corresponding inscribed and circumscribed polygons with the number of sides n = 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. For each n = 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8, what are the areas of the inscribed and circumscribed polygons with n sides?
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For an inscribed -gon, where the circle radius is , the formula is



For the circumscribed -gons:



For your problem, in all cases. Just start plugging in your values for and do the arithmetic.


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