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find the area of a circle cirbumscribed about a regular octagon with a perimeter of 80 inches. 

 Jun 2, 2015

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Length of one side of the octagon must be 80/8 = 10 inches.

 

Angle of one side subtended at the centre = 360°/8 = 45°

 

Length of side of isosceles triangle formed by lines from centre to one side of the octagon = 5/sin(45/2°) inches.  This is also the radius of the circumscribed circle, so:

 

Area of circle = pi*(5/sin(22.5°))2  in2

 

Area=π×(5sin360(22.5))2Area=536.3034122671492535

 

Area ≈ 536.3 in2

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 Jun 3, 2015
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Length of one side of the octagon must be 80/8 = 10 inches.

 

Angle of one side subtended at the centre = 360°/8 = 45°

 

Length of side of isosceles triangle formed by lines from centre to one side of the octagon = 5/sin(45/2°) inches.  This is also the radius of the circumscribed circle, so:

 

Area of circle = pi*(5/sin(22.5°))2  in2

 

Area=π×(5sin360(22.5))2Area=536.3034122671492535

 

Area ≈ 536.3 in2

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Alan Jun 3, 2015

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