A regular octagon withside length 4 cm is concentricwith a circle inside, If the area of the circle is equal to the area to the shaded region between the shapes, what is the radius of the circle?
A regular octagon withside length 4 cm is concentricwith a circle inside,
If the area of the circle is equal to the area to the shaded region between the shapes,
what is the radius of the circle?
Let s= octagon side length =4 cmLet a= octagon apothem length
A◯=Aoctagon−A◯2A◯=AoctagonA◯=Aoctagon2
apothem
a=s2⋅tan(90∘−45∘2)a=s2⋅(1+√2)Aoctagon=a⋅s2⋅8=4as=4(s2⋅(1+√2))s=2s2(1+√2)Aoctagon2=s2(1+√2)
Let A◯=πr2
A◯=Aoctagon2πr2=s2(1+√2)r2=s2(1+√2)πr=s√1+√2π|s=4 cmr=4√1+√2πr=4⋅0.87662309134r=3.50649236534r=3.5 cm