Question

Find the area of this regular polygon. Round to the nearest tenth. 8.65 mm [? ]mm2

Answer 1

Answer:

Actually it's not polygon. it's a nonagon. With r=8.65mm″, the law of cosines gives us side a:

a=√{b²+c²−2bc×cos40°}

a=√{149.645−149.645cos40°}

Area Nonagon = (9/4)a²cos40°

=9/4[149.645−149.645cos40°]cot20°

=336.70125[1−cos(40°)]cot(20°)

Applying an identity for the cos(40°) does not get us very far…

= 336.70125[1−(cos2(20°)−1)]cot(20°)

= 336.70125[2−cos2(20°)]cot(20°)

= 336.70125[2−(1−sin2(20°))]cot(20°)

= 336.70125[1+sin2(20°)]cos(20°)sin(20°)

= 336.70125[cot(20°)+sin(20°)cos(20°)]mm²