A regular spherical heptagon, having each side as a great circle arc of 6 cm , is drawn on a spherical surface of radius 1 5 cm . What is its interior angle (in degree)?
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Given that,
Number of sides of regular spherical heptagon, n = 7 , arc length of side a = 6 c m , radius of spherical surface, R = 1 5 c m
Now, using HCR's formula for regular spherical polygon
sin ( 2 θ ) cos ( 2 R a ) sec ( n π ) = 1
⟹ θ = 2 sin − 1 ⎝ ⎛ cos ( 2 R a ) sec ( n π ) 1 ⎠ ⎞
Substituting the corresponding values, the interior angle θ of regular spherical heptagon is given as
θ = 2 sin − 1 ⎝ ⎛ cos ( 2 × 1 5 6 ) sec ( 7 π ) 1 ⎠ ⎞ = 2 sin − 1 ⎝ ⎛ cos ( 5 1 ) sec ( 7 π ) 1 ⎠ ⎞ ≈ 1 3 3 . 6 4 6 0 3 8 ∘
Could you provide justification for your formula?
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Here is the justification/geometrical derivation of formula for all the regular spherical polygons
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