A circle is circumscribed around a regular octagon with side length 2. The area of the circle can be expressed as , where are integers with square-free.
Find the sum of , , and .
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From the problem, the area of the circle can be expressed as A = π r 2 = ( a + b c ) π , where r 2 = a + b c
Considering one triangle from the octagon and by applying cosine law,
2 2 = r 2 + r 2 − 2 ( r ) ( r ) ( c o s 4 5 )
4 = 2 r 2 − 2 r 2 2 2
4 = r 2 ( 2 − 2 )
r 2 = 2 − 2 4
rationalize the denominator by multiplying the fraction by 2 + 2 2 + 2 , we obtain
r 2 = 4 + 2 2
we can see that a = 4 , b = 2 a n d c = 2
a + b + c = 4 + 2 + 2 = 8