The area of an n-sided polygon inscribed inside a unit circle is represented by
If and if is the minimum value of such that
then find .
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A n = 2 n sin ( n 2 π ) . A s n t e n d s t o i n f i n i t y , A n t e n d s t o 3 . 1 4 1 . . . S o , ⌊ A n ⌋ = 3 . B u t w h e n d o e s t h i s s t a r t h a p p e n i n g ? S e t A n = 3 a n d w e g e t n ≥ 6 . A l s o n o t i c e t h a t t h e R H S i s r a t i o n a l . S o , w e n e e d t o g e t t h e m i n i m u m v a l u e o f n s u c h t h a t 6 / n i s r a t i o n a l a n d l e s s t h a n 1 . S o , w e g e t n = 1 2 . F o r n ≥ 1 3 , w e h a v e ⌈ A n ⌉ = 4 = ⌈ A 9 9 ⌉ . S o , b = 1 3 a n d a = 3 . a + b = 1 6 .