Find the area of the largest regular pentagon which can be inscribed in a regular heptagon of side length 1. If the pentagon area is , submit .
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I believe this pentagon is the largest which can be inscribed in a heptagon. I found it numerically. It touches the heptagon in four places. It is symmetric about a central axis, O D . G A ∥ I H . It is inclined at 2 0 7 4 ∘ with respect to the heptagon. If someone can prove this is the largest pentagon possible or provide a larger pentagon, I would be most interested. Thanks!
If the side of the heptagon is one, then I H ≈ 1 . 2 3 5 9 3 0 3 9 2 4 and S ≈ 2 . 6 2 8 0 7 0 4 0 8 .