Five in Seven

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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 S S , submit 1 0 6 S \lfloor 10^6S \rfloor .


The answer is 2628070.

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Fletcher Mattox
Apr 3, 2021

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 OD . G A I H GA \parallel IH . It is inclined at 20 4 7 20 \frac{4}{7}^\circ 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 1.2359303924 IH \approx 1.2359303924 and S 2.628070408 S \approx 2.628070408 .

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