Let A 0 , A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , A 5 be a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of a unit radius. Then the product of the lenghts of the line segments A 0 A 1 , A 0 A 2 and A 0 A 4 is
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i guess it is a question asked in iit in 1998
Clearly, each side length of this regular hexagon is unity ⇒ A 0 A 1 = 1 . For the remaining two lengths, let us deploy the Law of Cosines to congruent triangles △ A 0 A 1 A 2 and △ A 0 A 4 A 5 :
( A 0 A 2 ) 2 = ( A 0 A 4 ) 2 = ( A 0 A 1 ) 2 + ( A 1 A 2 ) 2 − 2 ⋅ ( A 0 A 1 ) ( A 1 A 2 ) cos ( 2 π / 3 ) = 2 ( 1 2 ) − 2 ( 1 2 ) ( − 2 1 ) = 3 ;
or A 0 A 2 = A 0 A 4 = 3 . Thus, A 0 A 1 ⋅ A 0 A 2 ⋅ A 0 A 4 = 1 ⋅ ( 3 ) 2 = 3 .
Hexagon has six sides..given unit radius..so the length is 6...we then can divide by 2 for each line segment...A0,A1=6/2=3
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We know A 0 A 1 is 1 so we only need to find A 0 A 2 and A 0 A 4 Alt text
We call O the center and M the intersection of A 0 A 2 and O A 1 . A right angled triangle is formed by A 0 M and M A 1 , so by Pythagorean Theorem we can calculate the length of A 0 M :
1 − . 5 2 = . 7 5
So the complete length of A 0 A 2 its 2 . 7 5 that equals to 2 2 × . 7 5 = 3 . Since A 0 A 2 = A 0 A 4 ,our desired number is:
3 × 3 = 3