Let A 1 , A 2 , A 3 ,....... A n be vertices of n sided regular polygon, such that A 1 A 2 1 = A 1 A 3 1 + A 1 A 4 1 . Find the value of n.
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W L O G l e t n − g o n b e i n s c r i b e i n a n u n i t c i r c l e . L e t n 3 6 0 o = 2 X o , w h e r e n i s t h e n u m b e r o f s i d e s . ∴ A 1 A 2 = S i n X , A 1 A 3 = S i n 2 X = 2 s i n X ∗ C o s X , A 1 A 4 = S i n 3 X = − 4 S i n 3 X + 3 S i n X = 1 − 4 C o s 3 X A 1 A 2 1 = A 1 A 3 1 + A 1 A 4 1 ⟹ S i n X 1 = 2 S i n X C o s X 1 + S i n X ( 1 − 4 C o s 2 X ) 1 S i n X = 0 , ∴ m u l t i p l y i n g b y S i n X , a n d s i m p l i f y i n g w e g e t 8 ∗ C o s 3 X − 4 C o s 2 X − 4 C o s X + 1 = 0 . S o l v i n g t h i s c u b i c a n d s e l e c t i n g t h e r e l e v a n t r o o t C o s X = 0 . 9 0 0 9 6 8 8 6 . ⟹ X = 2 5 . 7 1 4 2 8 6 7 6 . ∴ n = 2 ∗ 2 5 . 7 1 4 2 8 6 7 6 3 6 0 = 6 . 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 1 . S o n = 7 )
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If R is the radius of the circumscribed circle, then A 1 A 2 = 2 R sin ( 2 n 3 6 0 ∘ ) , \ A 1 A 3 = 2 R sin ( 2 ⋅ 2 n 3 6 0 ∘ ) , \ A 1 A 4 = 2 R sin ( 3 ⋅ 2 n 3 6 0 ∘ ) . We simplify this by writing θ = 3 6 0 ∘ / 2 n = 1 8 0 ∘ .
sin θ 1 = sin 2 θ 1 + sin 3 θ 1 ; s 1 = 2 s c 1 + 4 s c 2 − s 1 ; s = sin θ , c = cos θ 1 = 2 c 1 + 4 c 2 − 1 1 = 2 c + 4 c 2 − 1 2 c ( 4 c 2 − 1 ) ; 8 c 3 − 4 c 2 − 4 c + 1 = 0 . I solved this numerically and found c = cos θ = 0 . 9 0 0 9 6 8 8 7 ; θ = 2 5 7 5 ∘ ; Therefore n = 2 5 7 5 ∘ 1 8 0 ∘ = 7 .