Regular polygon area to perimeter ratio!

Geometry Level 3

For any regular polygon of n n sides: A P = R m cos ( π n k ) \dfrac{A}{P} = \dfrac{R}{m}\cos \left(\dfrac{\pi}{n^k}\right) , where A A is the area of the polygon, P P , the perimeter of the polygon, and R R , the distance between the polygon center and any vertex.

What is the value of k + m k+m ?


The answer is 3.

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
May 21, 2018

A n n -sided regular polygon is made up of n n isosceles triangles with the side of polygon as base and equal sides of length R R . The angle between the two equal sides is the central angle of the polygon which is 2 π n \frac {2\pi}n (see figure).

Then, the area of the polygon A A is n n times the area of the triangle A A_\triangle or A = n A = n R 2 sin π n cos π n A = n A_\triangle = n R^2 \sin \frac \pi n \cos \frac \pi n .

The perimeter of the polygon P = 2 n R sin π n P = 2 n R \sin \frac \pi n .

Therefore, A P = n R 2 sin π n cos π n 2 n R sin π n = R 2 cos π n \dfrac AP = \dfrac {n R^2 \sin \frac \pi n \cos \frac \pi n}{2 n R \sin \frac \pi n} = \dfrac R2 \cos \dfrac \pi n . Then k + m = 1 + 2 = 3 k+m = 1+2 = \boxed{3} .

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