The diagram above shows a Reuleaux septagon drawn from a regular septagon with circumradius 1, where arc
A
1
A
2
is drawn from center
A
5
, arc
A
2
A
3
is drawn from center
A
6
, arc
A
3
A
4
is drawn from center
A
7
, and so on.
Find the area of the Reuleaux septagon to 5 decimal places.
Bonus : Generalize this for all Reuleaux n -gon where n is an odd number.
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<A1:O:A2 has two values.
Area of Reuleaux n -gon, when n is an odd positive integer, when R is the circumradius of associated regular n -gon,
2 1 n R 2 ( sin n 2 π + 4 ( 2 n π − sin 2 n π ) × cos 2 2 n π )
Further algebraic simplification may be possible.
Wow, I lost my original working for the "Bonus" question, but I think this expression looks correct.
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Ya it is correct and the most appropriate method.
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∠ A 1 O A 2 = 7 2 π
∠ A 1 A 5 A 2 = 7 π
∠ A 1 O A 2 = 1 4 π
∠ A 1 O A 5 = 7 6 π
Area triangle A 1 O A 5 = 2 1 sin 7 6 π
Length A 1 A 5 = sin 1 4 π sin 7 6 π
Area sector A 1 A 5 A 2 = 2 1 ∠ A 1 A 5 A 2 × ( A 1 A 5 ) 2
Area bounded by radii O A 1 , O A 2 and arclength A 1 A 2 = Area sector A 1 A 5 A 2 - 2 Area triangle A 1 O A 5
= 1 4 π sin 2 7 6 π ÷ sin 2 1 4 π - sin 7 6 π
Area Reuleaux heptagon is 7 × this =2.93488
Check: upper bound π , Lower bound 2 7 sin 7 2 π =2.73641
Similarly for odd Reuleaux n-gon
Area n-gon
= 2 n π sin 2 n ( n − 1 ) π ÷ sin 2 2 n π − sin n ( n − 1 ) π
Sorry about the clunkiness of the typesetting ; I'm a 46 year old LaTeX virgin (no sniggering at the back there). Next time I'll just upload a photo.