A hexagon with side lengths not necessarily in that order, is inscribed in a circle. The sum of all possible radii lengths of the circle can be written as where are positive integers such that is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find the value of
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Using the Cosine rule, a side of length 2 0 subtends an angle a = cos − 1 ( 1 − R 2 2 0 0 ) at the centre, while a side of length 1 8 subtends an angle b = cos − 1 ( 1 − R 2 1 6 2 ) at the centre, where R is the radius of the circle. Thus we require that 4 a + 2 b = 2 π , and hence a = 2 1 π − 2 1 b , so that cos a = sin 2 1 b . Thus we deduce that 1 − R 2 2 0 0 R 2 − 9 R − 2 0 0 = R 9 = 0 and hence the only possible value of R > 0 is 2 1 ( 9 + 8 8 1 ) , making the answer 9 + 8 8 1 + 2 = 8 9 2 .