Consider a regular n-gon with radius r. Let x be the side length of the n-gon. So, since the central angle is n2π (see diagram below), use the Law of Cosines to find that x2=r2+r2−2r∗rcosn2π, so x2=2r2(1−cosn2π). Thus, x=r21−cosn2π. So, the total perimeter of the n-gon is nx=nr21−cosn2π. Now, if we take limn→∞ of the perimeter, the result will be 2 π n,sincethen−gonapproachesacirle,solimn→∞ n r 21−cosn2π=2π r,andson n r 1 - { c o s } { 2 π } { n =πr2$.
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The limit of the perimeter as n→∞ is πr2.
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