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Graphical Reasoning Consider an n-sided regular polygon inscribed in a circle of radius r. Join the vertices of the polygon to the center of the circle, forming nn congruent triangles.
Let AnA_n be the sum of the areas of the nn triangles. Find limnAn\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} A_{n^{-}}

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We know that the central angle θ\theta in terms of nn is

θ=2πn\begin{aligned} \theta&=\frac{2\pi}{n} \end{aligned}

and the area of each triangle is

A=12r2sinθ\begin{aligned} A&=\frac{1}{2}r^2\sin \theta\\ \end{aligned}

Now, we can find the sum of the areas of the nn triangles and the limit of AnA_n as nn \to \infty.

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