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Nonagon (Posted on 2004-11-25) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Draw a regular nonagon. If we label the vertices of the polygon sequentially, starting from A, we can draw three line segments: AB, AC, and AE.

Show that AB + AC = AE.

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Solution Here, try this ... | Comment 12 of 13 |

Let AB=1, and center of nonagon O. By Law of Sines, AC of triangle ABC=1.87938...  Circumradius of a nonagon is 1.4619... of the nonagon side. So, by Law of Sines, AE of triangle AOE=2.87938...

Therefore, this shows that AB+AC=AE  since AB=1 plus AC=1.87938... , equals AE=2.87938...


  Posted by CeeAnne on 2004-11-28 18:21:21
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