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Diagonal Product (Posted on 2005-10-20)

Suppose we have the N vertices of a regular N-gon inscribed in a circle of radius 1. Select one vertex W and draw line segments from W to each of the other N-1 vertices. What is the total product of the lengths of these line segments? (old problem - original author unknown)

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2022-07-02 04:47:09
Solution	Bractals	2005-10-20 17:35:27
Thoughts toward a proof	Charlie	2005-10-20 14:21:02
No proof, but ... (spoiler)	Charlie	2005-10-20 13:54:01

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