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octagon with radius of 1.4m calculate the width of each side

 Jun 21, 2014

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Consider the octagon to be made up of 8 triangles each of which look like the image below:

oct

Angle β is (180-45)/2 = 67.5°

Use the sin rule to get s

s/sin(45°) = 1.4/sin(67.5°)

s=1.4×sin360(45)sin360(67.5)s=1.0715136106232696 

s ≈ 1.07m

 Jun 21, 2014
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Best Answer

Consider the octagon to be made up of 8 triangles each of which look like the image below:

oct

Angle β is (180-45)/2 = 67.5°

Use the sin rule to get s

s/sin(45°) = 1.4/sin(67.5°)

s=1.4×sin360(45)sin360(67.5)s=1.0715136106232696 

s ≈ 1.07m

Alan Jun 21, 2014

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