What is the area of a regular nonagon with a radius of 14 in.?
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The nonagon, polygon with 9 sides, can be divided in 9 triangles which area is
ac/2
a is the apothem et c the side
Center's angle is 360°/9=40°
as a/14=cos 20°, and (c/2)/14=sin 20°
ac/2=1414sin 20°cos 20°=147sin40°=98sin 40°=62,993185...
Area of the nonagon is 998sin 40°=882*sin 40°=566,93867... (in²)
The area of a regular nonagon is \(567 \ in^{2}\).
To understand the calculations, check below
A nonagon contains 9 straight sides and 9 vertices connecting these sides. The sum of all the interior angles of a nonagon is equal to 1260 degrees.
The below-attached figure shows the shape of a nonagon that has 9 sides.
Angle for regular nonagon\(=\frac{360^{\circ}-40^{\circ}}{9}\)
\(\therefore\)Area of \(\bigtriangleup\) OAB\(=\frac{1}{2}\times14\times14\times sin40\)
\(=62.99 \ in^{2}\)
Since there are 9 such triangles in a nonagon.
Total area\(=9\times62.99 \ in^{2}\)
\(=567 \ in^{2}\)
Below-attached is the diagram of \(\bigtriangleup\) OAB.
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