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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scroogey 14 Dec \ parent \ on: [Not-so-daily puzzle] Purple area science
I think the area of the magenta region is .
Let me know if that's correct, and I'll explain.
If we look at the upper blue region:
The area is the sum of the components:
Adding the same (with instead of ) for the lower blue region:
The apothem formula gives
Simple trig says
Those last four equations solve for , or total area of polygon .
As seen in @0xbitcoiner's drawing, the total area is the sum
Therefore,
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I'm not going to be the one checking those calculations! 😎👍
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Correct, the area of the magenta region equals $10$.
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