Texas Instruments TI-84 PLUS Guidebook - Page 328
Computing Areas of Regular N-Sided Polygons
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5. Press r. Notice that although the three graphs defined by Y5 are different, they share the same derivative. Computing Areas of Regular N-Sided Polygons Problem Use the equation solver to store a formula for the area of a regular N-sided polygon, and then solve for each variable, given the other variables. Explore the fact that the limiting case is the area of a circle, pr2. Consider the formula A = NB2 sin(pàN) cos(pàN) for the area of a regular polygon with N sides of equal length and B distance from the center to a vertex. N = 4 sides N = 8 sides N = 12 sides Procedure 1. Press t B to select B:Solver from the MATH menu. Either the equation editor or the interactive solver editor is displayed. If the interactive solver editor is displayed, press } to display the equation editor. 2. Enter the formula as 0=ANNB2sin(p / N)cos(p / N), and then press Í. The interactive solver editor is displayed. 3. Enter N=4 and B=6 to find the area (A) of a square with a distance (B) from center to vertex of 6 centimeters. 4. Press } } to move the cursor onto A, and then press ă \. The solution for A is displayed on the interactive solver editor. Chapter 17: Activities 321