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Some of the geometric formulas we take for granted today were first derived by methods that anticipate some of the methods of calculus. The Greek mathematician Archimedes (ca. 287—212; BCE) was particularly inventive, using polygons inscribed within circles to approximate the area of the circle as the number of sides of the
We can estimate the area of a circle by computing the area of an inscribed regular polygon. Think of the regular polygon as being made up of n triangles. By taking the limit as the vertex angle of these mangles goes to zero, you can obtain the area of the circle. To see this, carry out the following steps:
2. Using the expressions that you obtained in step 1, express the area of the isosceles triangle in terms of
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