Evaluation of calculation of area of polygon

Area of polygon is given as \[\frac{nR^2}{2}sin(\frac{2\pi }{n})\]

where n is the number of sides of the polygon

and R is the radius of polygon

Example for n=6 and radius R= 2 cm we get area as  10.39 \[cm^2\]

Area of polygon can also be written as \[ nr^2tan(\frac{\pi }{n})\]

where n is the number of sides of polygon

r is the distance from the centre to the line joining the adjacent sides of polygon

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