????????????????????? "apothem" ??????????????
me thank that be a straenj OBSOLEET-BRIT or maebee a PRETENDT-TU BE BRIT
that yuzeyually meen HITE
but mite be sumthun els
Regular Polygon...make the senter av all stuf the point (0,0), so all stuf go round senter
Yu kan draw inside serkel & outside serkel that hav (0,0) as senter, same as polygon
Draw trinagel from senter tu the horizontal line at bottom=isosaleez trinagel
(2 sides=outside radius...lines gotu korner weer sides tern)
(1/2)hite av polygon =vertikal line from senter av side at bottom up tu senter=INSIDE RADIUS
me wunder wot yer quesshun be
This make 2 identikal rite triangels...angel at top=alfa/2, angel at end av base=beta
(vertikal side=inside radius & diagonal=outside radius)
#### me thank "apothem"=obsoleet pretend no-good Brit for inside radius #####
alfa=360/n (number av sides
beta=(180-alfa)/2
if n=6 (hexagon) alfa=60deg & beta=60deg
inside radius=(side/2)*tan(beta)
for the hexagon with side=1, get inside radius=0.8660254=(1/2)*tan(60 deg)
(tan 60 deg)=1.732050808