Regular polygons and circles

Weekly Problem 23 - 2008
A triangle has been drawn inside this circle. Can you find the length of the chord it forms?

M is any point on the line AB. Squares of side length AM and MB are constructed and their circumcircles intersect at P (and M). Prove that the lines AD and BE produced pass through P.

Which is a better fit, a square peg in a round hole or a round peg in a square hole?

Straight lines are drawn from each corner of a square to the mid points of the opposite sides. Express the area of the octagon that is formed at the centre as a fraction of the area of the square.

Find the area of the annulus in terms of the length of the chord which is tangent to the inner circle.

An equilateral triangle is sitting on top of a square. What is the radius of the circle that circumscribes this shape?

By inscribing a circle in a square and then a square in a circle find an approximation to pi. By using a hexagon, can you improve on the approximation?

What is the ratio of the area of a square inscribed in a semicircle to the area of the square inscribed in the entire circle?

If you continue the pattern, can you predict what each of the following areas will be? Try to explain your prediction.

The sides of a triangle are 25, 39 and 40 units of length. Find the diameter of the circumscribed circle.