INSCRIBED POLYGON:
POLYGON WITHIN A CIRCLE
CIRCUMSCRIBED POLYGON:
Where:
r = radius of circumscribed circle
n = number of sides
INSCRIBED AND CIRCUMSCRIBED REGULAR
PARTS OF CIRCLE
Circumference = 2 • π • radius = π • diameter
Circle Area = π • r² = ¼ • π • d²
A polygon is inscribed in a circle if all its vertices are points on the circle
and all sides are included within the circle .
A polygon is circumscribed in a circle , if its vertices are outside the
circle and its sides are tangent to the circle.
The radius of the inscribed polygon is also the radius of the circumscribed circle.
The circumscribed polygon intersects at the midpoint of each side to the inscribed circle.
The center of the inscribed circle is equidistant from all sides of the circumscribed polygon.
The apothem of the circumscribed polygon is the radius of the inscribed circle.