Year: 2006
Paper: 1
Question Number: 4
Course: LFM Pure
Section: Differentiation
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By sketching on the same axes the graphs of $y=\sin x$ and
$y=x$, show that, for $x>0$:
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\item $x>\sin x\,$;
\item $\dfrac {\sin x} {x} \approx 1$ for small $x$.
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A regular polygon has $n$ sides, and perimeter $P$.
Show that the area of the polygon is
\[
\displaystyle \frac{P^2} { {4n \tan \l\dfrac{ \pi} { n} \r}} \;.
\]
Show by differentiation (treating $n$ as a continuous variable)
that the area of the polygon
increases as $n$ increases with $P$ fixed.
Show also that, for large $n$, the ratio of the
area of the polygon to the
area of the smallest circle which can be drawn around the polygon is approximately $1$.