1994 AHSME Problems/Problem 18
Problem
Triangle is inscribed in a circle, and . If and are adjacent vertices of a regular polygon of sides inscribed in this circle, then
Solution
We solve for as follows: That means that minor arc has measure . We can fit a maximum of of these arcs in the circle.
--Solution by TheMaskedMagician
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