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Local Mathematical Competitions

Romania geometry

Problem

Given is a regular polygon centered at . On each of the segments , with , lies the point such that Determine the ratio between the area of the polygon and that of .
Solution
In the sequel will represent the area of a triangle . Denote by the area of the polygon . Notice that , since the polygon is given as being regular. Then for each we have as well as since the ratio of the areas of two triangles sharing a same angle is equal to the ratio of the products of the corresponding sides. Therefore denoting by the area of the polygon , we have hence .
Final answer
1/2010

Techniques

Triangle trigonometryTelescoping series