The small triangle is right-angled and so we can use sine, cosine and tangent to find how the side, radius, apothem and "n" are related: sin(/n) = (Side/2) / Radius
Side = 2 Radius sin(/n)
cos(/n) = Apothem / Radius
Apothem = Radius cos(/n)
tan(/n) = (Side/2) / Apothem
Side = 2 Apothem tan(/n)
Area of Polygon = n Apothem2 tan(/n)
If you don't know the Apothem, here is the same formula re-worked for Radius and for Side: Area of Polygon = n Radius2 sin(2 /n) Area of Polygon = n Side2 / tan(/n) The number of diagonals of an n-sided polygon is: n(n 3) / 2