An equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle of radius x cm is

drawn. The area of the equilateral triangle is then calculated by first

dividing the equilateral triangle into three identical isosceles triangles.
The area of one of the isosceles triangles, A, is calculated using the
formula:
1
A= ab sin c
2
where a and b are the length of the sides of the triangle and c is the
included angle.
The area of the equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle is then obtained
from the sum of the areas of the three identical isosceles triangles.
A 3=3 A
The process above is repeated for square, regular pentagon and
regular hexagon by dividing these regular polygons into n identical
isosceles triangles, where n is the number of sides of the regular
A 3 , A 4 , A 5 A6
polygons. The pattern of
are noted and the general
form for the area of regular polygon with n sides in a circle,
deduced. From the expression of

of

An
x

An

An
x

An

is

is deduced and the value

when n is large is determined by tabulating the values of n

and the corresponding values of

An
x2

until n approaches infinity. The

results are discussed.

The values of x and
tabulated and the value of

f 1(x)

when x approaches zero are

lim f 1 ( x )
x 0

is deduced from the table. The

process above is repeated for f 2 ( x ) , f 3 ( x )f 4 ( x ) . The pattern of

lim f k ( x )
x 0

when k = 1, 2, 3 and 4 is noted and then the value of

lim f k ( x )

k x
lim
1+
=lim ( 1+kx ) x , the
is deduced. To show that x
x
x 0

x 0

( )

expression

of

k
x

( )

lim 1+

k
x

( )
1+

is expanded using binomial theorem and the value

is determined from the results of the binomial

expansion. Then, the process above is repeated for the expression

1

( 1+kx ) x . From the results obtained, it is shown that

k x
=lim ( 1+kx ) x .
x
x 0

( )

lim 1+

The function

g ( t )=
1

1
dx
x (x+ 1)

is expressed in terms of t by

using the trapezium rule with t-1 strips, 2(t-1) strips and 4(t-1) strips.
In each case, the result is simplified by using the method of differences
and the value of

lim g(t)
t

is determined from the result in each case.

The function g(t) is then evaluated using integration and from the
results of integration, the value of
The results are discussed.

lim g(t)
t

is determined.