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Default Inscribing hexagon in circle

Regarding that business up above about dividing a circle into 3 equal
parts using a square, blah blah blah ... maybe I don't remember my
geometry so well. Checked back in that table I mentioned in "Proven Shop
Tips" for dividing a circle into n equal parts, and sure enough, the
number to multiply the diameter of a circle by to divide into 6 equal
parts is ... exactly 0.5.

So anyone got the proof handy that a hexagon with sides of length s can
be inscribed in a circle whose radius equals s? I have my old algebra
and calculus books, but no geometry.


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