find the surface area of a regular polygon inscribed in a pyramid in javascript

To find the surface area of a regular polygon inscribed in a pyramid, we need to follow these steps:

  1. Find the height of the pyramid.
  2. Find the perimeter of the base of the pyramid, which is the same as the perimeter of the inscribed polygon.
  3. Find the apothem of the inscribed polygon.
  4. Find the slant height of the pyramid.
  5. Use the formula to find the surface area of the pyramid.

Here's the code to do that:

index.tsx
// Define the number of sides of the polygon and the side length
const numSides = 6; // for hexagon
const sideLength = 5;

// Calculate the interior angle of the polygon
const intAngle = (numSides - 2) * Math.PI / numSides;

// Calculate the apothem of the polygon
const apothem = sideLength / (2 * Math.tan(Math.PI / numSides));

// Calculate the perimeter of the polygon
const perimeter = numSides * sideLength;

// Set the height and slant height of the pyramid
const height = 10;
const slantHeight = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(height, 2) + Math.pow(apothem, 2));

// Calculate the surface area of the pyramid
const baseArea = 0.5 * perimeter * apothem;
const lateralArea = perimeter * slantHeight / 2;
const totalArea = baseArea + lateralArea;

console.log('Surface area:', totalArea);
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This code assumes the pyramid is a regular pyramid with a regular polygon base inscribed in it.

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