find the volume of a regular polygon inscribed in a triangular prism in ruby

main.rb
def regular_polygon_inscribed_in_triangular_prism(num_sides, side_length, base_width, height)
  # Step 1: calculate the height of the regular polygon
  h = Math.sqrt(height**2 - base_width**2 / 4)

  # Step 2: calculate the area of the base of the regular polygon
  area = (num_sides * side_length**2) / (4 * Math.tan(Math::PI/num_sides))

  # Step 3: calculate the volume of the regular polygon
  volume = area * h

  # return the result
  return volume
end

# Example Usage:
# Find the volume of a regular hexagon inscribed in a triangular prism
num_sides = 6
side_length = 5
base_width = 10
height = 15
result = regular_polygon_inscribed_in_triangular_prism(num_sides, side_length, base_width, height)

puts "The volume of the regular polygon inscribed in the triangular prism is #{result} units cubed."
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main.rb
The volume of the regular polygon inscribed in the triangular prism is 304.1247694813834 units cubed.
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