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

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

  1. Find the slant height of the pyramid
  2. Find the apothem of the polygon
  3. Find the perimeter of the polygon
  4. Calculate the base area of the pyramid
  5. Calculate the lateral area of the pyramid
  6. Add the base area and lateral area to get the total surface area

Here's the Swift code to implement these calculations:

main.swift
let n = 6 // number of sides of the polygon
let r = 5.0 // radius of the inscribed circle
let l = 10.0 // slant height of the pyramid

// Calculate the apothem of the polygon
let apothem = r * cos(.pi / Double(n))
// Calculate the perimeter of the polygon
let perimeter = 2.0 * r * sin(.pi / Double(n)) * Double(n)
// Calculate the area of the polygon
let polygonArea = 0.5 * apothem * perimeter * Double(n)
// Calculate the base area of the pyramid
let baseArea = pow(r, 2) * Double(n) * 0.5 / tan(.pi / Double(n))
// Calculate the lateral area of the pyramid
let lateralArea = perimeter * l * 0.5
// Calculate the total surface area of the pyramid
let surfaceArea = baseArea + lateralArea + polygonArea

print(surfaceArea)
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Note that this code assumes that the polygon is a regular polygon with an inscribed circle of radius r. To use this code with a different polygon, you'll need to adjust the values of n and r.

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