find the surface area of a regular polygon circumscribed around a sphere in typescript

To find the surface area of a regular polygon circumscribed around a sphere, we need to know the radius of the sphere (denoted as r) and the number of sides of the polygon (denoted as n).

Here is the TypeScript code to calculate the surface area:

index.ts
function surfaceAreaOfRegularPolygonCircumscribedAroundSphere(r: number, n: number): number {
  const sideLength = 2 * r * Math.sin(Math.PI / n); // Calculate the length of one side of the polygon
  const polygonArea = (n * Math.pow(sideLength, 2)) / (4 * Math.tan(Math.PI / n)); // Calculate the area of the polygon
  const sphereSurfaceArea = 4 * Math.PI * Math.pow(r, 2); // Calculate the surface area of the sphere
  return polygonArea + sphereSurfaceArea; // Add the polygon area and sphere surface area to get the total surface area
}
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You can use the function by passing in the radius of the sphere and the number of sides of the regular polygon circumscribed around it. The function will return the surface area of the polygon and the sphere combined.

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