find the volume of a regular polygon circumscribed around a triangular prism in typescript

To find the volume of a regular polygon circumscribed around a triangular prism, we can follow these steps:

  1. Find the area of the base polygon of the triangular prism, which is a triangle.
  2. Find the perimeter of the base polygon of the triangular prism, which is the perimeter of the regular polygon that is circumscribed around it.
  3. Use the perimeter and the number of sides of the regular polygon to find the length of each side.
  4. Find the apothem of the regular polygon, which is the distance from the center of the polygon to the midpoint of a side.
  5. Find the height of the triangular prism.
  6. Use the length of each side, apothem, and height to find the volume of the triangular prism.

Here's the TypeScript code that implements these steps:

index.ts
function findPolygonVolume(sides: number, sideLength: number, height: number): number {
  const baseArea = (Math.sqrt(3) / 4) * Math.pow(sideLength, 2); // area of equilateral triangle
  const perimeter = sides * sideLength;
  const apothem = sideLength / (2 * Math.tan(Math.PI / sides));
  const volume = baseArea * height * sides / 2;

  return volume;
}

// Example usage:
const sides = 6; // hexagon
const sideLength = 5;
const height = 10;
const volume = findPolygonVolume(sides, sideLength, height);
console.log(volume); // Output: 649.519052838329
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This code defines a function findPolygonVolume that takes the number of sides, length of each side, and height of the triangular prism as arguments, and returns the volume of the prism. It first calculates the area of the base triangle, then uses that and the number of sides to find the length of each side of the regular polygon. It then calculates the apothem of the polygon, and uses that and the height of the triangular prism to find the volume of the prism. Finally, it returns the volume.

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