Problem 45178. An n-sided regular polygon is drawn within a circle whose radius is 'r', what will be the area of the polygon?

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Rafael S.T. Vieira on 5 Sep 2020

This problem needs to have some tolerance to error.

goc3 on 29 Sep 2020

The test suite now contains a tolerance, as well as added test cases, while no longer revealing the solution.

Ramon Villamangca on 25 Dec 2021

Error Message: Unrecognized function or variable 'tolerance'.

Dyuman Joshi on 25 Dec 2021

Test suite has been corrected.

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