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Let

points be placed on a circle of radius 1 dividing it into

equal arcs. If chords are drawn from one of the points to all of the others, then the product of the lengths of the chords is

This Demonstration is based on:

T. E. Price, "Products of Chord Lengths of an Ellipse," Mathematics Magazine, 75(4), 2002 pp. 300–307.

Contributed by: Jay Warendorff

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A Product of Chord Lengths in a Circle