A regular dodecagon (12-sided regular polygon) is inscribed in a circle of…

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A regular dodecagon (12-sided regular polygon) is inscribed in a circle of radius r cm as shown in the figure. The side of the dodecagon is d cm. All the triangles (numbered 1 to 12) in the figure are used to form squares of side r cm and each numbered triangle is used only once to form a square.

The number of squares that can be formed and the number of triangles required to form each square, respectively are:

Note: The figure shown is representative.

Source regular dodecagon divided into triangles numbered 1 to 12.
  1. A.

    3; 4

  2. B.

    4; 3

  3. C.

    3; 3

  4. D.

    3; 2

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