$\tan \left( {{\pi \over n}} \right) = {a \over {2r}};\,\,\sin \left( {{\pi \over n}} \right) = {a \over {2R}}$ $r + R = {a \over 2}\left[ {\cot {\pi \over n} + \cos ec{\pi \over n}} \right]$ $= {a \over 2}\left[ {{{\cos {\pi \over n} + 1} \over {\sin {\pi \over n}}}} \right]$ $= {a \over 2}\left[ {{{2{{\cos }^2}{\pi \over {2n}}} \over {2\sin {\pi \over {2n}}\cos {\pi \over {2n}}}}} \right]$ $= {a \over 2}\cot {\pi \over {2\pi }}$