Solution

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The vertices satisfy
After removing the root , the product of the other roots has modulus equal to the constant term of , namely . Hence the product of the chord lengths from one vertex of a unit regular polygon is . Multiplying this identity over all vertices counts every chord twice, so the product of all chord lengths is . Scaling the circle by scales each of its chords by , giving

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