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WhatisaPolygon?
Aclosedplanefiguremadeupofseverallinesegmentsthatare joinedtogether.Thesidesdonotcrosseachother.Exactlytwosides meetateveryvertex. Types|Formulas|Parts|SpecialPolygons|Names

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TypesofPolygons
Regularallanglesareequalandallsidesarethesamelength. Regularpolygonsarebothequiangularandequilateral. Equiangularallanglesareequal. Equilateralallsidesarethesamelength. Convexastraightlinedrawnthroughaconvexpolygon crossesatmosttwosides.Everyinteriorangleisless than180. Concaveyoucandrawatleastonestraightline throughaconcavepolygonthatcrossesmorethantwo sides.Atleastoneinteriorangleismorethan180.

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PolygonFormulas
(N=#ofsidesandS=lengthfromcentertoacorner) Areaofaregularpolygon=(1/2)Nsin(360/N)S 2 Sumoftheinterioranglesofapolygon=(N2)x180 Thenumberofdiagonalsinapolygon=1/2N(N3) Thenumberoftriangles(whenyoudrawallthediagonalsfromone vertex)inapolygon=(N2)

PolygonParts
Sideoneofthelinesegmentsthat makeupthepolygon. Vertexpointwheretwosidesmeet. Twoormoreofthesepointsarecalled vertices. Diagonalalineconnectingtwo verticesthatisn'taside. InteriorAngleAngleformedbytwo adjacentsidesinsidethepolygon. ExteriorAngleAngleformedbytwo adjacentsidesoutsidethepolygon.

SpecialPolygons
SpecialQuadrilateralssquare,rhombus,parallelogram,rectangle, andthetrapezoid. SpecialTrianglesright,equilateral,isosceles,scalene,acute, obtuse.

PolygonNames

Generallyacceptednames Sides n 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 Name Ngon Triangle Quadrilateral Pentagon Hexagon Heptagon Octagon Decagon Dodecagon

Namesforotherpolygonshavebeenproposed. Sides 9 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1,000 10,000 Name Nonagon,Enneagon Undecagon,Hendecagon Tridecagon,Triskaidecagon Tetradecagon,Tetrakaidecagon Pentadecagon,Pentakaidecagon Hexadecagon,Hexakaidecagon Heptadecagon,Heptakaidecagon Octadecagon,Octakaidecagon Enneadecagon,Enneakaidecagon Icosagon Triacontagon Tetracontagon Pentacontagon Hexacontagon Heptacontagon Octacontagon Enneacontagon Hectogon,Hecatontagon Chiliagon Myriagon

Toconstructaname,combinetheprefix+suffix Sides Prefix 20 Icosikai... 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Triacontakai... Tetracontakai... Pentacontakai... Hexacontakai... Heptacontakai... Octacontakai... Enneacontakai... Sides Suffix +1 ...henagon +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 ...digon ...trigon ...tetragon ...pentagon ...hexagon ...heptagon ...octagon ...enneagon

Examples: 46sidedpolygonTetracontakaihexagon 28sidedpolygonIcosikaioctagon However,manypeopleusetheformngon,asin46gon,or28gon insteadofthesenames.

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