Chapter 12 Flashcards
Polygon
A closed figure made up of line segments that do not cross each other
Triangle
A polygon with three sides and three angles
Quadrilateral
A polygon that has four sides and four angles
Pentagon
A polygon with 5 sides
Hexagon
A polygon with six sides and six angles
Octagon
A polygon with eight sides
Congruent
Having the same measure
Acute triangle
A triangle with three acute angles
Obtuse triangle
A triangle with one obtuse angle
Right triangle
A triangle with one right angle
Equilateral triangle
A triangle with three congruent sides
Scalene triangle
A triangle with no congruent sides
Isosceles triangle
An triangle with at least to sides the same length
Trapezoid
A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
Parallelogram
A quadrilateral with four side in which each pair of opposite sides are parallel and congruent