Polygons Flashcards
Polygon
1) formed by three or more sides where no two sides with a common endpoint are collinear
2) each side intersects exactly two other sides, one at each endpoint
3
Triangle
4
Quadrilateral
5
Pentagon
6
Hexagon
7
Heptagon
8
Octagon
9
Nonagon
10
Decagon
12
Dodecagon
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N-gon
Convex polygons
You can stretch a rubber band around the polygon and it will hold the shape of the polygon without any gaps
Nonconvex polygons (Concave polygons)
You cannot stretch a rubber band around the polygon so that it will hold the shape of the polygon without gaps ❌✔️➕
Equilateral polygons
Polygons that have all sides congruent
Equiangular polygons
Polygons with all angles congruent
regular polygons
Polygons that are both equilateral and equiangular
Diagonal
A segment that joins two consecutive vertices