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Polygons

Polygons are plane figures that have N number of sides . A polygon encloses an empty space . The least number of lines that can be used to form a polygon is three while the largest number of lines is infinite (Wassenaar 2001 . The type of polygon varies depending on the number of sides , measurement of angles and length of sides

Types of Polygons

Equiangular Polygons - Polygons whose vertex angles have equal measurements are called equiangular polygons (Wassenaar 2001 . A common example of this is a rectangle having 90 degrees as the measure

of its four vertex angles

Equilateral Polygons - Equilateral polygons are polygons whose sides are all equal (Wassenaar 2001 . A common example of this is a rhombus that has four equal sides . Equilateral polygons are different from equiangular polygons because equilateral polygons deal with the equality of sides while equiangular polygons deal with the equality of vertex angles

Regular Polygons - Polygons that have the characteristics of both equiangular and equilateral angles are called regular polygons . These polygons are called regular ' due to the equality of both sides and vertex angles (Wassenaar 2001 . Examples of these polygons are square regular triangle , regular pentagon , regular hexagon and many more References

Wassenaar , J (2001 . Polygons . from http /www .2dcurves .com /line /linep .html

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Diagram 1 . Rectangle- Equiangular Polygon

Diagram 2 . Rhombus- Equilateral Polygon

Diagram 3 . Regular Polygons...