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Polygon

A closed plane figure for which all sides are line segments. The name of a polygon describes the number of sides. A polygon which has all sides mutually congruent and all angles mutually congruent is called a regular polygon.

 

Number of sides Polygon name


pentagon


regular undecagon


octagon

3 triangle
4 quadrilateral
5 pentagon
6 hexagon
7 heptagon
8 octagon
9 nonagon
10 decagon
11 undecagon
12 dodecagon
n n-gon
   

 

See also

Area of a regular polygon, area of a convex polygon

 


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