Polygons

Polygon- A polygon is a closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others.

Regular Polygon- A regular polygon is a polygon whose sides are all the same length, and whose angles are all the same.

Quadrilateral- A four-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a quadrilateral is 360o.

Rectangle- A four-sided polygon having all right angles. The sum of the angles of a rectangle is 360o.

Square- A four-sided polygon having equal-length sides meeting at right angles. The sum of the angles of a square is 360o.

Parallelogram- A four-sided polygon with two pairs of parallel sides. The sum of the angles of a parallelogram is 360o.

Rhombus- A four-sided polygon having all four sides of equal length. The sum of the angles of a rhombus is 360o.

Trapezoid- A four-sided polygon having exactly one pair of parallel sides. The two sides that are parallel are called the bases of the trapezoid. The sum of the angles of a trapezoid is 360o.

Pentagon- A five-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a pentagon is 540o.

Hexagon- A six-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a hexagon is 720o.

Octagon- An eight-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of an octagon is 1080o.

Nonagon- A nine-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a nonagon is 1260o.

Decagon- A ten-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a decagon is 1440o.

Convex- A figure is convex if every line segment drawn between any two points inside the figure lies entirely inside the figure. A figure that is not convex is called a concave figure.


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