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No, not if your floor is flat. Regular pentagons do not tile the plane. You will always end up with empty space. You would need to use some other shapes too (or irregular pentagons)
http://www2.spsu.edu/math/tile/defs/pentagon.htm
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Can a regular octagon be used to tile a floor?
it can in accompaniment with squares.
Can a regular pentagon be used as the basic shape in a tesselation?
No.
What shape cannot be used by itself to form a tessellation?
A regular pentagon is one example.
How many right does a pentagon have?
A pentagon has 5 sides.A regular pentagon has no right angles (5 interior angles each 108 degrees).An irregular pentagon can have at most 3 right angles, because a 4th would leave 180 degrees to be used for the final angle (540-360), which is a straight line.
Why cant a regular pentagon be used to create a regular tessellation?
it can tessellate * * * * * NO IT CANNOT! A regular polygon can be used to create a regular tesselation if and only if its interior angle divides 360 degrees. The interior angle of a regular pentagon is 108 degrees, which does not divide 360 degrees so it cannot be used for a regular tesselation. . Three pentagons meeting at a point would cover 3*108 = 324 degrees - not enough to cover the 360 degrees at a point. Meanwhile 4 pentagons would cover 4*108 = 432 degrees - resulting in a 72 degree overlap.
Can a regular octagon be used to tile a floor?
it can in accompaniment with squares.
What is the difference between a wall tile and a floor tile?
wall tiles are used on walls. floor tiles are used on floors. if you want to interchange. you can make the wall tile as floor tile and vice-versa
Can travertine tile be used on the floor of a gas fireplace?
Yes, travertine tile can be used on the floor of a gas fireplace.
Since I used the floor tile as a baseboard in my bathroom what can I do to cover the unfinished top piece of the tile without painting it?
Purchase a tube of colored caulk matching (or close to) the grout you used on the floor tile.
Can a regular PENTAGON be used to make a tessellation?
No, it cannot.
Can a regular pentagon be used as the basic shape in a tesselation?
No.
What type of tile is used for office flooring?
Slippy floor.
Why is there a cracking sound under my tile floor in my house?
it may not be adhereing to the tile adhesive (not enough used or improperly installed?)
Can copies of a dodecagon be used to tile a surface?
no it can't If each angle is 150 so 150 times anything does not equal 360 * * * * * A correct answer but incorrect reasoning. First, there is no requirement in the question that the polygon is regular so the each angle need not be 150 degrees. As a counter-example to your reasoning, each interior angle of a regular pentagon is 108 degrees. 108 times anything does not equal 360. Yet there are 14 different non-regular pentagons which can be used to tile a surface.
What adhesive is used on ceramic floor tiles to prevent tile cracking when there is a crack on cement floor?
Green screed by BAL
Can carpet sweepers be used on tile floors?
If what you mean by carpet sweeper, is a regular vacuum, then they can only be used on tile floors if they have a selection that is special for bare floors.
Can a square be used to tile a floor?
yes because, well lets let you answer this one why.
