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Three congruent regular hexagons can be drawn in such a way that all of them overlap each other and create more than 6 distinct areas or compartments.?
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Can congruent triangles overlap?
Yes.
What is overlap add and overlap save method in DSP?
example based on these method
How many times do a clock's three hands overlap in a day?
All 3 hands overlap 24 times a day.
How many times does the hands of the clock overlap in a day?
Overlap happens once 12/11 hour. So 24÷12/11=22 Then overlap occurs 22 or 21 times a day.
When lines overlap in a system of equations?
Then they are simultaneous equations.
Three congruent regular hexagons can be drawn in such a way that all of them overlap each other and create exactly ten distinct areas or compartments?
First, a hexagon has 6 sides. Second, congruent means the polygons are the same size and shape. Third, regular hexagon means that all of the angles and the same and the lengths of the sides are the same. For my explanation, let's work with squares. If you were to overlap two perfect squares, you would get at 1 area. Rotate one of those squares, and you will get 8 areas, 4 on the inside and 4 on the outside. Since there is also a center area, we have 9 areas. Working with two hexagons would give you 1 or 13 areas. Obviously, adding a third square or hexagon will not achieve 10 areas, so you can stop here. ------ If you overlap 3 hexagons you get 3 sections that are unique to each hexagon 1 section in the middle that is part of each hexagon 3 sections that are shared between only 2 hexagons Those 7 are straightforward - I drew 3 hexagons in powerpoint to visualize it The last 3 are a matter of interpretation, but they are there. it depends on what is meant by "distinct." There are an additional 3 sections that are made up of the outlines of the 3 sections that shared between only two hexagons plus the section in the middle. That gets you to 10. My 2 cents is that this is a poorly worded question because the answer could be 7 or 10 depending on the interpretation of distinct.
Can congruent triangles overlap?
Yes.
How can a hexagon tessllate?
Some hexagons can tessellate because replicates of the shape can cover a plane without overlap or gaps.
Why do regions overlap?
There are very rarely distinct boundaries where a region abruptly changes.
Do contours cross each other?
answ2. Topographic contours of a large overhang could conceptually overlap, but convention merely prints them as congruent.
What are some Jewish Catholic symbols?
Judaism and Catholicism are distinct religions and do not have any symbols that overlap in terms of both aspect and interpretation.
What is the math behind a tesselation?
This is a pattern made up of identical shapes, they must fit together without any gaps and the shapes must not overlap. Multiple regular shapes are squares, triangles, hexagons and dodecagons
Is it true that if two triangles are congruent they can be moves so that they line up perfectly?
Yes they both will overlap each other perfectly
The concept of dual federalism envisions what relationship between the federal and state governments?
Each has distinct areas of authority with very little overlap.
Name types of polygons?
Some examples of polygons include circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, and hexagons. These are examples of 'simple polygons,' in that none of the lines overlap and intersect each other, such as in a pentagram, which is a 'star polygon.'
What shape can tessellate with a regular pentagon?
hexagons work because each angle is 120 degress, as you say, and 3 times 120 equals 360 degrees. So three hexagons will surround a point with no 'space" left over. but the interior angle of a pentagon is108 degrees. three pentagons together only fill up 3 time 108, or 324 degrees. There is space left over. But four pentagons would overlap. so 3 is not enough and 4 is too many. Pentagons cannot surround a point the way hexagons do.
How do you write overlap in the sentence?
I ama sitting overlap
