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What do you call the distance between the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides?
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∙ 14y ago
the radius
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What is the center of a regular polygon?
the point that is equidistant from all vertices of a polygon.
In a regular polygon what is the name of the segment drawn from the center of the polygon to a side that is perpendicular to that side?
Apothem!
Segment from center of regular polygon perpendicular to side?
Apothem.
What is a segment from center of regular polygon perpendicular to side?
Apothem.
A regular pyramid has a regular polygon as its base and vertex over the base's center?
Yes.
Do apothems of a regular polygon is the distance from the center of the polygon to one of the vertices?
No, it is the distance from the center of the polygon to the centre of one of its sides.
The distance from the center of a regular polygon to a side of the polygon?
A Apothem
The perpendicular distance from the center of a regular polygon to a side of the polygon?
Apothem
Segment from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to a side?
That is called the apothem. The definition is: An Apothem is the distance from the center of a regular polygon to the midpoint of a side
Which word describes the perpendicular distance from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon?
apothem
The center of a regular polygon is the common center for the inscribed and circumscribed circles of the polygon?
Correct.
What is an apothem of a regular polygon?
An apothem is a line segment from the center of a regular polygon to the midpoint of a side.
What is the center of a regular polygon?
the point that is equidistant from all vertices of a polygon.
A regular pyramid has a base and vertex over the center of the base?
A regular pyramid has a regular polygon base and a vertex over the center of the base. By:Cherrylvr :)
What is an apothem in geometry?
The apothem is the distance from the center to the middle of any side on a regular polygon. That is, a shape with every single side and angle the same.
What is the name of the segment that connects the center of a regular polygon to an outer edge?
It is an apothem line that connects the center of a polygon to the center of an outer side.
A line segment drawn from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to a side of the polygon?
apothem
